"McFarlane" can be a trigger for us to think about these two aspects, allowing us to have a brief but valuable reflection after watching it. I remember a friend who said something that touched me a lot after hearing it, and I still think about it from time to time. She said that wisdom is the crystallization of thinking, and everything that can cause us to think is very rare and valuable, so we need to cherish such moments.
The story of "McFarland" tells the story of a coach who changed the fate of seven people, influenced the ideas of the McFarland area, and then found his own state of life.
The McFarland area is a poor and backward area in the United States. The folk customs here are simple and the life is well-off. The farmers rely on planting nuts for a living, which is passed down from generation to generation, which is the countryside we usually see. In such areas, the concept of family education is almost non-existent, and the purpose of having children is to increase the family's labor force. For example, if you want to study, your parents are not very supportive. They will say: reading too much will make you short-sighted. After you study, you will have one less person to do the work at home, and the agricultural products will not be sold as soon as possible, and they will sell well. Price.
Such stories are very common in some economically underdeveloped areas, because in such areas, the
concept very weak. The reasons for this include many aspects: the economy is underdeveloped, and the food and clothing of the family may be the more worrying thing; the parents have limited education level, their vision cannot be opened, and they will not realize the meaning of education, interests, specialties, or dreams to a person. So no matter who you are, even if you are a genius or a natural runner, you will be educated and cultivated as an ordinary person.
There are many talented people in the McFarland area, and because they have helped their parents in agricultural labor since childhood, they have extremely strong endurance and strong physical strength. So cross-country running is the most suitable for such people. The story also involves elements of the American dream. The United States is a free country. As long as you have a certain talent, you can always find a space to display yourself.
Such talents were tapped by the coaches, and given scientific education and training, they won the championship of the continental cross-country running championship, and finally all entered the university to study, completing the transformation of the carp leaping from the dragon's gate. We need to firmly believe that individuals can change something through persistence and hard work. Whether it is the coaches who have changed the people in the McFarland area, or the people in the McFarland area who have changed themselves through persistence and hard work because of the coaches, or the changes that have taken place when we face all kinds of life.
Like this running movie. In the afterglow of the setting sun, on the heap of almonds, running away from family troubles, away from heavy farm work, away from yesterday and future, away from life frustration, close to freedom, close to the heart.
During the period, the coaches have also made great efforts and efforts from selecting talents to experiencing all kinds of resistance during training. Of course, because the team he trains has gradually achieved success, the coach has been tempted by money. In this process, the coach is faced with choices related to his own life status again and again. Maybe we will look at why the coach chooses and insists on training this team in the McFarland area from a different perspective.
Perhaps it can only be answered by the state of existence of life, and the coach finally chose McFarland.
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