The story takes place in Yorkshire in 1983. Eight talented boys are drawn to form a special class, and their goal is oxbridge - the general term for oxford and cambridge. The public class teacher is a fat old man Hector. His teaching method is unique. He encourages students to write and perform plays (the characters can even be prostitutes and clients) to master the past tense in French. Seemingly useless, he actually incorporates many famous sayings into his own words with ease; the new teacher Irwin, who is contrary to his style, is better at teaching students exam strategies, how to write essays, and how to deal with interviews (even if In this way, I also feel that Irwin's method is much more open than domestic teaching). In addition to the main line of comparison of educational methods, homosexuality (which also confuses me, for example, in the face of Hector's salty pig hands, Dakin does not have much resistance), youth, growth, happiness, and the interpretation of the subject of history are also shuttles. Elements.
As a boy from the history department of a stage play who won the Best Screenplay Award, the dialogue is undoubtedly the biggest highlight. For example, Rudge's definition of history is usually the most inconspicuous: "How do I define history? Well it's just one fucking thing after another, isn't it? "The extremely talented Posner: "I'm not happy, but I 'm unhappy about it." It's amazing. However, it is precisely because the script has too strong British literary characteristics, so many places I see it in a fog.
Although there is a turning point towards the end - Hector died in a car accident, it is not necessarily bad for him. In short, his image has penetrated into my heart, with his sentence "pass the parcle, that's sometimes all you could do. take it, feel it and pass it on. not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day."
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