The Ironic Love 徐心怡 515111910206 An elegant lady is sitting on the bench outside Cafe De Flore,with hair bundled up,wearing high-heeled shoes.She is Simone de Beauvoir-the main character of the French film Les Amants du Flore.It is a biographical film which records the lifelong experience of the great French existentialist feminist Simone de Beauvoir. Ms Beauvoir was born in a typical traditional French family in the first half of the 20th century, when women were considered dependent on men and born of accessories for men.However,as a well-educated lady.Beauvoir was unwilling to accept all of these.especially after seeing her best friend's death and her mother's spending all her life serving her father. Beauvoir became the first woman who was granted the teaching certificate and was only ranked after Jean-Paul Sartre.In order to fight against the engagement arranged by her father and pursue a brand-new life,she moved out of her house and earned her own living without depending on anyone else.Sartre admired her beauty and rebellion,and they became lovers and confidants. Nevertheless,Sartre wasn't an ordinary male,either.As a writer and a philosopher,to stimulate his new ideas and add freshness to his works.he made a rule that both of them can have the opportunity to encounter new people and the right to fall in love with others.At first Beauvoir felt hard to accept it and did feel envy when Sartre had sex with another woman no matter how independent and capable she was.Maybe out of revenge,Beauvoir also accepted the admiration of one of her girl students.After that,both of them had several relationships,and produced works of high quality,but no one can loosen the hard relationship between Beauvoir and Sartre. In her forties,Beauvoir seemed to have met a man who was deeply in love with her,but faced with the proposal of this American man,she hesitated and the first person she thought of was Sartre.So she left America and came back to France to find Sartre.They accompanied each other in an unusual way and their love gradually transformed into familial affection and friendship. As the most famous feminist at that time,Beauvoir finished the great work The Second Sex at her forties.This book focuses on the situations,status and rights of women throughout history, and it is acclaimed'the most complete and sensible book about women which is full of wisdom'. This masterpiece is based on her real loving experience and the reflection on life,ranging from biology to philosophy. In this film,what has impressed and touched me most is that after the death of Beauvoir's father,her mother decided to sell the books and furniture and to leave the house in which she spent half of her life for a man.She began to start a new life and only live for herself in her sixties.I think that she must have envied her daughter's life a lot,but she chose to suffer all the torture and to tolerant the unfair to women.She didn't dare to live for herself until the death of her husband. How ironic and pathetic!Fortunately,she finally found what she was interested in and began a new life. Love between Beauvoir and Sartre was quite unique.They deeply loved each other,but they didn't only live for each other.Both of them had several relationships,which may be astonishing even to modern people.However,the reason why Beauvoir and Sartre can create so many great works was partly due to the freedom and support they gave to each other. As a feminist,Beauvoir was definitely independent,capable,elegant and courageous,but as a woman,she wasn't so open-minded as we thought.She did feel lonely and envy especially when Sartre had new affairs.She devoted all her life and energy to fighting for women's right and hoped to be an unusual woman,but she still can't care less about Sartre.I still remember what she said when she was ill in bed'I have always been convinced that I am standing on top of fate,only to find that I was lying to myself,just like all the ordinary women'. I don't think love between Beauvoir and Sartre is worthy of praise.In order to 'spark inspiration',Sartre made a ridiculous rule.They tried to make give more freedom to both of them and they seemed to be open-minded,only to become more envy.Sartre was envy so he tried every means to keep hold of Beauvoir.Though he appeared to have many lovers,the only person he can have a heart-to-heart talk was Beauvoir.Beauvoir was envy,too.We can even say that Sartre was born amorous,while Beauvoir just pretended to be amorous in order to be equal to Sartre and to reach the 'height'in Sartre's mind.There is no doubt that both of them had made great achievements in the field of literature,but their love was deformed
The Ironic Love 徐心怡 515111910206 An elegant lady is sitting on the bench outside Cafe De Flore, with hair bundled up, wearing high-heeled shoes. She is Simone de Beauvoir——the main character of the French film Les Amants du Flore. It is a biographical film which records the lifelong experience of the great French existentialist feminist Simone de Beauvoir. Ms Beauvoir was born in a typical traditional French family in the first half of the 20th century, when women were considered dependent on men and born of accessories for men. However, as a well-educated lady, Beauvoir was unwilling to accept all of these, especially after seeing her best friend’s death and her mother’s spending all her life serving her father. Beauvoir became the first woman who was granted the teaching certificate and was only ranked after Jean-Paul Sartre. In order to fight against the engagement arranged by her father and pursue a brand-new life, she moved out of her house and earned her own living without depending on anyone else. Sartre admired her beauty and rebellion, and they became lovers and confidants. Nevertheless, Sartre wasn’t an ordinary male, either. As a writer and a philosopher, to stimulate his new ideas and add freshness to his works, he made a rule that both of them can have the opportunity to encounter new people and the right to fall in love with others.At first Beauvoir felt hard to accept it and did feel envy when Sartre had sex with another woman no matter how independent and capable she was. Maybe out of revenge, Beauvoir also accepted the admiration of one of her girl students. After that, both of them had several relationships, and produced works of high quality, but no one can loosen the hard relationship between Beauvoir and Sartre. In her forties, Beauvoir seemed to have met a man who was deeply in love with her, but faced with the proposal of this American man, she hesitated and the first person she thought of was Sartre. So she left America and came back to France to find Sartre. They accompanied each other in an unusual way and their love gradually transformed into familial affection and friendship. As the most famous feminist at that time, Beauvoir finished the great work The Second Sex at her forties. This book focuses on the situations, status and rights of women throughout history， and it is acclaimed ‘ the most complete and sensible book about women which is full of wisdom’. This masterpiece is based on her real loving experience and the reflection on life, ranging from biology to philosophy. In this film, what has impressed and touched me most is that after the death of Beauvoir’s father, her mother decided to sell the books and furniture and to leave the house in which she spent half of her life for a man. She began to start a new life and only live for herself in her sixties. I think that she must have envied her daughter’s life a lot, but she chose to suffer all the torture and to tolerant the unfair to women. She didn’t dare to live for herself until the death of her husband. How ironic and pathetic! Fortunately, she finally found what she was interested in and began a new life. Love between Beauvoir and Sartre was quite unique. They deeply loved each other, but they didn’t only live for each other. Both of them had several relationships, which may be astonishing even to modern people. However, the reason why Beauvoir and Sartre can create so many great works was partly due to the freedom and support they gave to each other. As a feminist, Beauvoir was definitely independent, capable, elegant and courageous, but as a woman, she wasn’t so open-minded as we thought. She did feel lonely and envy especially when Sartre had new affairs. She devoted all her life and energy to fighting for women’s right and hoped to be an unusual woman, but she still can’t care less about Sartre. I still remember what she said when she was ill in bed ‘ I have always been convinced that I am standing on top of fate, only to find that I was lying to myself, just like all the ordinary women’ . I don’t think love between Beauvoir and Sartre is worthy of praise. In order to ‘spark inspiration’, Sartre made a ridiculous rule. They tried to make give more freedom to both of them and they seemed to be open-minded, only to become more envy. Sartre was envy so he tried every means to keep hold of Beauvoir. Though he appeared to have many lovers, the only person he can have a heart-to-heart talk was Beauvoir. Beauvoir was envy, too. We can even say that Sartre was born amorous, while Beauvoir just pretended to be amorous in order to be equal to Sartre and to reach the ‘height’ in Sartre’s mind. There is no doubt that both of them had made great achievements in the field of literature, but their love was deformed
The film ended with the following paragraph:In 1964,Sartre refused the Nobel Prize for Literature.Simone de Beauvoir kept fighting for women's life and status until April 14,1986,and she was buried together with Sartre in Cimetiere Montparnasse,wearing the ring given by the American man Orr Green. Beauvoir's love was ironic.As a feminist,she seemed not to care a nut about the love between her and Sartre and even made a decision that she wouldn't have sex with Sartre any more in her thirties.However,Beauvoir was actually the prisoner of their love.I clearly remember that at the end of the film.Orr Green was sitting beside Beauvoir.When the journalist asked him to go away,he wished Beauvoir to go with him,but Beauvoir hesitated for a short time and decided to stay with Sartre.In the photograph,Beauvoir was in Sartre's arm and showed firm,seriousness and a little perplexity.The relationship between them can be clearly included in this moment
The film ended with the following paragraph: In 1964, Sartre refused the Nobel Prize for Literature. Simone de Beauvoir kept fighting for women’s life and status until April 14, 1986, and she was buried together with Sartre in Cimetiere Montparnasse, wearing the ring given by the American man Orr Green. Beauvoir’s love was ironic. As a feminist, she seemed not to care a nut about the love between her and Sartre and even made a decision that she wouldn’t have sex with Sartre any more in her thirties. However, Beauvoir was actually the prisoner of their love. I clearly remember that at the end of the film, Orr Green was sitting beside Beauvoir. When the journalist asked him to go away, he wished Beauvoir to go with him, but Beauvoir hesitated for a short time and decided to stay with Sartre. In the photograph, Beauvoir was in Sartre’s arm and showed firm, seriousness and a little perplexity. The relationship between them can be clearly included in this moment