Too aggressive can only impress yourself

Evangeline 2022-10-14 03:19:27

The movie has been reversed several times, but in fact, the truth has been guessed in the middle section. According to the theory of the wise Concubine Jing, the executor of the key steps in a plan must be one of the planners. Constance had David's semen in his body when he died, so David became an inevitable suspect, and the sex was voluntarily proposed by Constance, so if David was not the murderer, then she must have also participated in the plan. But I thought that this was just Dasdi being too radical and led to David's death. I never wanted to see that in the end, David himself was a participant in the plan and maybe even the planner, and I really shuddered.

Perhaps, some things must be changed with the participation of radicals, using some extreme means? However, I have never had much affection for this group of activists, no matter what their claims. There has always been a saying in our country that "death remonstrance is written, and war is fought to the death". However, the death remonstrance of loyal ministers was mostly caused by helplessness in the chaotic times of the last dynasty. Does not being afraid of death justify your claims? Can you achieve your goals by dying? What I have always admired are those capable ministers who can act calmly, patiently, and resolutely even in times of crisis, and turn the tide by themselves. What's more, here, do you still use your own sacrifice to prove the importance of abolishing the death penalty, as Douyou said, to trample on life to prove the value of life? Isn't it self-contradictory, it's ridiculous!

Of course, to analyze it realistically, Constance was suffering from a terminal illness, and it would be better to die for his claims if he wanted to die. David may have been frustrated in his life and felt that he had no love for life, so it is better to take this bet decisively. But this is still easy to admit defeat, is a certain degree of vulnerability. I know that I don't have back pain when I stand and talk, but I just think that in order for others to recognize your ideas, you must first be recognized as a person. Recalling that people recalled that Premier Zhou was always like a spring breeze, and when negotiating with people, he always made people happy and accepted his propositions. This is the power of personality charm. And fierce tit-for-tat quarrels are rarely able to convince people, and may even arouse their rebellious psychology and strengthen their originally less firm opposition.

What's more, if the truth was revealed earlier, then the unjust case would become clear, and people's attitude towards David would definitely change, realizing that he was not a criminal, and the previous rape case might also be an unjust case. Can't really live? Do you really have to die? In the end, he was the most aggressive one. At the end of the film, people's remarks are still stubborn. How much can a false injustice case planned by oneself change much?

At the cost of life, it is not a last resort to accomplish anything, but only for martyrdom. Although this is touching, it does not really change anything.

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The Life of David Gale quotes

  • Constance Harraway: Stop that!

    David Gale: What?

    Constance Harraway: Active listening, I hate active listeners. I always feel like they're to busy *pretending* to be listening to hear what I'm saying.

    David Gale: I can listen and actively listen at the same time. I'm good at that.

  • David Gale: Fantasies have to be unrealistic because the moment, the second that you get what you seek, you don't, you can't want it anymore. In order to continue to exist, desire must have its objects perpetually absent. It's not the "it" that you want, it's the fantasy of "it." So, desire supports crazy fantasies. This is what Pascal means when he says that we are only truly happy when daydreaming about future happiness. Or why we say the hunt is sweeter than the kill. Or be careful what you wish for. Not because you'll get it, but because you're doomed not to want it once you do. So the lesson of Lacan is, living by your wants will never make you happy. What it means to be fully human is to strive to live by ideas and ideals and not to measure your life by what you've attained in terms of your desires but those small moments of integrity, compassion, rationality, even self-sacrifice. Because in the end, the only way that we can measure the significance of our own lives is by valuing the lives of others.