DTT "Time Machine" content

Some guesses about the ending of "The Time Machine".

My roommate Amy took home "The Time Machine" the day before yesterday and stayed up all night to read it. The next day she discussed the ending with me despite severe dark circles under her eyes. Asked whether Lin Jiaqi and Ye Youning are the same person.

After watching the short film online, I had a vague feeling that the ending would develop in this direction.

In fact, the ending is not complicated, but the clues are relatively hidden. Many people who are used to reading quickly may miss the details carefully laid out by the author.

Of course, this is just my analysis based on my own understanding, which may be contrary to the author's original intention. However, I consider myself a rigorous and serious person, so I will do some analysis on the ending of "Time Machine" and attach clues to the analysis.

It should not be difficult for everyone to find that there is a summary text at the beginning of each chapter, and the clues to the last chapter are hidden in this text. "It is said that countless parallel universes were created during the Big Bang. In one universe, you exist but not me. In other universes, there may be only me but not you. We only dream in this universe where you and I both exist. , wake up."

In the last chapter, we learned the fact that the heroine Xia Wenxi was ill (which also paved the way for the unification of the two male protagonists). Later, in the exchange with her friend Chen Ting , allowing her to recall some memories of Ye Youning's untimely death, "I suddenly thought sadly that he looked so depressed most of the time in his short life. Why do some people in this world get too much, and why? Some people have nothing." This is her regret for Ye Youning.

“It is said that countless parallel universes were created during the Big Bang. In one universe, you exist but not me. In other universes, there may be only me but not you. We are only in this you. I dream and wake up in the universe where my imagination leaves countless other related possibilities. I think that among so many possibilities, there will always be one of you who will grow into a cheerful and enthusiastic young man, as if absorbing this time and space. Lack of nutrition has created another person who is always smiling, but the same slight chin only reveals a lazy look? Occasionally, there are quiet moments, and the reason for being disappointed is just because of the team he likes. You lost the competition, you almost passed the monthly biology test, it seems that things like falling out of love have nothing to do with you..."

Pay attention to this sentence "There will always be someone you will grow into." "A cheerful and enthusiastic young man" I think it is clearly hinted here that this young man is Lin Jiaqi. The subsequent parallel description is also similar to the description of Lin Jiaqi in a previous chapter.

"There must be such a you, with the regrets of this life doubled and prosperous and beautiful in another world."

"It is the mood of wanting to give. , I want to send all the ordinary wishes that cannot be realized in my own life and the gorgeous plots that cannot be touched by stretching my arms to his world to double their existence."

"I just want to. I want to give you all this."

These three sentences explain the heroine's psychology very well. The boy she likes, Ye Youning, was born in a broken family. He has a gloomy and indifferent personality. This The boy who always looked unhappy lost his young life in a car accident. It was this accident that caused Xia Wenxi to suffer from a mental disorder. She gave the young man love and sympathy. She hoped to give him a completely different happy life, and all of this could only happen in her own imagination. That's why she invented a character like Lin Jiaqi, who could be said to be born next to Ye Youning, to replace Ye Youning's prosperous and brocade existence in another world (perhaps in a parallel universe).

"I have been dreaming for too long."

This is a perfect sentence. It turns out that there is no time machine at all, but only a long and profound nightmare.

To be honest, I didn’t like the ending. Because I like a energetic young man like Lin Jiaqi, but in the end he never existed at all.

It's like we have a beautiful dream about time and space travel with the author. You think your expectations can at least find an eternal support in that fictional space. Even if the reality is cruel, there is at least such a story that gives people the courage to "get better."

But in the end, our right to dream was rudely taken away by the sentence "I have been dreaming for too long."

This may be the reason why I felt depressed after reading "The Time Machine".

However, perhaps an imperfect ending can make a story or a book leave a longer lasting impression on readers.

Because sadness is always deeper than joy.