The Giving Tree《Love Dilemma》

雖是童話一則 若與今村昌平所拍電影 相映 "母愛"和"盡孝"之間存在的悖理令人錐心之裂

在 wikipedia 找到一則Giving tree的評論

Ben Jackson a professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University put it:

“ Is this a sad tale? Well it is sad in the same way that life is depressing. We are all needy and if we are lucky and any good we grow old using others and getting used up. Tears fall in our lives like leaves from a tree. Our finitude is not something to be regretted or despised however; it is what makes giving (and receiving) possible. The more you blame the boy the more you have to fault human existence. The more you blame the tree the more you have to fault the very idea of parenting. Should the tree's giving be contingent on the boy's gratitude? If it were if fathers and mothers waited on reciprocity before caring for their young then we would all be doomed. ”