an entirely separate matter
Harry admits writing is his strength, but real life is an entirely different matter.
I write well, but that's a different story because I can manipulate the characters and plots.Deconstructing Harry · 1997 — 第 17 / 17 章 · 3'05" · B2
Fay Chooses Larry Over Harry, Explained：under my nose
Harry has just been bailed out, and the first thing he learns is that Fay married Larry. She insists it wasn't theft — "Harry, he didn't steal me. I love him." The scene is a breakup played as an ambush: he is still arguing for the relationship she has already left.
あらすじ
Harry talks about how well he writes and how badly he lives, then finds out that Fay and Larry have married while he was in jail. He confronts them: why Larry and not him? They say they rushed from their own wedding to post his bail, and in the end Harry gives them his reluctant blessing.
注目の表現
a different storycome up withmake peace withunder my nose
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このシーンの表現
under my nose
right in front of me
Harry accuses Larry of taking Fay right in front of him.
He hid the whole thing under my nose.
このシーンの他の表現
- a different story
an entirely separate matter
- come up with
think of, produce
- make peace with
come to terms with
- can't fathom
cannot understand at all
- in love with
romantically in love with
このシーンのメモ一覧
67 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ
reason clause: The because-clause explains why writing is different: he controls the characters.
I write well, but that's a different story because I can manipulate the characters and plots.Link a different so the phrase flows straight into story.
I write well, but that's a different story because I can manipulate the characters and plots.bad at living
I'm a failure at life.give enjoyment to
I think you bring pleasure to a lot of people. That's good.running out, fading
Yeah, but even that's drying up.Link To be alive, putting the stress on alive.
To be alive is to be happy.trust my experience
Take it from me.pay someone's bail
Some people just put up your bail.received the news
Yeah. We got the message on our service.picked him instead of me
In the end, you chose him over me?purpose phrase: The to-infinitive states the purpose of leaving the wedding.
You're gonna insult me after we ran from the altar to keep you from rotting in some prison.feel trapped in small spaces
I know you get claustrophobic.a weak or low troublemaker — Derogatory and informal; not for polite speech.
Plus you're the perfect punk.vulgar for being abused — Coarse British slang; never in formal speech.
You'll get buggered by every con in the cell block.a convict, an inmate — Informal for a convict; tied to prison talk.
You'll get buggered by every con in the cell block.was not meant to
You told me that I wasn't supposed to fall in love with you, How could you listen to me?object clause: The that-clause reports what he said, with be supposed to marking what should not have happened.
You told me that I wasn't supposed to fall in love with you, How could you listen to me?Could you weakens in fast speech and almost merges.
You told me that I wasn't supposed to fall in love with you, How could you listen to me?be connected to
What has that got to do with anything?channel effort into
You put your art into your work.romantically in love with
Fay says she loves Harry too, but is in love with Larry, drawing a clear line.
I do, I do. It's just that I'm in love with Larry.go out together
We'll be in Santa Fe about a month, and when we come back, we'll all go out.approve and wish well
Fay asks Harry to bless their marriage; he agrees even as he lets go inside.
Harry, give us your blessing, please?vulgar threat of abuse — Coarse threat; completely informal and offensive.
Give 'em your blessings before I throw you back in that fucking jail cell and I bugger you.stop trying, surrender
Harry finally stops fighting for Fay, saying give up twice to close the film.
I give up. I give up.「Fay Chooses Larry Over Harry」を読み解く
What's really going on
Two scenes are folded together here. In the first, Harry admits the split at the heart of his life: he can control everyone on the page and no one in the world. "I write well, but that's a different story," he says, "because I can manipulate the characters and plots," and then the plain version: "I'm a failure at life." The second half turns that abstract failure into a specific one. Fay has married Larry, and the woman he loves explains it without apology — "I do, I do. It's just that I'm in love with Larry." Harry tries to make it a crime: "you stole her from under my nose." But the marriage was already done, and his last move is to surrender, muttering "I give up. I give up."
Theme
HeartbreakHarry loses Fay to his friend and can only watch, protest and finally give in.
IdentityHarry is brilliant on the page and helpless in life, which is the split the scene keeps naming.
このチャプターで学べること
- Writing a life is easier than living one.
- Letting go can sound like a repeated whisper.
- Old friends measure love in what they gave up.
- The desert honeymoon is a joke only Harry hears.
発音のポイント
- a different story — Link a different so the phrase flows straight into story.
- To be alive — Link To be alive, putting the stress on alive.
- could you — Could you weakens in fast speech and almost merges.
I write well, but that's a different story because I can manipulate the characters and plots.Harry's own diagnosis: his talent works only on invented people, which is why he calls his real life a different story.
Well, make peace with your demons, and your block will pass.The advice offered to Harry: his writing block is not a craft problem but a sign that he is still fighting himself.
To be alive is to be happy.The simple idea Harry can't accept — that being alive is itself the happiness he keeps chasing.
Jesus, it sounds so trite, but I just want to be happy.Harry's admission that his grand, clever misery comes down to an ordinary wish he is embarrassed to say out loud.
このシーンについての質問
Why do Fay and Larry get married?
Fay has fallen in love with Larry, Harry's old friend and fellow writer. They announce it right after Harry is released, saying they ran from their own wedding to post his bail.
Does Fay cheat on Harry with Larry?
The scene presents it as a finished choice rather than a secret affair. She tells Harry plainly that she loves him but is in love with Larry, and that she is now Larry's wife.
Why does Harry finally give them his blessing?
He doesn't really want to. Larry pushes him — threatening to send him back to jail — and Harry gives in, saying he gives up. The blessing is the sound of him losing.
What does Harry mean by 'I write well, but that's a different story'?
He means his skill works only in fiction, where he controls the characters and plots. In real life, where nothing can be rewritten, he says he is a failure and cannot function.
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第 1 章self-engrossedLucy Confronts Harry About the Book
第 2 章spin gold out ofLucy Pulls a Gun on Harry
第 3 章to the moonDeath Comes for Mendel Birnbaum
第 4 章out of focusMel Is Out of Focus
第 5 章a match made in heavenHarry Begs Joan for a Visitation Day
第 6 章it's benignHarry Learns It's Benign
第 7 章talk someone out ofHarry Begs Her Not to Marry Larry
第 8 章on the houseHarry Asks Cookie to Come Along
第 9 章thinly disguisedHarry Meets His Own Creation
第 10 章all mapped outI'm Being Replaced
第 11 章return to one's rootsDoris Confronts Harry About His Book
第 12 章let sleeping dogs lieMax's Dark Secret at the Dinner Table
第 13 章tap-dancingHarry Sleeps With a Therapist's Patient
第 14 章got even withThe Character Born From Harry's Pen
第 15 章call offHarry Shows Up With a Corpse
第 16 章the house always winsThe Devil Proves He's a Bigger Sinner
再生中 · 第 17 章under my noseFay Chooses Larry Over Harryこの作品の 17 章はここまでです