The Book of Henry: What's in Mom's Teaching About Wealth?

Owen 2022-01-29 08:12:29

For works of art such as novels, movies, music, etc., "colorful" is usually arranged at the end of the work. Therefore, when the movie "The Book of Henry" was shown at 5 minutes, Henry walked to the podium under the teacher's guidance and completed an oral composition on the topic of "wealth". Although the words were precious, I thought it was just one of the many highlights of the film. one of.

What did Henry say, so that the viewers who had not had time to fully enter the atmosphere of the film were instantly captured by this 12-year-old boy?

Henry said: "Our wealth is not the things written on our resumes or the numbers in our bank accounts, but who we are lucky enough to have in our lives and what we can leave them."

After saying this, the bell rang for the end of get out of class. When the classmates in the classroom filed out, the teacher deliberately stopped Henry, who was in a hurry: "Tell me why I can't send you to the gifted school?" Henry replied: "Because this is good for my psychosocial development, so that I can be in a normal school. interact with peers.". This question and answer made me mistakenly think that Henry's speech on what wealth is, is the material added by the Book of Henry to show that Henry is a genius, just like the medals that his brother Peter yearned for but was disapproved of by Henry. Like checking the teacher to death on a chessboard, like the meticulously designed mechanical device he installed in the small shed in his yard...

Most of the precocious children are ill-fated. I thought the next film to be completed was an inspirational story of a genius boy who did not obey the arrangement of fate and struggled with the disease, but the story was only halfway through, and he made Henry suffer from a brain tumor. .

When Henry looked at the X-rays of his brain one by one, he asked the doctor, "Chemotherapy?"

I saw the doctor shake his head very slightly but firmly. I was taken aback: Is Henry going to die? Sure enough, Henry died soon after. That is to say, this is not an inspirational film in which Henry does not succumb to fate!

After a while, Henry was gone

But the title of the film is "Henry's Book". Henry hasn't had time to write the book, so why did the film let him die?

After seeing Peter take out the red-covered notebook entrusted to him by Henry to his mother Susan after his brother's funeral, I understand: Next, the film will focus on how the single mother Susan broke away from the grief of losing her child, Living happily with Peter comforts Henry, and in the red-covered notebook called "Henry's Book" by the movie, Henry writes to his mother how to buy and sell stocks to ensure her financial freedom, just as Henry did during his lifetime , "You don't have money for a new car", look, this little boy who made hundreds of thousands of dollars in the stock market for his mother!

However, the largest part of the "Book of Henry" is a plan written by Henry to his mother, a plan to shoot and kill the adoptive father of Christina, a female classmate who lives next door, and save himself. plan.

Also, how can a good movie easily fall into the idle pen? Henry had long observed that the reason why Christina was so unhappy was because her adoptive father had been abusing her at home. Henry had asked the principal for help, but the principal never believed that a policeman would know the law and break the law; Henry had to call 911 anonymously when Christina was brutally murdered, only to see that the community rescuer who came to the door turned out to be Green's brother. Henry felt that saving Christina could only rely on himself. It turned out that the mechanical device that Henry had been fiddling with in a shed in his yard was not used to prove his talent. It was his plan to shoot Green Skorman to ensure that he would still be able to get out. one of the agencies.

Henry and Peter say goodbye to this scene, watch it once and cry once

To be able to make a refreshing and penetrating speech on the subject of wealth, to win medals in various school competitions without breaking a sweat, to be invincible on the chessboard... attributing the extraordinary ability of a 12-year-old boy to With God's blessing, where did the kindness of this 12-year-old boy come from?

From his mother Susan, as Henry said before he parted her goodbye: "You always knew how to be a mother".

"The Book of Henry" does not explain why Susan divorced, but is more concerned with showing how the restaurant waitress allowed the two children to grow up healthy in a dysfunctional family. We see that, even when she is exhausted, Susan is always at her best as a mother when she tells bedtime stories to her two children; The details of whether to turn off the lights or not, let us realize that, despite her unsatisfactory life, Susan always let her two children see her most pleasing side. As for making Susan care for Christina as soon as she meets Christina and help her female colleagues without asking for anything in return, in addition to telling the audience that Susan is kind-hearted, it also makes us realize that Henry's " The first half of the "wealth" assertion was inspired by his mother, "Our wealth is who we are lucky enough to have in our lives."

Susan's kindness also radiated to the heart of the youngest son Peter. Peter, who always competes with his brother for the nickname "Taco One",

After his brother passed away, he saw his mother unable to sleep at night in grief, and confirmed that he was not as good as his brother Henry in every way. He even used this to comfort his mother: why not me? If only I would get sick in Henry's place. This is a really difficult cry to answer. How did Susan respond? She took Peter into her arms and told him without question: "I can't lose you, you are all unique to me." Children, how lucky they are to have such a mother; then, Susan's words around Peter are letting Peter slowly learn what he can leave others.

After losing Henry, Susan has another daughter, Christina

It can be seen that "The Book of Henry" is not a legend about how a talented child shines at all, but a warm story of a single mother, Susan, who grows melons and grows beans. With this in mind, it is not difficult to understand why Susan threw the "Book of Henry" into the fireplace before the end of the film. From Susan's point of view, the vicious policeman who abused Christina deserves to die, but as Henry designed it during his lifetime, he might be able to gain a temporary advantage, but it must not become a "wealth" left to others. Therefore, She is willing to follow the "Book of Henry" to get the signature of the evil policeman to obtain custody of Christina, but she disobeys the guidance of "The Book of Henry" and puts down the gun aimed at the evil policeman at the last moment. Susan believes that justice may come later, but it is never absent. Look, Christina's sad ballet finally convinced the principal to believe Henry's complaint, and the evil policeman Green Skorman also shot himself when the sound of the police car was approaching.

Susan burned the "Book of Henry" to comfort Henry who always put the weak in his heart: Christina, who you care about, has replaced you as a mother's child.

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    I have always regarded Jacob as a girl before, but this movie has finally changed. Hope Jaeden doesn't grow disabled in the future, haha!

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    Anytime Li Peipei plays the role of an ideal boyfriend, it is very suitable--

The Book of Henry quotes

  • Glenn Sickleman: [on molesting his step daughter] Who do you think they'll believe?

  • Sheila: Hank.

    Henry Carpenter: It's actually Henry. I think you'd be able to retain at least one simple name somewhere beyond that haircut.

    Sheila: Nice goggles. They go well with your misshapen head.