But also because of this, apart from hearing her endless crying and pleading, it seems that I can't see the brilliance that a real person should have---I don't have the idea of the superiority and inferiority of the race. The reality tells me that one is in a state of ignorance. A person who has not been baptized by knowledge, what she does is often disservice to herself, she is too lack of self-protection ability.
A prisoner who can only cry for dodge and nag endlessly with incomprehensible language will only make the soldiers who have lost control even more contempt and dislike, think about it, because she does not have the dignity that a person deserves. When being raped, she may be powerless to resist, but she can retaliate to the person who hurt her with angry eyes instead of crying blindly, which may only be counterproductive.
I think of a scene in the expansion film of the Japanese army’s invasion of China. A Chinese mother and her child are about to be buried alive. The mother pushes the child up, as if crying, and her mouth seems to be with the Japanese soldiers who are constantly shoveling soil. What he said, probably begging him to let go of this child. And the Japanese soldier kept pouring dirt on them like a robot, and kicked the kid who had been pushed up. Forgive me, the Chinese mother looked rather ignorant with a headscarf on her head.
I also thought of a Jewish mother who was also in World War II leading her child to the Nazi incinerator. The ignorant and ignorant child asked her mother: Where are we going? The mother endured sorrow and calmly told the child: Let's go to a place where there is no more pain.
Also facing death, this Jewish mother gave me the feeling that she was dignified, even in this extreme situation. And that Chinese mother, facing the cold-blooded executioner, might as well wipe away the useless tears, let alone beg for him. Face the enemy with silence or anger, and protect my children as much as possible to reduce their pain...
I have no intention to devalue the Chinese and exalt others. Even if it is true, it is a case. It is just an example to illustrate my point of view.
I think education can make people have dignity and brains. Even in extreme situations such as the "Vietnam War trauma", if there is this magic weapon, it will definitely preserve some vitality for oneself as much as possible. So from this perspective, apart from feeling miserable for the Vietnamese girl in the movie, I also have a sense of helplessness. There is no other feeling. Of course, there is no such shock from the bottom of my heart.
Perhaps for a storyline designed by a choreographer, there is no need to be so serious---the plot of the fall from the bridge is really hypocritical.
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