Adults don't understand children, but children understand adults.

Kirsten 2022-12-16 02:08:57

People always think that children can understand. In fact, children know a lot, but adults don't believe it. In the movie, adults listen to the children's confession to gather evidence, but they only believe the worst parts, but don't listen to the children's confession seriously, and like to impose their own subjective assumptions on the children.
Because most of the behaviors of children are trapped by adults, they have to succumb to the authority of adults. When the principal asked someone to identify the sexual assault, Kara always denied it at first. In fact, she was aware of the seriousness of the matter and had disturbed another adult. However, the question of adults' persuasive temptation made her realize that she must continue to lie in order not to be blamed by the adults, so she then admitted the existence of sexual assault.
When the protagonist came to his house to seek trust, Kara saw that the protagonist was fighting with his father, and the school rumors made her feel uneasy. She tried again to tell the truth, but soon her mother gave a good one. The reason for the adult judgment is to selectively forget about bad things, which gives Cara a temporary reason to feel at ease. When Kara came to the male protagonist’s house, the male protagonist tried to get Kara to tell the truth, but Kara straightforwardly used her mother’s rhetoric to tell the male protagonist that I don’t know what happened. Someone else said so. . Use this to cover up your previous lies, or even to show that you are innocent, and everything is not caused by yourself. Children are very good at imitating, and she can realize what adults want. All adults believe that she selectively forgets because of misfortune, so it is undoubtedly the most powerful to respond to the protagonist with adult-like reasons. In fact, this just shows that children are slowly trying to learn to see things with the thinking and ideas of adults, but it is already difficult for adults to see things with the thinking and ideas of children.
When the protagonist was arrested and the protagonist’s son came to Kara’s house to make a fuss, the protagonist’s son was the only person in the film who responded positively and angry to Kara’s lies. He insulted Kara and spat at her, which was actually In an interaction that is exactly the same level of thinking. He didn't treat her as an ignorant child, he accused her of lying and asked her to tell the truth. And Kara is protected in a large group of adults. Of course, she cannot admit that she lied. Once she admits that she will lose the dependence of adults, it is like a survival instinct. In the world of children, there is no difference between children, just like older children don’t like to play with children, and feel that children are troublesome and don’t understand anything, so they don’t care about which disadvantaged groups are going to do like adults. "Accommodating", children tend to care more about the significance of their own growth to the group, rather than creating a group and then absorbing individuals. In fact, this is also the rule of the adult world, but the adult world is more hypocritical, while the child's world reflects more directly. But the adult's "we won't play with you" between children is just a kind of irrelevant slapstick, in fact it is a kind of group consciousness's rejection of individuals. Maybe it's a bit serious to say that, but in fact, we think too little.
Carla later saw the male lead twice, once when the male lead was beaten to death and walked out of the supermarket, and once when the male lead was in the church. Carla just watched it twice, and gave close-ups both times. Carla felt guilty and timid when he saw the embarrassed male protagonist.
In the night, Kara tells the truth for the third time. In fact, Kara knew what all of this was about, but the development of the matter was no longer something she could bear. She naturally hid under the wings of an adult. And the last confession was not denied as in the previous two times, just because this person still has a friendship with the male protagonist, and whether his father really believes or wants to believe it has no effect, just like No one can forget the last shot in the jungle. Everyone has cracks in their hearts. Whether they re-believe the hero or forgive their atrocities, it will not help. It will always be like an ugly mirror. He looks ugly, but who wants to admit that he is ugly.
When Carla looked around at the door and timidly did not dare to come in, Carla looked at the protagonist looking awkward and kept holding the corner of the skirt. The actor joked that there are too many grids on the floor and it is difficult not to step on to ease it. Kara also feels relaxed and finds an outlet in confusion. There is no reciprocity between adults and children. The male protagonist will not put everything on the table and discuss with Carla, thinking that she is just a child and still doesn't understand. On the contrary, a child can recognize this inequality more clearly, but her voice in the adult world is limited, she still cannot fully understand the rules, and she can only be at a loss when facing a male protagonist. .
This film is like telling a story about a child who made an adult world fall apart. Adults make rash assertions about children, always thinking that they have the key to open the world of children, but in fact, only children have always gone to the world of adults, and no adult has returned to the world of children. Adults always think that they don’t understand what they say and do. Children don’t understand. But in fact, children take everything into their hearts. Adults always think that children are simple when they look at children. They always say that they can be coaxed by giving them candy, but children often do. The most profitable, you give me a candy now, I think you are good, but it does not mean that you will always think of you. It's like Carla's lie was only caused by the male lead's rejection of her unusually good behavior. Of course children are evil, otherwise why did she deliberately say those things in front of the principal? She just predicted the results differently from adults.

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The Hunt quotes

  • [subtitled version]

    Lucas: What are you saying? Have you got something to tell me?

    Agnes: Stop it, Lucas.

    Lucas: You want to tell me something?

    Theo: Relax, Lucas.

    Lucas: The whole town is listening. Tell me! What do you want to say?

    Agnes: Stop it, you fucking psychopath!

    Lucas: I want a word with Theo. Look into my eyes. Look me in the eyes. What do you see? Do you see anything? Nothing. There's nothing. There's nothing. You leave me alone now. You leave me alone now, Theo. Then I'll go. Thank you.

  • Marcus: Bunch of bastards! Bunch of fucking bastards!