Looking at "Road to Destruction" from a Psychological Perspective: Moisturizing the silent father-son relationship

Al 2022-03-21 09:01:28

In fact, before I didn't understand psychology, I really didn't understand where is the father-son relationship in this film?
Isn't love just a lot of tears? Lots of expressions? Even a lot of regrets and misses? Much irreparable?

Until I know how men get along, a large part of men socialize, don't use words to get to know each other, they watch football together, watch TV with some junk food, learn by doing, build links in doing is a large part of men Ways to build social. This way is almost impossible for women, and it is not possible to express feelings in this way in many romance dramas.

And part of the father-son relationship is built together in outings. They watch sports games together, visit museums together, play poker, play chess, watch TV, go fishing, and don’t talk much for hours. The common theme of these activities is, Boys do something with their buddies instead of talking about it or sharing how it feels about it.

So, this father and son did one thing together: revenge.
A big man took it to the little man, took him as a man, ran away, taught him to save his life, and taught him to assist his father in killing. Sallivan doesn't have time to comfort his son in a mother's way, and he doesn't have time to take care of his child's feelings. These are things that women are more likely to do. He wants to survive, he wants to fight back. These are all in line with a man's instinct.

From a psychological point of view, the baby will think that he and the mother are one, and the father more often needs the child to gradually accept it. And a father who is not good at expressing love will slow down the process. So a mother hitting a child feels completely different from a dad hitting a child. The former children will think that they are beaten by their own people, while the latter will make the children feel that they have been beaten by outside authorities. Little Sallivan is alienated from his father at the beginning of the film (in his father's occupation and personality), and is closer to his mother on a psychological level. After the death of his mother, the bond between him and his father quickly became inseparable, and he was quickly forced to become a man.

The hearts of the two men were tied together in the bloody storm.
A silent father who does not accept his profession, when his son comes to him with nightmares, he asks like an adult: Do you want to talk to me? The son said that he did not like mathematics, and the father asked: What subject do you like? (with an unnatural expression, not used to warmth).

A skilled killer, a father unskilled in expressing love.

I was wondering how Sallivan didn't have revenge, so what would they do? How will the son miss his father? Whether it will be with hatred: because it was the father and himself who killed the mother and brother, and the father could not choose revenge. Do you still know what kind of person your father is?

After all, Sallivan chose revenge, and his fate was pushed in the predetermined direction. When little Sallivan recalled his father again, he would think of the rain, the gunshots, and finally his father became icy cold with relief in the sound of the turbulent sea.

So he was heartbroken every time he thought about it. All viewers can see this picture, but I can't imagine how many times it will ache in the child's heart.

The road to destruction may have gone to destruction when Sallivan chose to be a killer.

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Extended Reading
  • Rhoda 2022-03-24 09:01:27

    It's a very warm movie, and the actors do well. I like the short happiness on the beach at the end, boy, father, and golden retriever. The boy did not shoot in the end, and Hanks' father was very tall. This is actually not a gangster movie, it is actually a story about love.

  • Freddy 2022-04-24 07:01:04

    The father took his son on the road of gang revenge, both wanting him to grow up and worrying that he would never be able to turn back. The ending is too perfect, the revenge is successful, and the son has not yet stained blood on his hands. . .

Road to Perdition quotes

  • [Sullivan is teaching his son how to drive]

    Michael Sullivan: Look out for the tractor, Mike. Michael... look out for the tractor. You're coming up now. Watch out for the tractor. Watch out for the tractor! Watch out for the tractor!

    [Sullivan, Jr. swerves to avoid the tractor in the nick of time]

    Michael Sullivan, Jr.: We made it!

    Michael Sullivan: [sarcastically] Oh, yeah, yeah. We made it.

  • Michael Sullivan: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry... I'm sorry.