Link God, rest and her into one smooth run.
But my fucking wife, God rest her soul...Slacker · 1990 — 第 16 / 22 章 · 2'42" · B2
An Old Man Tells War Stories, Explained：more like
An old man tells a visitor about missing the town's finest hour, then about the Spanish Civil War. He claims he fought in the Lincoln Brigade, but he only went to Spain in 1955. He leaves quoting a passage that wishes suffering on those he has faith in.
あらすじ
An old veteran talks to a visitor, complaining that he missed the town's finest hour and saying he has given up on all of mankind. The talk turns to his war stories, and it emerges that he never fought in Spain at all. Before the visitor leaves, he recites a passage wishing suffering on those he admires.
注目の表現
God rest her soulfuckinggive up onhalf-sister
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このシーンの表現
more like
or rather, it is really
The family undercuts his heroic claim by renaming it after a writer who only visited Spain.
After the diet he looks more like a skeleton than an athlete.
このシーンの他の表現
- God rest her soul
may she rest in peace
- fucking
a very vulgar intensifier
- give up on
stop hoping for
- half-sister
a sister sharing one parent
- war stories
tales of past danger
このシーンのメモ一覧
43 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
vulgar intensifier — Very vulgar; never use it in polite company.
But my fucking wife, God rest her soul...the best moment
So during this town's finest hour, where was I?question inversion: In this wh-question the verb was comes before the subject I.
So during this town's finest hour, where was I?rough emphasis — Rough emphasis; avoid it with elders.
Way the hell out on South Congress.by the moment that
By the time I got there, everything was blocked off.closed off
By the time I got there, everything was blocked off.damn — A casual curse when something goes wrong.
Shit.my whole life
It's taken my entire life...correlative conjunction: Not only introduces one object and but adds a second, larger one to the same verb.
but I can now say that I've practically given up on not only my own people...speak directly to
I can only address myself to singular human beings now.a second — Casual; fine with friends, not in formal talk.
Hold on a sec. Dad?to stay briefly
She might be coming for a visit.everywhere here it means she lives in many places
- Where does she live? - Oh, all over.Link met and anyone so they almost merge.
Yeah, I never met anyone that fought in the Spanish civil war before.object pronoun as subject: Spoken English often uses him instead of he as a subject.
Him and my mom went to Spain in, I guess, '55.late next week
Lourdes will be here end of next week.if you want to
We eat an early dinner if you'd like to stay.have got to — Everyday speech; too casual for formal writing.
I gotta go.possibly will
Yeah, I might. I just might.The t in just often drops before might.
Yeah, I might. I just might.one last point
Oh, one more thing.prepositional relative clause: The clause in whom I have faith modifies those humans and sounds formal and literary.
"To those humans in whom I have faith.still not know
"I wish that they should not remain unfamiliar with profound self-contempt...the urge to destroy
And remember, the passion for destruction is also a creative passion.「An Old Man Tells War Stories」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is a study in a certain kind of old man, and it is funny and sad at once. He begins with a grievance about missing the town's big day and slides from there into total despair: "I've practically given up on not only my own people... but for mankind in its entirety." What keeps it from being merely bleak is the counterweight of his vanity. He tells war stories about Spain, and the visitor learns that he only got there in 1955, long after the fighting — "More like the Hemingway Brigade." He is a man who would rather be a fraud with a good story than an ordinary person, and his parting gift is a passage that wishes suffering and self-contempt on those he has faith in. It is a warm goodbye built out of cruelty, and the scene lets both sit side by side.
Theme
GenerationsAn old man's memories of Spain and the town's big day are passed to a younger visitor, along with a harsh parting lesson.
MemoryHe keeps retelling the war he never fought, turning a borrowed past into the story he wants to be remembered by.
このチャプターで学べること
- A goodbye speech can hold a whole worldview.
- He borrows Nietzsche to make suffering sound like proof.
- The family calls out his war story without raising its voice.
- Giving up on people can be said quietly, even fondly.
発音のポイント
- God rest her — Link God, rest and her into one smooth run.
- met anyone — Link met and anyone so they almost merge.
- just might — The t in just often drops before might.
but I can now say that I've practically given up on not only my own people...His confession of despair, widened from the people around him to the whole species, delivered as if it were a hard-won insight.
I can only address myself to singular human beings now.The conclusion he draws: he will deal with one person at a time, because the crowd has disappointed him.
And remember, the passion for destruction is also a creative passion.His farewell line, a borrowed phrase that makes violence sound artistic and is the closest the scene comes to a thesis.
Yeah, I never met anyone that fought in the Spanish civil war before.The visitor's polite interest, which sets up the reveal that the old man's war record is not what he claims.
このシーンについての質問
What does the old man claim about the war?
He says he fought with the Lincoln Brigade in Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War. The listener later learns that he and his wife only went to Spain in 1955, long after the fighting.
Why does the visitor say it is more like the Hemingway Brigade?
Because the old man was not really a soldier. Hemingway went to Spain as a writer and turned it into stories, which is closer to what the old man has done.
What does 'God rest her soul' mean?
It is a set phrase said when mentioning someone who has died, meaning may she rest in peace. He uses it while complaining about his wife, which is both harsh and oddly tender.
What does the old man say he has given up on?
Not only his own people but mankind as a whole. He says he can now only deal with single human beings one at a time.
What does he give the visitor as a parting thought?
A passage wishing suffering, sickness and self-contempt on the people he has faith in, which he calls the first hurdle for the true warrior.
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