Two diametrically opposed characters, Fitzgerald and Glass, are portrayed in the film. They are the contradictory sides in the story, and they are like two faces of human nature.
Fitzgerald is the cowardly side of human nature. This cowardice is manifested in his infinite surrender to desire and fear.
He came to America with a desire that is not extravagant - to make a fortune, go home and buy a piece of land to support himself. However, just this desire can make him unscrupulous. He was hired by others and only regarded the mainland as a place for gold nuggets. In his eyes, there were only interests, no favors, and no morality.
Being in a dangerous environment, he will inevitably have fear in his heart. Compared with the visible dangers in front of us, the fear of danger is even more terrifying. The enemy did not appear, but the danger stayed in his mind for a long time. The fear of potential enemies, nourished by imagination and hallucinations, becomes endless. Facing the invisible enemy in the mind, I am more afraid. This is a "blind useless passion."
How to eliminate fear? He chose not to meet fear directly, but the usual method of cowards-bullying the weak.
Because he is the incarnation of cowardice, he is very good at discovering and exploiting the weaknesses of others to exonerate himself. After every "evil" deed, he can always easily pierce the fear, selfishness and weakness of others and use this to prove that "you are not more moral than me."
Glass represents the other side of humanity.
First of all, he was different from those cold-blooded robbers in terms of identity. He was just hired by the captain to provide some help for their hunting work. He is also different from the whites who discriminate against people with different skin colors. He is in love with Indian women and has a brown-skinned son. Unfortunately, his wife died in the killings of colonists. In order to protect his family, he also killed a white officer of the same race.
In the hallucinations when he was in a coma, or in his sleeping dreams, the image of his dead wife appeared from time to time. The symbolic images and verses of the Indian language, and the collapsed church also hinted that in his inner world, there are unhealed injuries and pains, spiritual homes and spiritual beliefs that need to be rebuilt.
He is not so much a hunter, as he is an unidentified person, a guilty and guilty person waiting for salvation. He is Robinson who was thrown on a deserted island and Odysseus, the wanderer described by Dante. , Constantly looking for a way home.
He is the only hero in the film.
It's not just because he has the bravery on the battlefield and the tenacious will that ordinary people can't match. It is also because his performance in isolation and fear, as well as his attitude towards the lives of others, shows the height that human reason and morality can reach.
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