no one is an island

Bianka 2022-04-20 09:01:02

(This, Xiaode and Derek are both the same person, I wrote it in the same way as I wrote it hahaha)

A very heavy movie after watching it. I think many movie reviews have described the social significance of this movie very well. Here I would like to analyze the mental process of the development of the friendship between Derek and black people, because The way the film is presented here is indeed as stated in some short reviews, and the language is vague. It seems that a dirty joke has become a turning point in the relationship between the two, but I think there is a story in the middle.

Looking back at the rivalry between Derek and the black brother, there are actually only five paragraphs in total (the memory is like this, if there is any mistake, please correct me). The first paragraph is their first meeting, Derek still looks like a young Nazi, self-righteous and has late-stage secondary disease symptoms that even though I am in prison, I am not a nigger like you can easily talk to, black brother But he didn't care, and said a sentence with a clear flag and then the director followed the language teacher's teaching before and after echoing the prominent theme: "Here you are the nigger (nigger)."

The second opposite scene is when Derek discovers a private deal between a white gangster and a Latino criminal. The little pillar of faith has not yet begun to shake, but he feels resentful. A year of comfortable life in prison not only failed to cure his prisoner The second disease made the teachings of the head of state further poison his fragile and vulnerable mind. I only feel that this bearded meat-eater is contemptible, and the entire white gang has been eroded and rotted by the terrible idea of ​​capitalism. As a flower, I only care about The white lotus, who is charitable for world peace, can't play with them again. Hahaha. It turns out that the young man, the middle schooler's illness can be cured, otherwise the white lotus will turn into a rotten chrysanthemum in seconds. At this time, Xiao De could only vent his anguish by throwing the sheets, and Xiao Hei used the stalk of kkk to ridicule him. In fact, it has been a year since the two met for the first time. It looks like Lao Tzu is owed five million yuan, but Xiao Hei can only joke with him like this. He can only say that Xiao Hei is really a natural person.

The third rivalry is a turning point in the friendship between the two and a turning point in the fate of Xiaode. Tonight Xiaode learned the reason why Xiaohei was arrested and imprisoned. He also lost his first night (the fog) in the bathroom. Looking back, he wondered if he would regret the shaken belief caused by this meeting. Will I be ashamed of the broken chrysanthemum caused by the shaken belief, when he was dying, I could say that I dedicate my whole life and all my energy to the most precious cause in my life-----the orcs never shave their heads! (Insanity) In a word, this meeting was extremely crucial, because Xiaode knew the core of dialectics of Marxism, that is, everything should be viewed dialectically. But did not realize who caused such a situation. The meat joke is just a clue to introduce the two people's hearts. It should be said that Xiaode's heart is very broken, because he has always felt that his insistence is just, for the future of the country, and to make America great again, but I especially You only get three years for killing two people, and you get six years for stealing a TV. I've been in the company of the capitalist idiots for so many years, it's inhuman! So Xiaode broke down and went to take a shower, so unspeakable things happened, I want to say that the language of the camera here is really amazing, the White Power tattoo on Xiaode's arm can win the best mockery in the audience prize. So when Xiaode was raising chrysanthemums, another black man, Dr. Sini, came to comfort him. The ancients were honest again and again. A woman will always remember the man who made her lose her first night, and a man will always hate him for losing her. The man on the first night will fall in love with the man who came to comfort him after he lost the first night (covering the sky and fog). Alas, the years are easily let down, and there is no turning back for the years, and Xiaode has since changed his mind and started a new life.

In the fourth rivalry scene, Xiao Hei angrily accused him (covering his face) after learning that Xiao De was in love with another old black. No, he taught him a lesson after witnessing him blatantly provoking the white gang, saying that you are in There can be no backers here (come to my arms), Xiaode was actually very broken, and began to sing, "What else can I do, what can I do, in the end, it is not the position of my lover, you never think, why should I be like this? "In short, although Xiaode didn't listen to the persuasion, he also spent the last few months tremblingly and safely.

In the fifth rivalry, Xiao De was released from prison, and Xiao Hei continued to serve his sentence. At this time, Xiao De was no longer the impulsive skinhead when he was in prison, with a gentle and sunny smile on his face (losing the transformation of men on the first night). Is it so big?), there is not much dialogue and no sensationalism, a faint "I owe you", two punches, words are in the eyes, really touching tears!

Derek is tragic. Two important people in his life, his brother and father, were killed by black people, and Xiao Hei and Lao Hei are also two important people in his life. One is amazing and the other is gentle (… ). At the end, the death of his younger brother truly elevates the whole film, and leaves a suspense for all audiences - whether after this, Xiaode will become king of hate crime again or will it be communism from now on, blah blah blah, What about human equality? Go for yourself.

In fact, this film is not only an innuendo to American society, but also an innuendo to all racial discrimination in the world, so I don't want to go into details here. I believe that we all scoff at the self-righteous ethnocentrism of other ethnic groups, but we also often fall into an inexplicable sense of racial superiority, but in essence we are all human. Culture, skin color, class can distinguish people, but there is no distinction points. Our sociological perspective simply and rudely points out that when you blame someone for what kind of problems, blame the society first. Indeed, in society, no one is an island, and in an interpersonal network that is thousands of times more complicated than a cobweb, one should clearly realize that everyone is a node in a cobweb, and it is the cause of our node and the rest of the nodes. Often it is not the active factor that breaks, but the spider weaving the web.

Last but not least, Brother Danny, you are really disabled in the years to come, and your heart hurts.

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American History X quotes

  • Derek Vinyard: One in every three black males is in some phase of the correctional system. Is that a coincidence or do these people have, you know, like a racial commitment to crime?

  • Doris Vinyard: [Yelling to Derek through small holes in the Plexiglas, during visiting hours at the prison] You think you're the only one doin' time, Derek? You think you're here all alone? You think I'm not in here with you?