The strong cross themselves, and the saints cross people. Follow your heart to be yourself, true strength must be gentle and firm.
The beginning of the film introduces Katharine in the second person. Giselle described it this way in the school newspaper: The dream of her life is to teach at Wellesley College. She is unworldly and has only one year of teaching experience, and it is because she wants to make a difference.
Although the status of women in the United States in the 1950s gradually received attention, the feudal ideology in the upper class was still very serious. In Wellesley, a well-known women's university, most of the students have a good family background and have received an excellent education since childhood. However, the school's education for students is not to teach them how to acquire the subject knowledge they are interested in, nor does it attach importance to psychological education, but to define the success of students as future marriages. The purpose of their studies is nothing more than marrying a good husband. Katharine is a beautiful, mature woman who just graduated from UCLA, where she embraced liberal reform ideas and aspires to be a distinguished professor.
Katharine's first class followed the syllabus, and the students challenged her, who were not interested in her class. Katharine was very uncomfortable and wanted to talk to her boyfriend Paul on the phone, but the inconvenience of the call made her give up talking. In the second class, Katharine changed the way of teaching, using works other than textbooks to let students appreciate and express their feelings, and the students themselves formed a new syllabus: What is art? What makes it good or bad? And who decides? Change Learn what students think about her and what they think about the class. After Amanda's departure and Nancy's etiquette class, Katharine realized that everything here is labeled: Right family, right school, right art, right way of life. Students don't think about who they want to be and what they want to be. life. Katharine wants to change this. When she took her students to visit the paintings of abstract art master Pollock, the students were very puzzled. She said something: You don't need to write a paper, you don't have to like it, I just want you to think. When introducing Van Gogh's sunflowers, she said that he painted what he felt, not what he saw; when speaking of Van Gogh's self-portrait, she introduced no rendering, no disguise, pure truth. And now everyone can be a Van Gogh, just follow the instructions for a few minutes and become an artist. You can do what others expect, or you can be yourself. The students slowly fell in love with her and asked her to join their party. When asked why she wasn't married, she talked about her first love, but many things changed because of the Pearl Harbor incident and he married someone else . Later, in the face of her boyfriend Paul's sudden proposal, at this time she refused because she fell in love with Bill, not every love ended in marriage. "I guss I assme that I will at some point, I am not gonna plan my life around it.
Joan is excellent and considerate, and has a boyfriend Tom who loves each other. Between going to Yale to study law and her boyfriend, she chose marriage. Although this failed Katharine's expectations of her, she has no regrets, she knows what kind of life she wants. When Katharine persuaded her to do both, she knew she wanted a family, but that didn't make her stupid. She and Katharine said, "You are the one who said I could do anything I wanted. This is what I want." She was confident and determined to choose the life she wanted, and it also influenced Katharine, she respected and blessed Joan. Connie is a cheerful and lively girl who longs for love until she meets Charlie and they are happy together. But due to Betty's misleading misunderstanding that Charlie was engaged, she left Charlie. Later, at a dance, they met again and solved the knot. Connie still loves Charlie, she boldly pursues and apologizes to Charlie, and they are reconciled again. Giselle is a cool girl who is open and brave in her pursuit of love. Dare to love, dare to hate, boldly pursue Professor Bill, and date a psychologist after breaking up. Betty is a traditional girl, influenced by traditional education, she is mean, sharp, does not know how to respect others, and disdains Katharine. She obeyed her mother's admonition to be a good wife, abides by traditions, and married without graduating, believing that women are obliged to take on the role of bearing children and continuing traditions in the family, and maintaining a seemingly good marriage with her husband Spencer, although Spencer never They took the initiative to touch her, and they were not happy. Later, Katharine changed her mind. We are not born to play what kind of role. She broke out after Spencer's many snubs and her mother's indifference. She filed for divorce from Spencer. Faced with her mother's questioning, she pointed to The smiling portrait of Mona Lisa says "She is smiling. Is she happy?" Just looks happy. She resists bravely and dares to pursue the life she wants.
电影的最后，Betty在校报上对Katharine描述写道：My teacher, Katharine•Watson, lived by her own definition, and not compromise that not even for wellesley. I dedicate this my last editorial to an extraordinary woman. Who lived by example and compelied us all to see the word through new eyes. By the time you read this, she will sailing to Europe where I know she will find new walls to break down, and new idea to replace them with. I have heard her called a quitter for leaving an aimless wanderer. But not all who wander are aimless. Especially not those who seek truth beyond tradition, beyond definition,beyond the image. I will never forget you.
Mona Lisa's smile just looks happy, but life is not for others to see, only a smile from the heart is happy. So be yourself and be happy.
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