My ambitions and dreams have nothing to do with you, unless we are the same kind of people. From the very beginning, Joseph, a poor and industrious little man, used his actions to declare this to the people. You can laugh at me, you can fight with me, you can hire me, but it is better not to expect me to cling to and tame, surrender and flatter you, because I only fight for myself, we are not the same kind of people.
The most precious thing about Joseph is always the self-esteem and pride of the small person, and the always ambitious visionary attitude. If we still have or have had dreams, we can understand where Joseph's passion comes from. What does it mean to own a piece of land? I think it doesn't just mean a goal waiting to be achieved, it also means a new life and unlimited possibilities, it means true freedom and dignity to stand on the land that you deserve. However, if we are working hard for our dream or have worked so hard, we can also understand Joseph's persistence and difficulty. Laugh, temptation, and cruelty are always close at hand. Whether it’s Ireland under the aristocracy or Boston, which believes in strength and money, it is always difficult to insist on something different from most. In the eyes of some stupid and arrogant people, everyone is the same or dreams of them. Becoming like them, aliens cannot be tolerated. Whether it is the greedy and hateful boxing casino owner or the little foreman who holds little power, he obviously belongs to this kind of idiot.
So, what about Sharon? The daughter of a beautiful and noble aristocratic family, although we can see from her first appearance that she is not a well-behaved lady, on the contrary, she is tired of her noble and proud mother and her all-day surprises. Be noble ladies and friends. She called them "the stubborn old women", and she was afraid of being like them. She yearned for freedom and left bravely. But even so, her young dreams and impulses are too beautiful, plus some of the belongings stolen from home are not enough to pay the expensive price needed to leave the rich and noble life.
After experiencing hardships, Sharon, on the snowy night with nothing after being expelled, followed Joseph and sneaked into the big house under the pressure of hunger and cold, and saw the exquisite furnishings in the house. She just petted them and muttered, not even the call of Joseph who found food in the kitchen. The moment she suddenly saw herself in ragged clothes in the mirror, she couldn't help but yelled "look at us!" In fact, rather than saying that she was talking about the two of them, she was talking about herself. Yes, when she refused to let Joseph let her sit at the table and serve her again, we knew that everything she experienced, from the arrogant noble to the filthy face, had turned her into another person. But the good thing is that the experience in Boston didn't make her lose anything except for letting her recognize the reality and start relying on herself. The pride and dignity of the noble in her bones are still there. What does the aristocratic spirit of that era mean? Is it just the original sin, rank, squeeze, and stubbornness of capital? No, there is dignity and dignity worth maintaining with life. Of course, this dignity also includes relying on one's own foothold on a piece of land, taking root, and creating.
Although the desperate Joseph sent home the injured Sharon that night, the two have quietly separated and seemed to have returned to their original tracks, but in fact, we all know that the subsequent reunion in Oklahoma will not surprise us. Because their dreams, dignity, and sufferings are all urging voices in their hearts, and they are all the same kind of people who can't ignore that voice. And those who dare to dream and those who dare to chase dreams are of the same kind.
There is no doubt that the scene that touched me the most in the whole film was the scene of ten thousand horses running on the vast land of Oklahoma. The scene of everyone holding a flag and running wild for their own piece of land is too exciting. Joseph stood on the ground holding a flag, and loudly declared that the land under his feet belonged to him, "It is destined to belong to me!" he shouted. I think I understand what he meant. He wanted to say that he deserved it.
And Sharon's parents, former aristocratic couples, got their own land with a little cleverness. Sharon's father, as a nobleman, was generous but rather aggrieved, while her mother was stubborn and arrogant. But at that moment, when they were nervous and a little proud to insert the flag into the land, I remembered the words that the father said when he faced his panicked and fearful wife when planning all this. "We just pretend that we are not about to die, but are just beginning to live." This couple is great as parents. But now facing life, they are also great. The joy of the alcoholic, tolerant, and a little sad old nobleman at the moment is so comfortable and contented.
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