not simple human nature

Three Israeli agents, two men and one woman, went to East Germany to deal with a hidden Nazi leader. The leader escaped while being held in custody. The three decided to hide the truth and announced that they had killed the leader, successfully completing the mission and winning glory for the country. Nationally hailed as a hero. Among them, male A finally committed suicide with guilt, while male B had no intention of repenting. After decades, the female agent finally disclosed the truth to the outside world, and relieved the long-standing guilt and pain in her heart.

First of all, this is the most unprofessional spy movie I've ever seen. It's not that the equipment department is not in place, or the fighting skills are not good enough, but the female special's emotional control is particularly poor, which leads to frequent mistakes in tasks due to emotions when performing tasks.

But that's not the point of my talk. I'm sure that's not the point of the movie either. Since it is about sin, which is a human thing, this movie is still worth exploring.

Seemingly simple lines of human nature, the three people happened to take three different paths. Also facing the initial guilt in his heart, male A chooses to be freed by death, male B chooses to be freed from self-binding, and female special finally chooses to be released publicly.

In the end, people are all for the sake of liberating themselves, but in reality they have the same goal in different ways.

But if you think about it, this is not a simple story of self-guilt and self-liberation. This sin involves national honor and national morale. Just as when male A proposed to conceal the truth after knowing that the leader had escaped, the reason given was: "This is not just our own business. This involves the country." At that time, Israel, since it sent agents to solve the Nazi leader, it means that A result is needed for this Nazi leader to be resolved. What the country needs is a result that can be announced to the public to improve the country's prestige and boost the morale of the country. So does the truth matter most at this point?

It is also concealing the truth. If the three of them were really willing to bear "inner guilt and the possibility of being exposed" for "national honor and national morale" at that time, then they are actually worthy of their own pride. But I think the decision at that time was more because of "do not want to be punished or lose my honor", and "national honor" is just an excuse for everyone to make a decision at that time.

So the wonderful thing about human nature is that, even if the actual result is the same, if the starting point of thinking is different, the number of layers of shackles you put on yourself will be different.

So how do you convince yourself?

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