As a writer, I admire the conflict at the heart of saving Private Ryan so much. Eight soldiers risk their lives to save Ryan, an only son of a soldier whose brothers have died in battle. I have always had two opposing viewpoints fighting about this core conflict. At the beginning I was wondering why it was set up this way, I thought it materialized the characters and symbolized the people. The reason why Ryan's life is "expensive" is because of his status, he is the only son of a mother, because his brothers all died in battle. He was saved because of who he was, not his equal humanity on the battlefield. But then another voice prevailed. What is Ryan's identity? His identity is not a celebrity, not the son of a general, he is the only son of an ordinary mother, nothing more, which is wonderful. The speciality of Ryan's identity that the film emphasizes is not in nobility, but in the last thought that can be given to people in that turbulent era of displacement. On a superficial level, it's boasting about the humanity of the US government, but on a deeper level it tells people that eight people can be replaced by one person, their government is fearless, and like the finale of "Murder on the Orient Express", they boldly preach My own point of view, that the spirit is always above the rational measure of right and wrong, I think this is the main concept of this film.
Finally, what the movie promotes is definitely not just about the importance of eight people and one person. The protagonist said that he used to be a teacher. It made me sad. War is not burning, it is absurd. It even reflects the relationship between war and religion in another character who always prays to God. Of course, this relationship is also attributed to people's spiritual confusion. When Private Ryan is saved, who will save countless of them? save them.
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