Aphasia under Paternalistic Discipline

Xzavier 2022-04-21 09:03:46

In the film, the little boy Amer returns to his classmate Lin Ma's exercise book and travels back and forth between Keka and Posti twice as a spatial clue, presenting a loop structure that starts in the classroom and ends in the classroom, which is similar to Asgah's film " A Separation begins with the courtroom and ends with the same structure as the courtroom. The time line of the story is only one day, but through the switching of space, Amer's perspective brings out the slow and stagnant but ubiquitous social values ​​of "paternalistic discipline" in the social state of the Iranian villages and towns where he lives. Mother persistently refused to listen to Amer's explanation. Grandpa believed that letting children be beaten and not forgetting to obey the rules is the right way to educate. What impressed me the most was the conversation between my grandfather and his peers when they were chatting at the entrance of the village. "What if the child didn't make a mistake?" He replied: "Find an excuse to fight every two weeks." Because grandpa was taught this way since he was a child, he instinctively passed it down and applied it to the children in the family. To understand from the state of existence, in fact, insinuations can be found in the film. That is the pressure of being alive: the old man who turned around with the firewood that was enough to crush him, the old man who threw large stones from the house deep in the alley, the child with a heavy milk crate, the old woman with a fat belly and sickness. The shots of the characters give people a sense of pressure in life, and they are really writing the word life, which is heavy and dull. Growing up in such an environment, the playful and willful part of the child's nature will inevitably be worn away, and turned into a part of making a living, which is taken away, and at the same time, the child's right to speak. In the film, when Amer asked the repairmen if his name was Lin Ma, he never got an answer. He asked questions over and over again, and was ignored over and over again. Just like his mother's incomprehension, Amer's voice was never heard, and the result was In the form of "fleeing", Lin Ma sent the book and chased the workers to Posti again. The background music in the film only appears in the two "escape" and at the end, and due to the characteristics of the terrain, there are mostly stone stairs here. It is compact and appears twice in the long shot of Amer's Shangpanshan Road. This combination of phonemes creates a sense of tension by combining the characters' psychology, space and dynamics. The film seems to have special meanings for "shoes", "doors" and "dog barking". The old grandmother said that you must take off your shoes first when you go upstairs. The socks that were worn out when the old man repaired the door and Amer were running around. It seems that shoes are the decency of life. Like breaking a door, the boundaries between the inside and the outside do not seem to be completely different because of the door. The old man said that people only want to replace the iron door now, because the iron door can be used for a lifetime, but he doesn't know how long a lifetime is. The old door is really because it is broken. Was it replaced? In fact, the question raised is also implicitly saying that people do not seem to look at the problem from the root cause, and that survival is carried forward according to the established and closed form, and there are more and more "aphasia" like Amer, adults. Forget that children are afraid of the dark night, dogs barking, and classmates being punished by teachers. The sensitive and kind part of their hearts needs to be nurtured in order to always shine. This kind of emotional care and the mother’s dedication to the child’s ability to survive Different, if Amer can feel that he can have a chance to communicate with his mother, he will be given the affirmation of "he is right" psychologically, he has done nothing wrong, and he does not need to be sorry to anyone , but the ubiquitous "rules" cast a gray shadow of self-blame on his mind. Children need to be praised and feel alive. The little flower that grandfather gave to Amer represents the child's inner pure character and needs to be discovered and read. Attachment: I feel that the painting hanging in the house of my grandfather who repaired doors and windows has a special meaning. I will check the information.

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  • Grandfather's Friend: What I mean to say is, suppose the kid did nothing wrong. What would you do? What then?

    Grandfather: I'd find an excuse and give him a beating every other week. So he wouldn't forget.