The Love Of The Millennial Generation Is Full Of Possibilities.

Sarah Rooney, an Irish writer, has been touted as the mouthpiece of the millennial generation by western literary circles. Her two novels, Conversations With Friends and Normal People, also translated into the normal man, all present the intimacy, mobility and hard to define intimacy among young people nowadays. In her writing, the concept of love has been given more possibilities and has been subjected to various kinds of torture and challenges. According to the novel adapted from the same name, "ordinary people" has become the focus of all kinds of social platforms in China.

From the last high school years in Irish small town to the university life in Dublin 31 colleges, the common man begins with the romantic relationship between Mariana and Connell, the hero and heroine. Mariana, a surly and eccentric person, was unpopular in high school, while Connell, who had both outstanding achievements and excellent physical education, was the man in the campus. Connell's mother cleaned two times a week for Mariana's house. Connell often had to pick up her mother's work, and the two had an intersection outside the campus, and then began a secret and free emotional connection from high school to undergraduate graduation. They split up after graduating from high school and met again in college. Mariana quickly integrated into the new environment that advocated freedom and individuality. At this time, Connell, who had an ordinary family and a modest personality, became a mere shadow.

Although this kind of literature and art gathering the emotional relationship between young people is the final foothold of the characters, or the growth of their characters, but unlike the popular romantic drama of the youth campus, the "ordinary man" has broken the audience's imagination of pure love and introduced the discussion of gender, family, class and other topics. The differences in the financial resources of the original family virtually affect the relationship between the two people. It is more important and meaningful for Connell, a wage earners, to put aside self-esteem and grow up in a lack of loving care environment to learn how to get a sense of security and belonging in intimate relationships than Mariana can finally get together.

The drama "ordinary man" was co directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Hitti MacDonald. The two directors used a lot of close-up shots in each single set, highlighting the minor facial expressions and movements of the protagonists, and avoiding using partras to explain their motivations and mental situations. At the same time, the narrative centered on Mariana and Connell. We witnessed the scene of two people living together and the moment of being alone. The close-up of the focal point cancelled the distance between the audience and the characters in the play, and emphasized the audience's perception of the subtle emotions of the two people.

In the twelve episodes and six hours of light and shadow narration, Mariana and Connell have never been clear about the relationship between the two people, even though they are always chatting and sharing their feelings and thoughts. They are lovers, but more like a close friend. They are tacitly avoiding the definition and analysis of the emotional state of the two people. They always keep their distance from classmates, family members and friends, as a separate individual rather than a good couple. From beginning to end, Mariana and Connell seem to be stocking their feelings and allowing them to develop without deliberately managing and maintaining a volatile homeostasis, allowing uncontrollable events and emotions to affect the direction of the relationship between the two.

The evaluation of the "ordinary man" is actually a very risky thing, because how to see how the original works and dramas depicted the characters, how to describe and interpret the emotions between Mariana and Connell, how to get the mood of the drama in the drama and how to translate it into proper and rational words, need to mobilize the experience of life. The secret and palpitation of the inner part reflects the writer's feelings. It is better to borrow a familiar saying, "there are one thousand Hamlett in the eyes of one thousand viewers". "Ordinary people" undoubtedly arouse thousands of people's understanding of thousands of faces. The interesting thing is that the young people who belong to the millennial generation can see their expectations and regrets of love from Mariana's and Connell's experiences. The difference of personal experience also makes people different in understanding their characters and their choices.

The novels and dramas only ended when Connell chose to go to New York for further studies, while Mariana decided to stay in Dublin. What is the difference between the two people? When they have reconciled themselves with each other in their comfort, have the other side become an indispensable part of their lives or is it no longer important? After they have defined the fate love between them, will the distance be changed again and again? The story of Mariana and Connell will continue to be written in the minds of countless readers and spectators. This open ending foreshadows the possibilities of the two people's feelings, and will always test the contemporary young people's different thinking and judgement about intimacy.

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