I made this title in the reason of
my psych book “psychology in real world”. Since I remembered, at the
beginning of the semester, my psych professor told us that if you really wanted
to know about psychology, you needed to put it into the real world. I think it
is the same truth as we can see in War and Peace: if we really want to get to
know, to understand, not just get acquainted with those characters, we should put
them in the real world. Setting up Facebook for our characters gives me a
precious chance to understand them in reality. I have to admit that Tolstoy
gives vivid description of my character Nicholas in both his relationship and war
career. However, for a long time, when we are reading, our minds are always
under the manipulation of Tolstoy. It is exciting for me that this time I can
jump out of a Frame called “Tolstoy’s opinion” and label my Nicholas in my own
volition. I used to treat Nicholas as the most determined person in War and Peace: he insisted on his deep
love for Sonya and great passion for the Emperor. Nevertheless, he changes all these
factors which previously were most stable in his life in the progression of the
plotline. I find that I really miss the little Nicholas who is lovably immature
and unlimitedly energetic to do whatever he thinks is right. I also want to
figure out what is the significance of the present characterization for my
character Nicholas.
I do not deliberately make any plan
for my portrayal. But to address my question, when I am reading the present
Nicholas, I myself will play the previous Nicholas at the same time to see the
disparity and huge change. So you see I go back to Sonya to express my care for
her while I get married with Marya. Sometimes, I tend to be emotional: the fog
reminds me of the little Nicholas, so I call him back to play his patriotism
again.
Nice blog post, Kai!
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