The other side of danger-from Henry's perspective

Joannie 2022-01-07 15:54:16

Henry held Mark hanging in the air in one hand, and said flatly on a huge and dry tree in the winter: "If I let go now, do you think you will fly?" Henry is a dangerous little boy. He drowned his brother, shot a vicious dog, directed a ten-car crash, and finally hit his mother off the cliff. He is good at disguising, good at using adult authority to shirk responsibilities, and exposing him Mark is locked in the room as a mental illness. Compared with normal people, Henry seems to lack the ability to empathize and lack pro-sociality. Coupled with the boy's aggressive nature and fearlessness of the world, he acted cruelly. But the Statue of Liberty favored Henry. He climbed that straight tree as fast as the wind. When he was chased by a mad dog, there was only excitement and desire to win on his face. Even when his life was at stake, he calmly bewitched his mother to give up Mark and choose to save himself. For Henry, the world is a huge playground. He can control it at will, dominate it, manipulate it, or even destroy it, without worrying about everything. He is not afraid of death, afraid of losing his freedom. Now we are living in worry. This worry is like moving people into a deeper and deeper swamp. Since we have the concept of time and are distinguished from animals, we cannot stop worrying about the future. We are afraid of things that may bring pain, so that even before the pain comes, the sorrow comes. In the final analysis, I am still afraid of pain. As for the sense of fear that this thing brings, it is just an illusion. The society seems to have designed us into fine gears, running into each other to form the same will. When we want to touch something, we always look left and right. In my life, I am indecisive, and I feel very coerced. Henry at that time, he held my untouchable freedom, and lived vividly deep in his heart. Do a lot of evil, and handsome in some place. The dangerous little angel smiled but was full of charm, wearing a dark blue woolen hat, leaning against the entrance of the snowy tunnel in winter and said: "Mark, don't be afraid to fly."

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The Good Son quotes

  • [Jack drives Mark to his sister's house]

    Jack: Hey, you--Co-Pilot, if you're ever tired of bombing the universe, you're missing a lot of great stuff out here.

    Jack: [Jack pulls over and turns off the engine] Mark, I know you're hurting, but please don't shut me out like this.

    Mark: She's coming back.

    Jack: No, Mark.

    Mark: Maybe not as herself, but she's gonna come back.

    Jack: Mark, I miss her too. But she's gone.

    Mark: No.

    Jack: Mark. Mark!

    [Mark runs out into the desert]

  • [Mark meets Henry for the first time]

    [everybody hears a scream and sees Henry hanging his head over from the top-floor balcony, wearing a homemade mask]

    Wallace Evans: Henry, come on down here.

    [Henry runs down the steps]

    Wallace Evans: Hospitality, Henry.

    [Henry raises up his mask and hands Mark another one like it]

    Henry: Here, I made two of 'em. So we could be brothers.

    [Henry and Mark look at each other through their masks]