The Meggie family lives in New Zealand. Her father shears sheep for a living, but this year his father lost his job. When the family was worried, they received a letter from their aunt in Australia. It turns out that my aunt is old and is going to let them inherit. After some bumps, Meggie's family set foot on the Australian mainland and came to Drogheda. Meggie caught the attention of Father Ralph as soon as she appeared. He liked this girl very much. Father Ralph, an Irishman, was sent by the Catholic Church as a priest in Drogheda. He is a tall, handsome, elegant, kind and ambitious man. He wanted to be promoted to the position of the church, but because he had no background, he remained an ordinary priest until he was in his thirties. Because Meggie's aunt is the richest widow in Drogheda, he has to deal with her often, but in fact he hates her very much. Menstruation of Meggie saw Ralph's special attitude towards Xiaomei, and his heart was bitter and he decided to take revenge. The Meggie family settled down in Drogheda, and they quickly adapted to and fell in love with their new life here. They established a close friendship with Father Ralph. As Meggie grew up year by year, her feelings with Ralph gradually deepened. Ralph is not only a reliable teacher, but also a friend to talk to. All this was seen by menstruation of Meggie. She was a rich and surly old woman, and she hated her. The opportunity has finally come. When Meggie 17 years old, Meggie's aunt finally passed away. Before she died, she gave a letter to Father Ralph, making him swear to open it after she was buried, and Ralph agreed. However, he was shocked when he opened the envelope. It turns out that Meggie's aunt is much richer than people think. In her letter, she stated that all her property amounted to130,000 pounds, and she had made a will and left it to Meggie's family. But now she has changed her mind. She dedicated them to the Catholic church, claiming that it was because of Father Ralph's excellent work. This property will always be controlled by Ralph, and the Meggie family can live in Drogheda, but the salary will be decided by Ralph. Ralph is very contradictory after reading it: if he throws this unknown new will into the fire, the Meggie family can inherit all the inheritance, but he will lose this huge opportunity and never have the hope of promotion; If he publishes this new will, he will be valued and promoted by the church, but Meggie and her family will be deprived of their rights. After much hesitation, he finally gave in to his ambition. He published his will and left Delhi Haida and Meggie. The Meggie family moved into the big house where their aunt used to live and decorated it according to their own hobbies. From then on, they will live here for a long time as custodians of Drogheda Ranch. Ralph sent them enough money to maintain a good life, and Meggie's mother changed her depressed mood and became happy. But when she read in the newspaper that her favorite eldest son, Frank, was sentenced to life imprisonment, that kind of happiness was fleeting. Meggie's father, Paddy, was caught in a big storm when he was moving sheep in the wild. The fire caused by lightning quickly devoured the long-dried grassland and Meggie's father and sheep. At this time, one of her brothers was stabbed to death by the fangs of a wild boar. When the whole family was immersed in grief, Father Ralph came back, buried the dead and left in a hurry. He told Meggie that although he loved her very much, he could never marry her. Soon, he was promoted to bishop. Meggie's family hired a new shearing worker named Luke. Luke looks like Father Ralph, which makes her very unhappy. After Luke's pursuit, Meggie finally married him and left Drogheda. Luke doesn't love Meggie just because Meggie is rich. He plans to buy a ranch with Meggie's money and his hard-earned money. So soon after the marriage, he took Meggie to Kuntulan to cut sugar cane, and asked Meggie to do housework in a family and put all Meggie's money in the bank. Luke didn't meet Meggie to make money. Even when she gave birth to her first child, he refused to come back to see Meggie. At this time, Ralph came to Meggie's side, and his feelings for Meggie remained unchanged. This persistent emotion always makes him feel pain. He finally lost control of his feelings, followed Meggie to matlock Island, and spent the happiest time of their lives together. Ralph left Maggie for a more important position in Rome, and Maggie was pregnant with his child. Meggie therefore decided to leave Luke and return to Drogheda to live with his mother. She gave birth to Ralph's child and named it Dane. Meggie's mother saw at a glance that Dane was Ralph's child. She understands her daughter's behavior very well. She loves someone herself and gave birth to her eldest son, Frank. After the incident, she was expelled from the aristocratic family and married Meggie's father Paddy. Meggie and his mother, daughter and son live well in Drogheda, and their daughter Justine and son Dane have grown up. Because Justine was a child of Luke, Meggie didn't like her very much, but pinned all her feelings on her son Dane, from whom she saw Ralph. At this time, World War II broke out and Ralph was promoted to cardinal. He used religious influence to save Rome in the war and was praised by people. But in his heart, Meggie is just the person she has always cared about. Meggie's daughter grew up to be an actress, active in Australia and Britain and became a drama stage, and finally married a cabinet minister in Germany. Dane, on the other hand, proposed to be a priest, which was a heavy blow to Meggie. After careful consideration, she sent Dane to the seminary in Rome and asked Ralph to take care of him. Ralph and Dane get along well, and Meggie is immersed in the affection between father and son. But it didn't last long. During a swim, Dane had a heart attack and drowned in the sea. All this has given Meggie a new understanding of life. "Everything is my own making. I don't hate anyone. I can't have a moment of regret. " The popularity of the novel The Thorn Birds proves that it is indeed a fascinating novel. This beauty first comes from his theme: love and fate. Tells the legendary family history of the Creary family. The story began in the early 20th century and ended in the late 1960s and early 1970s more than half a century later. Patty Cleary, summoned by her childless sister Mary Carson, moved to Drogheda sheep farm with his wife Fiona and seven children. The only surviving grandson of Dopadi, the talented actress Justine, determined her own life path and love destination in a distant foreign land, telling all the stories of three generations of Cleary family. Some people think that colleen mccullough condensed all aspects of life into this excellent book. She tried to reveal the truth through the vicissitudes of the Creary family and their emotional journey: true love and all good things need to be exchanged at unimaginable prices. As written at the end of the novel: birds have thorns on their chests, and they follow an unchanging law. She was stabbed by something with an unknown name, and those who were driven away died singing ... just singing and singing until her life ran out ... but when we put the thorn in our chest, we knew. We know very well. However, we still have to do this and stick the thorn in our chest. The poetic description of the environment of The Thorn Birds not only plays a good role in shaping the characters, but also enhances the aesthetic feeling of reading, so that readers can acquire rich knowledge of human geography of the characters' environment, so it is also one of its charm sources. The environment outlined by readers in sections makes us feel the strong Australian customs and deeply realize that not only the characters in the works, but also the land is strange. When Amazon online bookstore introduced this book, it described this vast and desolate land like this: "Let the old Korean aggressors take turns; When asking for it, it is cruel and heartless; When the flowers bloom, they are gorgeous; Nature's generous bonds are abundant. No place in the world is so bizarre. "Everything living in Sri Lanka in the book is shrouded in that unique atmosphere, which can be felt and touched, and people can't help but sigh the fate. In a word, The Thorn Bird is a rare best-selling novel with rigorous structure, fluent and vivid language, full of passion and poetry, and warnings and witticisms are scattered from time to time. Very readable. The Thorn Birds, like The Godfather, ranks among the top ten best sellers in the United States, and quickly becomes an international best-selling novel that is popular all over the world. The Thorn Birds is an Australian family novel, which mainly tells the love entanglement between the heroine Meggie and Father Ralph, and describes the story of three generations of Cleary family. It spanned more than half a century and the Second World War. Ralph, a young priest, yearned for the power of the Vatican, but fell in love with Meggie, the beautiful daughter of the shepherd Cleary, and fell into a struggle between power and love, which triggered a series of stories. Centered on the two protagonists, the life joys and sorrows of more than ten members of the Cleary family are unfolded. His works have vivid plots, tight structures and strong artistic appeal. They are known as Gone with the Wind in Australia and listed as one of the top ten modern classics by Time magazine.

However, I try to understand the deeper things behind the characters in The Thorn Birds. Mccullough, like grazing on Drogheda, interpreted the fate, life, death, suffering and happiness of Cleary family and its related figures in a tiled style. Its story is ups and downs, and it tells people a truth by touching history: the best things in the world can only be bought with deep pain and great innovation. ...

The torture fee and Meggie's love for the world. Fei is like an automatic gyro, hovering in the kitchen and back garden from morning till night, and the fatigue is difficult to alleviate. Because she was in a low-income family, she raised six children and later added three more. She worked day and night until she was numb. Only when she lost her ability to work did she win the leisure she wanted when she was young.

Meggie's singing came to an abrupt end at the most beautiful time, that is, when she was in extreme pain, which left people with deep thoughts. When Meggie was a child, although she had painful times, such as being beaten by Sister Agatha when she was studying in a church school, she was forced to break up with her little friend Teresa and escape from Frank, but she had deep pain. However, at that time, she had real happiness, just like the arrival of Agnes, knowing Ralph and feeding little Hal, Meggie felt the mercy of God. Only when Ralph was betrayed by greed and power to Mary's dead soul and the Catholic Church did Meggie's life fall into bottomless darkness. She married Luke, who is a bit like Ralph, but her lost love has not been compensated from here; After that, her attitude towards life was not so much love as helplessness. Later, she had Dane, which seemed to be all her hopes, but in fact it was only a meager comfort. The more she likes Dane, the more she shows her loneliness and pity, the fragility of love and the vanity of losing her lover. Only after Dane and Ralph died, her soul was truly liberated. At this time, the song is the loudest, and I am particularly sad because of the loss of my loved ones.

In contrast, Ralph's singing is not so touching, perhaps it can only be called a sharp cry for help in the struggle, shocking but not shocking. Liu Yong once said: "Pursuing fame and profit is a lifetime, and the wind will never return." That's Ralph's sorrow. He lives in great pain and brings pain to others, so no one pities him, even Meggie, if love does not include pity.

After reading The Thorn Birds, I couldn't help thinking of its bloody crow and connecting it with my own life. This sentence deeply touched me: "As long as there are a pair of faithful eyes crying for me in the world, it is worthwhile for me to suffer for my life." Yes, for life, for survival, for ideals, for love, and even for personal likes, we will clearly stab thorns into our chests.

In this era when marriage has become a fast food, I began to doubt whether there is true love in this world.

When I am lonely and can't sleep at night, I will read The Thorn Birds. Colleen mccullough is really generous, and the love between three generations in the book is described in her pen, which is sad.

I have heard the legend of the thorn bird. I know a bird that sings only once in its life, but that time is the most beautiful swan song in the world. From the moment it left the nest, it was looking for the thorn tree and would never stop until it reached its goal. Then, it plunged into the longest and sharpest thorns and let go of the sound among the wild branches. That song will overshadow larks and nightingales. It sings and sings until it spits out a bloody heart. However, the whole world is listening quietly, and God is smiling in the sky. Because the best things can only be exchanged with the deepest pain!

The love between Meggie and Ralph is the main thread that runs through the whole article. The simple and beautiful Meggie fell in love with Father Ralph, and Ralph loved Meggie deeply. However, under the religious belief, Ralph yearned for the Vatican's rights and was in a profound contradiction between power and love, which triggered a series of touching stories. He can't have love, his life can only be dedicated to God. There is an old saying in China that you can't have your cake and bear's paw, but you should take the cake instead of the fish. Ralph knows how to choose. He chose power over love. I shed tears for the heroine In the eyes of a man, the right to climb up slowly is always more important than the woman around him, even if he loves to death. When you die, you may understand that you lost the bear's paw, not the fish.

Meggie is very clever. Women are always like this, always playing the role of thorn birds. You can risk everything for the person you love, including your life. Meggie finally got Ralph and his children. I feel sorry for Meggie. What a wonderful child she and Ralph had. Not like a man, but like a god. But it was stolen from God, and what she stole will be returned to God eventually. God was so jealous of the perfect child that he took him away from Meggie. When Dane died, I secretly wiped the tears from the corner of my eyes. Dane left peacefully, perhaps looking for his dream.

This reminds me of Meggie's mother Fiona, whose fate is so similar. They also marry people they don't love for love. But I gave my whole life's efforts to the person who let me down.

Maybe love is like this, making people feel so sad that they can't breathe? Mother married someone she didn't love and gave birth to a daughter. Don't care about her growth, put her aside and let her feel a little left to fend for herself. But for a son born out of wedlock with the person he loves, he can't help loving himself. Maybe he took his son as the shadow of his lover. Dreaming of seeing him again one day?

Fortunately, Meggie's daughter Zhu Siting is not like her mother or grandmother. If her love, like her mother and grandmother, is clearly in love, but she has to give up that love. In today's words, I love someone I shouldn't love. If fate keeps going round and round, from the beginning to the end, and then from the end to the beginning, I may go crazy. Fortunately, although Zhu Siting's love experience is long, she still has a perfect ending.

This is a beautiful and exciting love story. I don't think there is no love in the world, but I haven't met it. Maybe one day in the near future, I will become a thorn bird, crying blood and singing, and the song will end and my life will end.

The best things can only be exchanged with the deepest pain!

There are many books that have shocked my soul. What impressed me was not only the author's exquisite language, ingenious structure and exquisite story, but also his profound thinking about philosophical life. For example, I saw Wuthering Heights by Emily, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Garcí a Má rquez, Ordinary World by Lu Yao and Thorn Birds by Colleen mccullough a few months ago, and I was deeply touched by it.

"There is a legend that there is a bird that sings only once in its life, and its song is more beautiful than all the creatures in the world. From the moment it left the nest, it kept looking for the thorn tree until it got what it wanted. Then, it plunged into the longest and sharpest thorns and let go of the sound among the wild branches. At the dying moment, it transcended its own pain, and its singing actually eclipsed larks and nightingales. This is a beautiful song that ends with death. However, the whole world is quietly crying and listening, and God is smiling in the sky. Because the best things can only be exchanged with deep pain and great trauma ... "Some love, never too late, can only leave permanent pain, such as Fiona and Paddy; Their union is the product of interests and shame. Being pregnant before marriage and being abandoned, Fiona, a nobleman, bowed to her knees and married Paddy, a poor sheep shearer. Paddy was flattered and welcomed her fairy wife back. But after marriage, Paddy fell into the abyss of indifference. Fiona can live a hard life with him and have children for Paddy, but she has never loved Paddy. For Paddy, Fiona is almost a "walking corpse". Her infatuation and fanaticism about her first boyfriend ruined Fiona's life, as well as Paddy's life and Frank's unmarried pregnant son's life. Fiona's morbid infatuation and indifference almost accompanied her life completely destroyed the love of her life; It was not until Paddy died in a fire caused by lightning in summer that the great pain in life awakened her indifferent iceberg. Ophina woke up coldly and cried in pain: I love Paddy so much! I was stupid enough to ignore Paddy's life because of my indifference and fanaticism about the past, and didn't even say I love you to him. Paddy was killed in the fire. When Bob found his father's body, he said, "That's just a gesture of a living person." Paddy, who loved Fiona deeply, left with permanent pain; Fiona's foolish infatuation has brought destruction and pain to herself and others.

Some love is so inexplicable and confusing, but it comes just right, so natural, but so clean and bold, just like Meggie and Luke's so-called love. Meggie wants a husband, a home and several children. Luke's dream is a fertile pasture. Although this wish was once a vagrant sugarcane mower or sugar maker who lived by selling his body or showing off his wealth, his original dream of combining with Meggie was a fertile pasture, and the combination with Meggie could make this dream come true a few years earlier. Meggie and Luke's love and marriage, full of pain, separation and bitterness, bid farewell to the original happy romance, which is also mixed with shyness and procrastination. So, after their first child was born (the arrival of this child was painstakingly managed by Meggie), the pain overwhelmed Meggie like a hurricane. Even when Meggie was dying during childbirth, Luke never asked, and Luke's indifference and numbness were frightening. At this time, the priest, it should be said that Archbishop Ralph, the "Luke" who added the brilliance of the sun, "saved" Meggie and gave her unlimited determination to live and give birth to a child. Exhausted Meggie went to matlock Island for a holiday a few months after giving birth, and left the humid North Queensland. Meggie recovered quickly. With the arrival of Archbishop Ralph, the love of this pair of people who have been in love for a long time suddenly broke out in the form of sex. So, after Ralph left, Meggie decided to leave Luke and return to Drogheda, where she came from. End their love. Of course, Meggie didn't forget to make up for her virginity with acting-like crazy sex.

There is a kind of love that makes us wander in the mutual victory of spirit and lust, but it is unforgettable and never indelible. For example, the love between Meggie and Cardinal Ralph, when Meggie was a 10-year-old girl, and Ralph was just a poor priest in the backcountry; This love began when Ralph picked up Little Maggie from the dust. This kind of love is the appropriateness of the body after the soul is tamed; Meggie's aunt and old lady Beaumarie Carson used a cardinal hat to let Ralph make a choice. Ralph finally threw himself at the feet of God and took Meggie's13 million pounds, which should have belonged to Cleary, to the ranks of the high priest, but his love for Meggie brought him back, and finally he completed the integration of spirit and flesh on Oak Island in Maitra. Meggie's love for Ralph seems hysterical. Even the reason for marrying Luke is only because Luke looks like Ralph. She tried to get a child from Ralph, but unfortunately, the child later fell into the arms of God like Ralph.

There is a kind of love that has gone through a lot of loneliness, doubt, temptation and distrust before it comes together. For example, Zhu Siting and Ryan are used to alienation and escape, while doubt and stubbornness are inherent fears. They are almost indifferent and independent self, and they are an individual who cannot accept any external influence. But these two people have sparked a spark, and a single spark can start a prairie fire. Once love is born, there is nothing.

"Why do roses always bloom when he returns to Drogheda? It's 10 months now, and it's mid-spring, of course, when they are in full bloom. The season is just right. " God took back Dane, though in a heroic way, but it took away too much love from Ralph, Meggie, Crilley's family, Justine, Ryan, Catholicism and the world ... Perhaps, hell has been bound in the world of mortals for a long time. Perhaps, we are alive and suffering in hell.