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Human beings are inherently good?
Angelina 2022-04-19 09:03:00
The saddest thing is that the film is based on real events. Even after listening to the Three Character Classic since I was a child, I have always been skeptical about "human nature is inherently good". Personally, I believe that human nature is mixed with good and evil, and we must choose. It’s just that due to social and moral constraints and the majority of people who have grown up healthily under the guidance of various parties since childhood, evil thoughts and evil deeds have been buried. Once the seeds of evil are sown, it is easy to take root and sprout. Dark and dark thoughts. How many people can be as good as the herd mentality and the sharing of crime? The film reminds me of a human nature experiment done by a female performance artist. Although I personally feel that the experimental setting has unreasonable places to guide the participants, the experimental process and results reveal the evil of human nature. Pull away.
Extended Reading
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Gertrude Baniszewski: You know what it's like to be sick, Sylvia. I've been sick for so long, too. I can't... discipline my kids they was I should. I punish them I know, but... sometimes with my medicine I gets so I don't know what I'm doing.
[begins to cry]
Gertrude Baniszewski: And I care for them so much. Paula, the thing is... Paula's a lot like me. I had her when I was just about your age. Then Stephanie. Then all the others. Then John left... And here I am on medicine, doing whatever I can to keep my family together. I want something better for Paula... There has to be something better... And I need to protect my children...
[cries]
Gertrude Baniszewski: Do you understand that? You kids... you're all I've got... Thank you, Sylvia. Thank you for understanding, thank you.
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Sylvia Likens: She sacrificed me to protect her children, and she sacrificed her children to protect herself.