1900, an abandoned baby which is taken care by one of the crews in the ship, Virginia. 1900 was the year which the crew discovered the baby, thus, the boy was named 1900. The crew dies several years later and at that time, 1900 is entirely isolated. He is a genius and he knows how to play the piano without being taught. He gets his own style and wins the applause of passengers. However, he isn’t happy at all. What he is searching for is love and care, yet he cannot find them. In this essay, I will examine how 1900 suffers from loneliness and how he is afraid of changes.

The only companion of 1900 is the piano; he gets used to expressing his feeling via music. Yet, can the piano share with him? Can the music be the tonic for his loneliness? The poor guy has no choices; he was born to be lonely. Maybe it’s his fate. 1900 always wants to attract people by his absorbing performance. Though there is, in fact, nearly no conversation between them, they even don’t know one another. He still wants to be surrounded by the crowd. 1900 doesn’t want to be alone; he enjoys the time being accompanied by people. This can explain why he feels so disappointed, frustrated and he stops playing the piano when the crowd leaves as the destination is reached. 1900 has to become solitary again!

One of the passengers admires his talents very much and tries to talk to him. The farmer shares with him about his misfortune and loneliness. 1900 knows the feeling better than anybody does as he has been suffering for 27 years! He hasn’t disclosed his feeling to others; he just says that he gets a friend sharing the similar situation. It’s a paradox that on the one hand, he wants to speak out his own feeling, which has buried in his heart for a long time, and shares with people; on the other hand, he can’t pluck up his courage to mention his situation in front of people. Maybe it is of no use to tell others or 1900 doesn’t want anyone to sympathize him.

Loneliness makes him afraid of contacting strangers, lack of confidence and shy while  communicating with strangers. When there’re two strangers coming to inform him the competition, he runs away and hides himself. Poor 1900 is afraid of being hurt. With no doubt, loneliness adversely affects his personality. On the shipboard, a young, pure, beautiful girl has caught his attention. He loves the girl and wants to send her a gift. He doesn’t know how to initiate the conversation. 1900 practices again and again in the cabinet. He is too timid to send the girl his record. His personality makes him miss a chance. 1900 is very unhappy and breaks the record. Again, he just keeps his mouth shut and never shares with the others. It is obvious that he no longer wants to share, he is too tired to find opportunities to air his feeling.

Changes make 1900 scared, he wants his everyday life remains the same. For 27 years, he stays on board and never treads on land. Although his crews always persuade him to get off, he is reluctant to try. Several months after the girl had left, 1900 suddenly wants to tread on land. His reason is that he wants to listen to the voice of the sea as he can only hear it clearly on land. However, it’s true that he wants to find the girl and expresses love to her. 1900 hides his feeling again. Yet, when he is on the halfway of the ladder that leads to the land, he stops. He stands there to look at the city in front of him. 1900 gives up treading on land and returns to the ship.

1900 can live safely on the ship as he can see the ends of the ship. Many years later, as the ship is too old and it needs to be exploded to pieces. One of the crew knows that he will be still on the ship. He tries to find him. Before his death, 1900 tells the reasons for not treading on land when he’s walking down the ladder. “ I’m not afraid of what I can see, I’m afraid of what I can’t see”, 1900 is frightened as he can’t see the end of the city. “ Where is the end of the world?” Moreover, there’re only two thousand passengers on broad at a time. It’s a fixed number and it will not change. It can explain why 1900 prefers staying on board.

He takes the piano as an example, “ There are finite keys on the piano”, and he can make “infinite music” out of it. However, the world is a piano that is too big for him. There are infinite keys in the world, how can he make music out of it? It implies that there are so many changes in the world; he can hardly face the challenges. “There are thousands of streets in the city…which one should I choose to die?” It shows that 1900 is scared by the ever-changing world and he is too tired to choose. He thinks that he can’t adapt to the changes as “ the world has passed me (him) by”. In addition, fame, fortune, girl can’t make him tread on land. 1900 chooses to die on the ship rather than getting off. It can be seen that how deeply he is afraid of changes. The marvelous life of 1900 makes him become the legend.

All in all, I like this film very much. It’s a very touching one and an excellent production. In fact, it’s a must for us to adapt to the changes in the world or we’ll be cast out. 1900 doesn’t give him a chance to try. He has the courage to die, why can’t he be brave enough to face the challenges?

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~ An abandoned is adopted by the one of the crews on the ship.

~ 1900 is isolated when the crew dies.

~ He desires to be loved and cared.

Thesis: In this essay, I will examine how 1900 suffers from loneliness and how he is afraid of changes.

~ 1900 gets no companions

~ He can only express his feeling through music

~ He likes to attract the crowd by music

~ He doesn’t want to bear the loneliness.

~ 1900 talks with a farmer.

~ He is reluctant to disclose his real situation to the others.

~ However, he wants to find people to air.

~ It shows that he doesn’t want people to have a pity on him.

~ 1900 is afraid of strangers and shy when communicating to them.

~ The examples of the competition and sending gifts can see the personality of 1900.

~ He no longer wants to share and he is too tired to find chances to air.

~ 1900 doesn’t want to have any changes in his everyday life.

~ He is reluctant to tread on land.

~ He wants to find the girl and walking down the ladder leading to the land.

~ He returns when he is on the halfway of the ladder.

~ Before death, he discloses the reasons for not treading on land.

~ He is afraid of what he can’t see.

~ On the ship, he can see the ends and the conditions are nearly constant on board.

~ However, he can’t see the end of the world.

~ He’s afraid that he can’t adapt the changes.

~ He takes the piano as an example.

~ He can make infinite music on the piano with finite keys.

~ The world is a piano that is too big for him.

~ He can’t make music out of it, as there’re infinite keys.

~ 1900 is scared by the ever-changing world.

~ He chooses to death rather than having a try on land.

~ This film is a very moving one and an excellent production.

~ Why don’t 1900 have a try to tread on land?

~ He has the courage to die, why can’t he be brave to live?