![]() ![]() It focuses on the value of friendship, humility, self-forgiveness and human kindness. It’s a great adult love story that deals unflinchingly with the challenges of lifelong commitment. It’s unapologetically sentimental though not cloyingly so. Harold had abided by the British unspoken rule not to ask for help, yet it is constantly offered, and with such civility! The humanity of random strangers, those ‘great unwashed’ he’s spent a lifetime tuning out, offer insight and comfort. He draws the strength to keep going from his new found awareness of nature's intricate beauty. Simply walking requires behavior that’s totally out of character an ability to connect with both nature & mankind. ![]() Solitude forces him to open the door to his personal demons. ![]() I wanted to shout “keep going Harold!”, to remind him of the adage ‘absence makes the heart grow fonder’ because Harold’s journey was testament to its truth.Ī journey just as much about having the courage to reflect back as about going forward. He just keeps walking in the belief that his journey will save her life. ‘For years they had been in a place where language had no significance’. The Harold Fry that leaves to mail a letter to his dying friend is drained by life, full of self-loathing and incapable of mending his ruined marriage. ![]()
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