# Crazy for the Fools

By [rgnhaw](https://paragraph.com/@rgnhaw) · 2024-08-15

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I was very dissatisfied with the ending of "Dream of Red Mansions".

After reading "Dream of Red Mansions", I seemed to still be immersed in Daiyu's grief and indignation before her death. I seemed to see a beautiful and intelligent woman who was forced to have no way out by her own stubbornness. I seemed to also see Baoyu's stupidity. She looks like she is happily marrying the "Daiyu" in his heart.

After Daiyu died, I began to wonder whether Mother Jia really loved Daiyu and Baoyu. How could Mother Jia bear to separate two children she loved so much? Is it just because Daiyu was not a suitable person to be a mistress? ? I often assume that if Daiyu and Baoyu eloped, their ending would be happy. But after thinking about it carefully, if they really elope, what will happen to their future lives?

Should the pampered Baoyu work to support the family or the frail and sickly beauty Daiyu? Moreover, in that feudal era, elopement was not recognized by the world, so it was not just Jia Mu who was opposed to their being together. They were the people who were deeply poisoned by the feudal system, so Jia Mu had no choice but to do what she did.

Although I feel sorry for Daiyu and Baoyu's love, I also deeply sympathize with Baochai. This talented woman married Baoyu in Daiyu's name and wronged herself and her love. Sadly, Baoyu still only has Dai in his heart. In the end, Baoyu became a monk, but this poor man did not find happiness in the end.

The ending of Sister Feng is not very tragic. A person who has always been lofty and accustomed to being aloof, finally ended up with nowhere to live, but her love for Qiaoer moved me deeply. As the saying goes, tigers are not poisoned. Torma, even a ruthless person like Sister Feng, is loving and gentle towards her children. In fact, Sister Feng is also a pitiful person. As a strong woman in a social system where men are superior to women, being too weak will only make others unconvinced, so she can only force herself to be more ruthless, so others respect her but are afraid of her but don't like her. she. I believe she is lonely most of the time even though she has everything. This is probably because she feels so cold at the top.

In "A Dream of Red Mansions" we see the process of a family from prosperity to decline, which is actually the process of a country from prosperity to decline. It describes the situation of a large family in the feudal period. The experience of the Jia family is used to describe the aristocratic inability to control themselves and the illusion of internal weakness and external strength. The love tragedy of Daiyu and Baoyu exposed the darkness of the social system at that time. Everyone sacrificed themselves for the benefit of the family. Baodai is the best example. It can be seen that people at that time violated morality and conscience under the inducement of power and money. .

I don’t know what else to say about Bao Dai’s story. Maybe their story is a dream of Red Mansions in the Grand View Garden.

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