The Moon， The Dream

Written by William Somermet Maugham in 1910s, < The Moon And Sixpence> has been a hit since then. Famous for his good command of describing the impressing plot and dramatic and technical words, Maugham was pretty genius in expressing his deep thoughts about life, art and belief through his works.

Taking Paul Gauguin as a prototype, Maugham created Strickland as the book’ s key role. Strickland, who was a stock broker having a happy family,  gave up his everything without telling everyone to go to Paris. Initially, each acquaintance of Strickland’ s thought he just went away with a younger woman, being bored with families. Nevertheless, he went to Paris to chase his dream---- being a painter. Strickland had a face for radio, and even had nothing related to art but his genuine heart. With the one and only passion, his works were absolutely amazing. After travelling around, he finally settled down in Tahiti, meeting and falling love with a local woman, and kept drawing his paints until his death. 

The first time I read the book, I did not understand Strickland’ s choice---- leaving alone to learn painting, and during the stay in Paris, he even seemed to be out of the human world, losing some of the humanities. Once Maugham said in his letter in 1956,” If you look on the ground in search of a sixpence, you don't look up, and so miss the moon.” Strickland deserted his “sixpence” to pursue the full moon in the sky, with so many misunderstandings and lots of difficulties. Actually, the writer expressed the very appreciation by the process of plot, since we all know that bravery and passion are needy in chasing dreams.

I’ve always thought about my dream, but I couldn’ t figure out what I really want, so not to mention the passion and bravery to pursue it. Nevertheless, it’s Strickland that lets me know the strength of running after the moon, and we can hold the belief to live better.  

2020-06-24

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