The other side of danger-from Henry's perspective

Joannie 2022-01-07 15:54:16

Henry held Mark hanging in the air in one hand, and said flatly on a huge and dry tree in the winter: "If I let go now, do you think you will fly?" Henry is a dangerous little boy. He drowned his brother, shot a vicious dog, directed a ten-car crash, and finally hit his mother off the cliff. He is good at disguising, good at using adult authority to shirk responsibilities, and exposing him Mark is locked in the room as a mental illness. Compared with normal people, Henry seems to lack the ability to empathize and lack pro-sociality. Coupled with the boy's aggressive nature and fearlessness of the world, he acted cruelly. But the Statue of Liberty favored Henry. He climbed that straight tree as fast as the wind. When he was chased by a mad dog, there was only excitement and desire to win on his face. Even when his life was at stake, he calmly bewitched his mother to give up Mark and choose to save himself. For Henry, the world is a huge playground. He can control it at will, dominate it, manipulate it, or even destroy it, without worrying about everything. He is not afraid of death, afraid of losing his freedom. Now we are living in worry. This worry is like moving people into a deeper and deeper swamp. Since we have the concept of time and are distinguished from animals, we cannot stop worrying about the future. We are afraid of things that may bring pain, so that even before the pain comes, the sorrow comes. In the final analysis, I am still afraid of pain. As for the sense of fear that this thing brings, it is just an illusion. The society seems to have designed us into fine gears, running into each other to form the same will. When we want to touch something, we always look left and right. In my life, I am indecisive, and I feel very coerced. Henry at that time, he held my untouchable freedom, and lived vividly deep in his heart. Do a lot of evil, and handsome in some place. The dangerous little angel smiled but was full of charm, wearing a dark blue woolen hat, leaning against the entrance of the snowy tunnel in winter and said: "Mark, don't be afraid to fly."

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  • Verda 2022-01-07 15:54:16

    If you deal with the details more seriously, and dig deeper into the causes of Henry's psychosis, I will give 5 stars. I really can't stand the image of Elijah Woo's bitter little adult. In comparison, Macaulay Culkin also represents precocity, but it is really scary.

  • Westley 2022-04-21 09:02:55

    Demons have no age. Treating destruction and killing as a game is really scary.

The Good Son quotes

  • [Henry takes Mark to the Well in the cemetery]

    Mark: [Mark looks down into the Well as Henry pulls out a wooden box from his pocket] Hey, cool. What you got in the box?

    Henry: [Henry pulls out a lighter and cigarette, lighting it to hand over to Mark] Go on.

    Mark: They give you cancer.

    Henry: Who cares? You're gonna die anyways.

    [Mark takes a smoke and uncontrollably coughs]

    Henry: [the two kids stand up and walk around the rim of the Well]

    Henry: Did you see your mom after she was dead?

    Mark: I wanted to, but they wouldn't let me.

    Henry: You should've made them let you. It's very important. See, people don't like to talk about death. So that's why you have to investigate. It's scientific.

    Mark: It doesn't feel like that.

    Henry: What did your mom look like the last time you saw her?

    Mark: Kinda pale.

    Henry: Kinda pale. I took a real good look when my kid brother Richard drowned in the bathtub.

    Mark: Your brother drowned?

    Henry: He was completely blue. You should've looked at her eyes and lips. And touched her skin to see what it felt like--Hot, cold.

    Mark: Shut up about my mom.

    Henry: Hey, don't get mad. I'm just trying to be scientific.

    Mark: Just shut up or I'll hit you.

    Henry: Try it...

    [Henry throws his cigarette down into the silent Well]

    Henry: ... and I'll throw you down there.

    Mark: Oh, yeah?

    [they stare at each other before Henry apologizes]

  • [Mark talks to his mom in the hospital bed]

    Janice: Mark? Hi, sweetie.

    Mark: Hi, Mom.

    Janice: Why didn't you wake me?

    Mark: I thought you should sleep.

    Janice: I'd rather see you. Has Dad told you everything?

    Mark: Yeah.

    Janice: I know you'll be OK.

    Mark: Mom...

    Janice: I'll always be with you, Mark. I love you.

    Mark: I love you, Mom.

    [she falls back to sleep]

    Mark: You're not going to die, Mom. I promise. You're not gonna die 'cause I won't let you.

    [the scene cuts to Mark at his mother's funeral]