Rwanda is a Central African country. The main ethnic groups are Hutu, Tutsi and Twa. On April 6, 1994, Rwandan President Habyarimana died in an air crash. This was not an accident, but a conspiracy. The power-sharing agreement signed between Habiamana and the Tutsi angered the Hutu militants after the incident, so they committed the assassination. However, the matter does not end there. The Hutu quickly took control of the Rwanda regime. On April 7, the Rwanda massacre that shocked the world began. The movie "Hounds" (also known as "Killing Forbidden Zone") was developed in this real context.
Unlike other literary works about the Rwandan genocide, "The Hound" focuses on an elementary school and ingeniously starts from the white perspective, showing us the situation of the Rwanda genocide 18 years ago from another aspect. They witnessed everything that was cruel, anger, and grieving. Because of the presence of UN troops, the Hutu did not dare to act rashly, and the elementary school became a temporary refuge for people after the massacre began. However, space is limited. Outside this narrow "forbidden zone", countless unfortunate Tutsi people died under the butcher knife of their compatriots after being abused.
It was originally from the same root, why too anxious. The
camera stayed on those Tutsi people who were being beaten. The bloody body trembled uncontrollably, and the eyes were filled with despair and fear. After being tortured, he was dragged to the woods. Here, he died with painful groans. After completing a massacre, the Hutu raised the knife in his hand like a banner of victory, cheering and walking on the street where the corpses were everywhere. I looked at their numb and even joyful expressions, with mixed feelings. They originally lived on the same land, spoke the same language, and had the same skin color. Whether it was out of a thirst for power or a mentality to eradicate aliens, this is undoubtedly pathological and wrong. Just a call from a compatriot is enough to embarrass those radical Hutu militias. If the people of a country can't get along with each other, where does world peace come from? This is not only the tragedy of Rwanda, but also the tragedy of all mankind.
The evil of human nature from "classification"
The idea of "classification" accompanies us like an incurable tumor. We divided the earth into five continents and four oceans. They were given different names by humans after the birth of language. We divided each continent into several pieces of land. Unnecessary boundaries separated people from different countries. Within this country, there are different nationalities, and everyone has a check mark in each level of classification. But is this classification necessary? If there is no distinction between Tutsi and Hutu, if there is no distinction between blacks and whites, and if there is no distinction between nations, perhaps human beings will not be as orderly as they are today, and the so-called level of civilization will not be as good as it is today. The rapid rate of increase, but I think the tragedy of the Rwanda massacre, and even all the tragedies of the massacre in history will not happen.
The white man's choice
protagonist Joey is an English teacher in elementary school, and his white skin becomes his amulet. When he witnessed his former friend becoming an unrighteous party and appeared in front of him with a blood-stained butcher knife, he couldn't let go of it for a long time and began to want to do something to help the innocent Tutsi. However, under the circumstances at the time, "failure" was not enough to tell Joey's mixed feelings of fear, anger, and grief. Even though he promised Mary that he would not leave, he got on a UN truck. I fully understand his choice, just as he replied at the end of the film when she reunited with Mary: "Because I am afraid of death."-This is true human nature. We cannot say that he is ugly or untrustworthy, because in a turbulent environment, not everyone can be as great as a pastor. After all, we are all normal people with a survival instinct.
Christopher is an ideal character, and what he did reminds me of the fake priest in "Jinling Thirteen Paves." One is the Rwanda Massacre, the other is the Nanjing Massacre, the other is in the war between nations, and the other is in the hostility between nations-but there is no difference between the two. Regardless of religious beliefs, whether we believe in Buddha or God, the existence of a role like a priest gives us a glimmer of hope, allowing us to get out of the repressed and thrilling atmosphere, and continue to believe that this world has goodness and tenderness. , Human beings still have love and hope. What makes me most delighted is that in the real history, the priest does have a person. His name is Wijank Kurik. He chose to stay in Rwanda and celebrate the masses for the people. In the end, he saved a lot with his own life. Tutsi people.
Some people criticize that the United Nations eats dry food, but in the name of safeguarding peace, it just sits on the sidelines during this ethnic cleansing. This has triggered my thinking about the pros and cons of armed forces. Without the army, the school would not become a "forbidden zone", and in the end it would be impossible for people including Mary to survive. But in the movie, facing the plea of the Tutsi people, the peacekeepers wearing blue berets can only say sorry to them: "We are soldiers and can only obey the orders above. They only want us to'observe', If we don’t hurt ourselves, we’re not allowed to fire.” Indeed, if the United Nations takes action at this time, it will inevitably be labeled as “interfering in the internal affairs of other countries”. However, if it is from a humanitarian perspective, can this be temporarily released? On the side? For a world-class organization with strict systems and rules, I think this is indeed difficult to achieve. However, I still hope that any soldier of the peacekeeping force present can do something to break this so-called system and rules. Obviously, movies and history have let us down. The spokesperson of the United Nations evaded their responsibilities with her evasive diplomatic rhetoric. Compared with Christopher, the cowardly and cowardly of this international organization cannot but make people embarrassed. As for other big countries that only seek to protect themselves, we have nothing to say.
It
took more than a hundred days to reflect on history from the film and more than 800,000 victims. I can hardly believe that such a scene really exists in the history of Rwanda and in the history of mankind. The end of the 20th century was an era in which the world economy and science and technology developed rapidly. We boasted that we had entered a highly civilized society. The tragedy of the Tutsi people made me wonder again whether the so-called "civilization" is good or bad. In any case, this tragedy will always exist in the history of human suffering and become a memory of our pain and regret. From the movie back to history, the April day 18 years ago must be gloomy.
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