When will you retire?

Elaina 2022-04-19 09:02:09

I watched this animated movie entirely to accompany my son, so I didn't watch it seriously at first. After all, I haven't watched the first two films, and I don't have such deep feelings for the protagonist in the plot. But it was unexpected when I saw it later. We all thought that after hard training, Lightning McQueen would win, that there would be an unexpected explosion and another championship. Or what happens to McQueen, for example, in order to save people, although he fails and exits, it is also touching. The result is not, the ending is even more tragic and warm than I thought. Lightning McQueen found his place and became a new self.
A friend asked me the other day, what are you going to do after you retire? I laugh, I don't know. That's natural, I'm only thirty, how can I imagine my retirement now? But I followed the film and asked myself the next question, and I couldn't laugh right away. Will the time you plan to retire be the same as the reality? The beauty is late, the hero is dead, and the Jiang Lang is exhausted. It is known as the three sorrows in life. Did Lightning McQueen predict that he would be "end of the road"? Does he want to "retire"? No, he didn't, the world was moving too fast, forcing him to make such a choice. What about us? We live in a fast-moving society where everything we were once good at could be quickly replaced. That is to say, when we retire does not necessarily depend on when we want to retire, but on when the society does not need us to do what we are doing now. Don't we think we're not heroes, so there's no "end of the road"? wake up.
Then I went on to ask myself a second question: What do you want to do with your next job? This is a difficult and hopeful choice. After all, when some jobs are eliminated in this society, some new and more challenging jobs must be created. The only question is whether you can take your chances. What you used to be good at won't be useless when you transition, but you also need new knowledge, and a lot of knowledge. The question is, can you find this new job that suits you. In other words, what kind of job should I look for in the future? Yes, I am writing to myself, to a self who is about to enter a transition period. I can't laugh, I'm full of apprehensions about the future, but I know I have to work hard. If you ask McQueen, has he ever thought about what he would do after not being a race car driver? I don't know, but I think I probably didn't think about it. He can make a relatively smooth transition because of his years of accumulation. Therefore, when the future is unknown, it is the most important to do well every day of the present. Learning and accumulating are never useless, although you don't know when and how that knowledge will come into play.
Lightning McQueen became Cool Sister and defeated Black Storm. Then I thought of another question: how can Black Storm return to the top; or be willing to take an ordinary place in the game; or transform into a coach like McQueen; or find another way out? Life is not a cartoon, and if you are judged as a villain, you don't need to continue your life. What's more, in the world of cartoons, the villains are often stronger than the positive characters to survive for a while. So what should he do? We don't know, but I hope he rises too. After all, in the real society, whoever defeats anyone can become a hero forever. Only when you fight can it be a healthy competition in society. So whether it's Sister Cool or Black Storm, their stories are far from over.
Bless everyone who works hard and live hard, and also bless myself.

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Extended Reading

Cars 3 quotes

  • Ramone: [after giving Lightning a new paint job] It's like the Sistine Chapel on wheels.

    Lightning McQueen: [starts riving his engine in front of a mirror] I'm coming for you, Storm.

  • Cruz Ramirez: [Cruz is watching the news with a trophy while Lightning is completely miffed] So... trophy's kinda nice. Don't you think?

    [no response]

    Cruz Ramirez: I-I mean, I know like, you've got a billion of them, so y-you would know.

    [still no response]

    Cruz Ramirez: I still can't believe I won. Heheh. It's pretty shiny. I have never seen one up close. Looks like they spent a lot of money on it, I-I mean, I think it's real metal...

    Lightning McQueen: Stop. Just stop! Okay, Cruz? You don't even know. You don't even have one clue!

    Cruz Ramirez: Hey! I was trying to...

    Lightning McQueen: Do you know what happens if I lose this race?

    [Cruz doesn't answer]

    Lightning McQueen: Every mile of this trip was to get me faster than Jackson Storm. FASTER!

    [Luigi, Guido, and Mack listen on in horror]

    Lightning McQueen: I start off getting nowhere for a week ON A SIMULATOR! I lose a whole day with you on Fireball Beach. AND THEN, I WASTE TONIGHT IN THE CROSSHAIRS OF MISS FRITTER! I'm stuck in the same speed I was a month ago! I can't get any faster BECAUSE I'M TOO BUSY TAKING CARE OF MY TRAINER!

    [Cruz feeling hurt and remains silent]

    Lightning McQueen: This is my last chance, Cruz. Last! Final! FINITO! If I lose, I never get to do this again. If you were a racer, you'd know what I'm talking about! But you're not! So you DON'T!

    [he slams his tire on the wall, causing Cruz's trophy to fall off the shelf and break upon hitting the floor; Cruz is crushed]

    Cruz Ramirez: [furious] Mack, pull over!

    Mack: Wha? Now?

    Cruz Ramirez: NOW!

    [pushes the button]

    Mack: Ahh - Okay okay! Pulling over! Pulling over!

    [Mack pulls over]

    Cruz Ramirez: [exits Mack] Ask me if I dreamed of being a trainer, Mr. McQueen, go ahead! Ask me if I got up in the dark to run laps before school every day! Ask me if I saved every penny to buy a ticket to the races when they came to town. Ask me if I did that so that I could be a trainer someday, ask me!

    Lightning McQueen: Did y - ?

    Cruz Ramirez: No! I've wanted to become a racer forever! Because of you.

    [Lightning is shocked and heartbroken]

    Cruz Ramirez: I used to watch you on TV, flying through the air. You seemed so... fearless. "Dream small, Cruz." That's what my family used to say. "Dream small or not at all." They were just trying to protect me. But, I was the fastest kid in town and I was gonna prove them wrong!

    Lightning McQueen: What happened?

    Cruz Ramirez: When I got to my first race, I figured it out.

    Lightning McQueen: What?

    Cruz Ramirez: That I didn't belong. The other racers looked nothing like me. You know, they-they were bigger, and-and stronger, and so... confident. And when they started their engines... that was it. I knew I'd never be a racer. I just left. It was my one shot and I didn't take it.

    [Lightning feels bad as Cruz decides to leave]

    Cruz Ramirez: Yeah, so, uh... I-I'm gonna head back to the training center. I think we both know it's for the best.

    [starts to drive away, but turns around again]

    Cruz Ramirez: But, can I ask you something? What was it like for you, when you showed up to your first race? How did you know you could do it?

    Lightning McQueen: I don't know, I... I just never thought I couldn't.

    Cruz Ramirez: I wish I knew what that felt like. Good luck, Mr. McQueen.

    [starts driving away]

    Lightning McQueen: Cruz... Cruz, wait...!

    [Cruz ignores him and he sighs]