please tell me what the husband said inthe end scene
when he showed lily his diary..
sharei have no idea..i was wondering the same thing sorry
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There are no details of what is in the diary-the horrors of war, and what he went through is left to your imagination.
shareit was very hard to hear what he was saying...it sounded like he said "I got this (the diary)off or from a German".... and at another part I thought I heard him say "I didn't mean to kill her"... if anyone else has anything that might help solve the question I would also like to know
shareHe said "I wasn't a religious man but now he prays for forgiveness. I am so tired. I had never even been to Calvery."
shareI think he said "I've never even been to CALGARY" not "Calvery."
shareI'm sure he said Calgary
shareWhat is Calgary?!
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It's a place in Canada. He said:"I've never been a religious man but now I pray for forgiveness. I am so tired. I had never even been to Calgary." What he was saying was that he's witnessed the horrors of war in Europe though before the war he had lived a sheltered life.
shareThat was a good scene, it practically had me in tears. I felt so sorry for him.
shareAlso, during this last scene, what did Lily mean when she said, "I forgive you."??????? Forgive him for what? What did he mean when he said, "Please forgive me!"???????
What had he done to Lily to be forgiven for?
Please excuse this ignorant Yank....LOL!
"Within your heart, keep one still, secret spot where dreams may go." - Louise Driscoll
He wasn't asking Lily to forgive him for something that he had done to her, but for what he had done to other men ~(i.e Germans) in the war. He wants forgiveness and needs a clear conscience. Basically, he's now in fear of how he'll be judged when he dies. He's also afraid that Lily will leave him when she finds out what he had to do in the war, even though he had no choice but to do it.
shareMy understanding was that he asked her forgiveness for not having been able to TALK to her about his experiences directly after his return, but keeping to himself and almost driving her away from him. Unlike what happens today (at least in my country) the returning men received no help whatsoever in coping with what they had done.
It is also very telling that he cannot say (at his Welcome home-party) that he is a hero or if he has killed anyone.
The historian Stephen Ambrose in his book "Band of brothers" (was made into a mini-series by Spielberg and Tom Hanks) discusses "combat fatigue" during WWII and that the army planners could count on soldiers to be effective around 70 days. After that they had learned (if still alive) to take no chances and were thus less deadly to the enemy. Moreover, most veterans refuse to call themselves heroes and reserve that title to their dead comrades. And Ambrose concludes with saying that for most soldiers it was a blessing not to know if they had actually killed somebody -- the fighting took place over such great distances that it was difficult to know if it really was YOUR bullet that had killed an enemy soldier.
I felt the film managed to show this conflict in a very human way. / elisabet
I think he was asking forgiveness because he lied to her about his life
In the beginning, in London he told her he was rich and had a ranch etc.
He realizes afterwards what she sacrificed to be with him
That's just my take
Calgary is the largest city in Alberta, the Canadian province that Charlie's family farm is located in.
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Seriously?
Where do you live to not have heard of Calgary?
The Calgary Stampede ring any bells?
That shocks me.
But I may be biased, seeing as I live here.
See I think he said Calvary..I'd never been to calvary - he'd never have understood until he experienced it first hand.
definition of calvary: an experience or occasion of extreme suffering, esp. mental suffering.
Calgary may have been fairly relevant (only cos it was based in Canada) but I personally believe it's incorrect and that he said calvary..People often refer to it as a place..in Les Miserables one character says he's on a "neverending road to calvary"
The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all...
Has no one heard of subtitles ???
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It's a journal I kept in the war.
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I think it'll help.
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I'd never even been to Calgary.
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Lily, um...
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I've never been a religious man.
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But now I pray for forgiveness.
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I'm so tired.
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I'm so sorry, Lil.
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I'm so sorry.
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Oh, my darling!
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Come here, love.
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HE SOBS
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My sweet, sweet darling.
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SOBS UNCONTROLLABLY It's all right.
How did you get subtitles? My DVD (Love and War) didn't have that option, or closed captioning. Annoying.
shareSaying he had never been to Calgary would have been very relevant to the film and the experiences of his character. As I said in my earlier post the family farm is located in the Canadian province of Alberta, the largest city in Alberta is Calgary making it the nearest large city in proximity to the farm. He was expressing the fact that prior to the war he was a simple farmer who had never even visited a nearby large city. The purpose of this line is to contrast his simple former life with the horrors he had witnessed on the battlefield and the cultureshock of international travel. As his earlier life experiences had been so sheltered and limited he was not at all prepared for what he was to experience during the war and was left feeling overwhelmed and unable to readjust to his life on the farm or cope with what he had seen/done as a soldier.
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