《The Romantic Movement》浪漫主义运动阅读时的胡言乱语

First, the translation of the title is fresh and precise. "Romantic Movements" sounds logical and sensible, but "Fall in Love with Love" provides me a sense of delicacy and more down-to-earth. In fact, I do think Alice is falling in love with the concept of love due to the romantic stories she (and we all) learned during our adolescent time. This suggests that Alice is not merely seeking a romantic relationship, but rather longing for the abstract idea of love portrayed in art and fiction.

Alice, a melancholic and sensitive girl who I believed theres nothing similar to me at the beginning, for she was longing for love heavily, even wishing one savior of her mediocre and mundane life could happen to her. As her inner monologue goes, I found that the writer catches my soul in such a precise way so that I dont even notice he is a male. In fact, after reading, I have to admit that Alice reveals part of the real me I thought I once concealed perfectly. We all long for non-realism romantic love deeply, but Im too weak to admit it. Another reason might lie in the realization that true love only appears in art and fiction. All in all, "Alice" and I live in reality, and then the chance it falls on us is negligible. (I do think the author was trying to create a girl who lives in reality instead of a fictional work).

Also, every once in a while, the philosophical metaphor made by the author refreshes my worldview. In chapter "Wash Cycles," he provides two outlooks of Alices life - one is the staircase theory, and another is the tumble-dryer, representing the progress and trivial matters of life. What an interesting and refreshing book!