Humanity at the last moment

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One is a pragmatic and slick American veteran who thinks that the meaning of life is above all else, he does not hesitate to pretend to be an officer in order to get better treatment, escape from a prisoner-of-war camp after nine deaths, and hook up a woman as an officer. After returning to China from the army, he was beaten by the British army as a small person who pretended to be someone else. He was forced to accept the task of blowing the bridge back, but he refused to abandon his injured companions, but at the last minute he went to the bridge with his own life. Explain what he thinks is right. A person who only wants to survive without principles, but at the last moment abandons himself and insists on big principles.


One is a gentleman colonel who stresses principles and disciplines. For the sake of principle, he would rather stay at the prisoner-of-war camp than escape. For the sake of principle, the officers are not allowed to do hard work and they will be locked in the dark room and starve. Bridge, but such a principled person, at the last minute forgot his principle as a soldier: to obey orders. When the young British soldier who was ordered to blow up the bridge told him that it was an order of the British military, he ignored it or said he was unwilling to accept this fact-he had already regarded the bridge as his personal life. An outstanding work of, he actually threw the guy to the ground and started to tear him to stop him from blasting the bridge. He only had his personal achievements in his mind, and he forgot that this was in war and this was a bridge he built for the Japanese. . When the boy was knocked to the ground by the Japanese soldiers, he suddenly realized: What did I do?

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  • Colonel Saito: Attention, English prisoners! Notice I do not say "English soldiers". From the moment you surrendered, you ceased to be soldiers. You will finish the bridge by the twelfth day of May. You will work under the direction of a Japanese engineer, Lieutenant Mioura. Time is short. All men will work. Your officers will work beside you. This is only just. For it is they who betray you by surrender. Your shame is their dishonor. It is they who told you: "Better to live like a coolie than die like a hero." It is they who brought you here, not I. Therefore, they will join you in useful labor. That is all.

  • Colonel Nicholson: It only remains for me to say, thank you, Colonel Saito, for your kind attention, and are there any other questions?

    Colonel Saito: One question... can you finish the bridge in time?

    Colonel Nicholson: Frankly, the consensus of opinion is that it's impossible... but we'll certainly give it a go. After all, we mustn't forget that we've wasted over a month through an unfortunate disagreement for which I was not to blame.