I kept thinking while watching it, if I were Jeff, I would do the same thing as him. I think that the idealistic part of my heart, the naive part, will not hesitate to say, why not. But the fragile, numb part of me asked back: Can you hold on. Yes, I want to ask everyone, if you are Jeff, can you hold on to it? Can you survive when the greatest love and children in your life leave you? When the small mistakes you have made in your life are exaggerated and publicized by others, and you are severely accused, can you endure those disgusting eyes? Without the support of your family and the understanding of your friends, how far can you go?
"Go your own way and let others do it" is such a cheesy sentence, how ridiculous it sounds now.
The image of Jeff's long silence after his testimony in court was extremely depressing.
Whether it is Hua Jeff or Beau Lowe, they are all successful people. But what happened to them after they contributed so much to the largest public health case in U.S. history? One teaching in middle school and one being a public television correspondent, said they were paid less than any position they had ever held. Why hasn't an agency convinced them to come back, or succeeded in convincing them to come back? Is it really because they have experienced too much and are disappointed in this society? Or is this society simply not worthy of our high hopes?
We are just ordinary people, when the dark side of society wants to erode the last light within us, when we face enormous pressure, can we withstand it? How powerful is that part of our optimistic ideals? When you watch others follow the rules of society and live a better life than you, don't you think about letting that ideal self take a back seat?
This world is not glorious, do we still need to pursue a glorious life?
The original intention of writing this article is to sing praises for persistence and ideals. But just now, I got a call, I made a response, I shied away from my responsibilities, and made a decision, a decision that ideally I'm upright I should reject. Even if it's not something I force others to do for me, even if it's just a trivial thing. But in my heart, it was very uncomfortable.
Some people may say that everything has been done, and there is nothing else to say. First, it is not illegal, and second, no one is unwilling, but it is just a little less noble in morals.
Yes, what else is there to say, what can I change by writing this article? Not much has changed in this great movie, has it? I'm just not used to it yet. Not used to the self who adapts to this society, not used to the lazy, evasive self. Going further, I think I'll be intimidated by the dark side of my own psyche. Stop here at the
end, I sincerely admire those who have persistence and ideals, and I hope that I can adapt to all this not so quickly, and can protect the small pure place in my heart.
View more about The Insider reviews
