There are no normal people in the world, and there are more people pretending to be freaks.

Emory 2022-03-14 14:12:20

"Our marriage is just a pretense to show that we are normal. But it is not at all like this." The protagonist Lester's words may tell everyone's living conditions. In order to seek to be normal with others and not to be excluded, even the happiest person in life may inevitably borrow a pretense to avoid suspicion. Humans are social animals, and their intuition is to find a sense of identity, to be afraid of being different from others, and to sacrifice oneself in order to get together. It's just that if you give up yourself, if you seek your identity through commonality with others, rather than your own personality, you may end up not only getting lost, but even crazy. However, things are not so simple. Living in the torrent of commonalities makes the path to individuality even more difficult. The colonel father heard these words from Lester, and within a few seconds, something changed in his heart. He decided to give up being a "normal person" because it was too painful and tiring. Before, he would occasionally see those two loving gays in the community happily exercising. When he searched for his son’s room, he had feasted on Leicester’s naked muscles. He insisted that his son was gay. At that time, he had to face him with a strong sense of self-esteem and violence, and at the same time face his inner essence. He is highly divided, and his status as a soldier makes him unable to accept and resolve them like a human, he just adopts a negative way. However, every split was a serious destruction of the lies he had fabricated. In the end, the destruction was almost done, and he went all out, preferring to be a freak. This is his first step away from commonality and towards individuality. Unfortunately, he was immediately frustrated. He wanted to seek his "alliance" in the path of personality, but he did not succeed. Freaks could not form an alliance. He suddenly became the loneliest person in the world, but he didn't know that the path of personality was always tragic. So, this also made him go crazy, even more ridiculous than the result when he pretended to be "normal". Sam Mendes is a master of this kind of "crisis film". The extension of "American Beauty" is "Road to Revolution." If "American Beauty" implies that commonality makes people sick, then "Road to Revolution" reveals the bumpy road to personality. Crisis, in simple terms, is a stage where the guise is not preserved and the true face is not thankful. Although through the film, we can sometimes see the exit of the crisis, but the director is not responsible for solving the crisis after all. The crisis problem is moved to the screen, which only proves that "a thousand families have a thousand ways of crisis". However, the crisis in the film is actually far from a crisis of marriage, but a crisis of personality in the entire human society. Machine. Contrasting with the colonel's father is the girl named Angela. Although their relationship in the film is unfamiliar, they are just the perfect pair. Both of them played roles opposite to themselves, they both used an exaggeration to cover themselves, and both believed that "normal" was a noble type of person. In the end, they were all influenced in the face of tenderness, tore off their masks, and told the same person their true identity, but they did not get what they wanted. Angela once loudly accused her friend of “sexuality is too conservative” and “to be with a lunatic”. But the truest and most beautiful couple does not regard this accusation as an anxiety. In other words, they have seen through this common pretence and are determined to pursue the most sincere thing in their hearts. NS. Jane’s boyfriend Rich said to Angel, “She’s not your friend, you just use her to feel superior to yourself.” Angela said to Jane, “God, you can be with this freak.” "Because I'm a freak too!" Jane said. This dialogue can be called a wonderful battle between normal people under the guise of this film and freaks who open their hearts. Although the couple is facing all kinds of pressures in life-in the girl's home, the father always looks at her classmates who are the same age in a fascinating way, and the mother is fooling around with other men. The two couples get together and become nervous Noisy will inevitably erupt. On the boy's side, the father is a rigid soldier who emphasizes "discipline" and "rules" and beats his son every moment. The mother is delirious, like a walking dead. But this couple is precisely the least easily destroyed. Although they have fear in their hearts, they still firmly control their hearts and understand the true meaning of beauty. Therefore, the crisis problem is also the most superficial to them. In the end, Lester finally got half of his wish, and his heart was calm. Lester's wife finally found a way to change amidst the cry of "refusal to be a victim". However, at the door of the crisis, someone bent over and walked out, someone got stuck in the middle of the door, and someone saw that the road was blocked, and walked back even more grief. And all of this must be connected. The person stuck in the center of the door died, the people who went out, and the people inside were all focused on this death at this moment. What is personality? What is commonality? What is meant to be out of crisis? How bad is it to be a normal person? What will happen to the days when you are brave to be a freak? Suddenly, no one knew how to answer. When Lester died, it seemed that he was about to Nirvana. Can death be a black humor? After all, death cannot freeze life. That girl named Angela. Although their relationship in the film is unfamiliar, they are just the perfect pair. Both of them played roles opposite to themselves, they both used an exaggeration to cover themselves, and both believed that "normal" was a noble type of person. In the end, they were all influenced in the face of tenderness, tore off their masks, and told the same person their true identity, but they did not get what they wanted. Angela once loudly accused her friend of “sexuality is too conservative” and “to be with a lunatic”. But the truest and most beautiful couple does not regard this accusation as an anxiety. In other words, they have seen through this common pretence and are determined to pursue the most sincere thing in their hearts. NS. Jane’s boyfriend Rich said to Angel, “She’s not your friend, you just use her to feel superior to yourself.” Angela said to Jane, “God, you can be with this freak.” "Because I'm a freak too!" Jane said. This dialogue can be called a wonderful battle between normal people under the guise of this film and freaks who open their hearts. Although the couple is facing all kinds of pressures in life-in the girl's home, the father always looks at her classmates who are the same age in a fascinating way, and the mother is fooling around with other men. The two couples get together and become nervous Noisy will inevitably erupt. On the boy's side, the father is a rigid soldier who emphasizes "discipline" and "rules" and beats his son every moment. The mother is delirious, like a walking dead. But this couple is precisely the least easily destroyed. Although they have fear in their hearts, they still firmly control their hearts and understand the true meaning of beauty. Therefore, the crisis problem is also the most superficial to them. In the end, Lester finally got half of his wish, and his heart was calm. Lester's wife finally found a way to change amidst the cry of "refusal to be a victim". However, at the door of the crisis, someone bent over and walked out, someone got stuck in the middle of the door, and someone saw that the road was blocked, and walked back even more grief. And all of this must be connected. The person stuck in the center of the door died, the people who went out, and the people inside were all focused on this death at this moment. What is personality? What is commonality? What is meant to be out of crisis? How bad is it to be a normal person? What will happen to the days when you are brave to be a freak? Suddenly, no one knew how to answer. When Lester died, it seemed that he was about to Nirvana. Can death be a black humor? After all, death cannot freeze life. That girl named Angela. Although their relationship in the film is unfamiliar, they are just the perfect pair. Both of them played roles opposite to themselves, they both used an exaggeration to cover themselves, and both believed that "normal" was a noble type of person. In the end, they were all influenced in the face of tenderness, tore off their masks, and told the same person their true identity, but they did not get what they wanted. Angela once loudly accused her friend of “sexuality is too conservative” and “to be with a lunatic”. But the truest and most beautiful couple does not regard this accusation as an anxiety. In other words, they have seen through this common pretence and are determined to pursue the most sincere thing in their hearts. NS. Jane’s boyfriend Rich said to Angel, “She’s not your friend, you just use her to feel superior to yourself.” Angela said to Jane, “God, you can be with this freak.” "Because I'm a freak too!" Jane said. This dialogue can be called a wonderful battle between normal people under the guise of this film and freaks who open their hearts. Although the couple is facing all kinds of pressures in life-in the girl's home, the father always looks at her classmates who are the same age in a fascinating way, and the mother is fooling around with other men. The two couples get together and become nervous Noisy will inevitably erupt. On the boy's side, the father is a rigid soldier who emphasizes "discipline" and "rules" and beats his son every moment. The mother is delirious, like a walking dead. But this couple is precisely the least easily destroyed. Although they have fear in their hearts, they still firmly control their hearts and understand the true meaning of beauty. Therefore, the crisis problem is also the most superficial to them. In the end, Lester finally got half of his wish, and his heart was calm. Lester's wife finally found a way to change amidst the cry of "refusal to be a victim". However, at the door of the crisis, someone bent over and walked out, someone got stuck in the middle of the door, and someone saw that the road was blocked, and walked back even more grief. And all of this must be connected. The person stuck in the center of the door died, the people who went out, and the people inside were all focused on this death at this moment. What is personality? What is commonality? What is meant to be out of crisis? How bad is it to be a normal person? What will happen to the days when you are brave to be a freak? Suddenly, no one knew how to answer. When Lester died, it seemed that he was about to Nirvana. Can death be a black humor? After all, death cannot freeze life. The best pair. Both of them played roles opposite to themselves, they both used an exaggeration to cover themselves, and both believed that "normal" was a noble type of person. In the end, they were all influenced in the face of tenderness, tore off their masks, and told the same person their true identity, but they did not get what they wanted. Angela once loudly accused her friend of “sexuality is too conservative” and “to be with a lunatic”. But the truest and most beautiful couple does not regard this accusation as an anxiety. In other words, they have seen through this common pretence and are determined to pursue the most sincere thing in their hearts. NS. Jane’s boyfriend Rich said to Angel, “She’s not your friend, you just use her to feel superior to yourself.” Angela said to Jane, “God, you can be with this freak.” "Because I'm a freak too!" Jane said. This dialogue can be called a wonderful battle between normal people under the guise of this film and freaks who open their hearts. Although the couple is facing all kinds of pressures in life-in the girl's home, the father always looks at her classmates who are the same age in a fascinating way, and the mother is fooling around with other men. The two couples get together and become nervous Noisy will inevitably erupt. On the boy's side, the father is a rigid soldier who emphasizes "discipline" and "rules" and beats his son every moment. The mother is delirious, like a walking dead. But this couple is precisely the least easily destroyed. Although they have fear in their hearts, they still firmly control their hearts and understand the true meaning of beauty. Therefore, the crisis problem is also the most superficial to them. In the end, Lester finally got half of his wish, and his heart was calm. Lester's wife finally found a way to change amidst the cry of "refusal to be a victim". However, at the door of the crisis, someone bent over and walked out, someone got stuck in the middle of the door, and someone saw that the road was blocked, and walked back even more grief. And all of this must be connected. The person stuck in the center of the door died, the people who went out, and the people inside were all focused on this death at this moment. What is personality? What is commonality? What is meant to be out of crisis? How bad is it to be a normal person? What will happen to the days when you are brave to be a freak? Suddenly, no one knew how to answer. When Lester died, it seemed that he was about to Nirvana. Can death be a black humor? After all, death cannot freeze life. The best pair. Both of them played roles opposite to themselves, they both used an exaggeration to cover themselves, and both believed that "normal" was a noble type of person. In the end, they were all influenced in the face of tenderness, tore off their masks, and told the same person their true identity, but they did not get what they wanted. Angela once loudly accused her friend of “sexuality is too conservative” and “to be with a lunatic”. But the truest and most beautiful couple does not regard this accusation as a kind of anxiety. In other words, they have seen through this common pretence, and they are determined to pursue the most sincere thing in their hearts. NS. Jane’s boyfriend Rich said to Angel, “She’s not your friend, you just use her to feel superior to yourself.” Angela said to Jane, “God, you can be with this freak.” "Because I'm a freak too!" Jane said. This dialogue can be called a wonderful battle between normal people under the guise of this film and freaks who open their hearts. Although the couple is facing all kinds of pressures in life-in the girl's home, the father always looks at her classmates who are the same age in a fascinating way, and the mother is fooling around with other men. The two couples get together and become nervous Noisy will inevitably erupt. On the boy's side, the father is a rigid soldier who emphasizes "discipline" and "rules" and beats his son every moment. The mother is delirious, like a walking dead. But this couple is precisely the least easily destroyed. Although they have fear in their hearts, they still firmly control their hearts and understand the true meaning of beauty. Therefore, the crisis problem is also the most superficial to them. In the end, Lester finally got half of his wish, and his heart was calm. Lester's wife finally found a way to change amidst the cry of "refusal to be a victim". However, at the door of the crisis, someone bent over and walked out, someone got stuck in the middle of the door, and someone saw that the road was blocked, and walked back even more grief. And all of this must be connected. The person stuck in the center of the door died, the people who went out, and the people inside were all focused on this death at this moment. What is personality? What is commonality? What is meant to be out of crisis? How bad is it to be a normal person? What will happen to the days when you are brave to be a freak? Suddenly, no one knew how to answer. When Lester died, it seemed that he was about to Nirvana. Can death be a black humor? After all, death cannot freeze life. In front of him, he tore off his masks, and told the same person his true identity, but they didn't get what they wanted. Angela once loudly accused her friend of “sexuality is too conservative” and “to be with a lunatic”. But the truest and most beautiful couple does not regard this accusation as an anxiety. In other words, they have seen through this common pretence and are determined to pursue the most sincere thing in their hearts. NS. Jane’s boyfriend Rich said to Angel, “She’s not your friend, you just use her to feel superior to yourself.” Angela said to Jane, “God, you can be with this freak.” "Because I'm a freak too!" Jane said. This dialogue can be called a wonderful battle between normal people under the guise of this film and freaks who open their hearts. Although the couple is facing all kinds of pressures in life-in the girl's home, the father always looks at her classmates who are the same age in a fascinating way, and the mother is fooling around with other men. The two couples get together and become nervous Noisy will inevitably erupt. On the boy's side, the father is a rigid soldier who emphasizes "discipline" and "rules" and beats his son every moment. The mother is delirious, like a walking dead. But this couple is precisely the least easily destroyed. Although they have fear in their hearts, they still firmly control their hearts and understand the true meaning of beauty. Therefore, the crisis problem is also the most superficial to them. In the end, Lester finally got half of his wish, and his heart was calm. Lester's wife finally found a way to change amidst the cry of "refusal to be a victim". However, at the door of the crisis, someone bent over and walked out, someone got stuck in the middle of the door, and someone saw that the road was blocked, and walked back even more grief. And all of this must be connected. The person stuck in the center of the door died, the people who went out, and the people inside were all focused on this death at this moment. What is personality? What is commonality? What is meant to be out of crisis? How bad is it to be a normal person? What will happen to the days when you are brave to be a freak? Suddenly, no one knew how to answer. When Lester died, it seemed that he was about to Nirvana. Can death be a black humor? After all, death cannot freeze life. In front of him, he tore off his masks, and told the same person his true identity, but they didn't get what they wanted. Angela once loudly accused her friend of “sexuality is too conservative” and “to be with a lunatic”. But the truest and most beautiful couple does not regard this accusation as an anxiety. In other words, they have seen through this common pretence and are determined to pursue the most sincere thing in their hearts. NS. Jane’s boyfriend Rich said to Angel, “She’s not your friend, you just use her to feel superior to yourself.” Angela said to Jane, “God, you can be with this freak.” "Because I'm a freak too!" Jane said. This dialogue can be called a wonderful battle between normal people under the guise of this film and freaks who open their hearts. Although the couple is facing all kinds of pressures in life-in the girl's home, the father always looks at her classmates who are the same age in a fascinating way, and the mother is fooling around with other men. The two couples get together and become nervous Noisy will inevitably erupt. On the boy's side, the father is a rigid soldier who emphasizes "discipline" and "rules" and beats his son every moment. The mother is delirious, like a walking dead. But this couple is precisely the least easily destroyed. Although they have fear in their hearts, they still firmly control their hearts and understand the true meaning of beauty. Therefore, the crisis problem is also the most superficial to them. In the end, Lester finally got half of his wish, and his heart was calm. Lester's wife finally found a way to change amidst the cry of "refusal to be a victim". However, at the door of the crisis, someone bent over and walked out, someone got stuck in the middle of the door, and someone saw that the road was blocked, and walked back even more grief. And all of this must be connected. The person stuck in the center of the door died, the people who went out, and the people inside were all focused on this death at this moment. What is personality? What is commonality? What is meant to be out of crisis? How bad is it to be a normal person? What will happen to the days when you are brave to be a freak? Suddenly, no one knew how to answer. When Lester died, it seemed that he was about to Nirvana. Can death be a black humor? After all, death cannot freeze life. In other words, they have seen through this common pretense, and they are determined to pursue the most sincere things in their hearts recklessly. Jane’s boyfriend Rich said to Angel, “She’s not your friend, you just use her to feel superior to yourself.” Angela said to Jane, “God, you can be with this freak.” "Because I'm a freak too!" Jane said. This dialogue can be called a wonderful battle between normal people under the guise of this film and freaks who open their hearts. Although the couple is facing all kinds of pressures in life-in the girl's home, the father always looks at her classmates who are the same age in a fascinating way, and the mother is fooling around with other men. The two couples get together and become nervous Noisy will inevitably erupt. On the boy's side, the father is a rigid soldier who emphasizes "discipline" and "rules" and beats his son every moment. The mother is delirious, like a walking dead. But this couple is precisely the least easily destroyed. Although they have fear in their hearts, they still firmly control their hearts and understand the true meaning of beauty. Therefore, the crisis problem is also the most superficial to them. In the end, Lester finally got half of his wish, and his heart was calm. Lester's wife finally found a way to change amidst the cry of "refusal to be a victim". However, at the door of the crisis, someone bent over and walked out, someone got stuck in the middle of the door, and someone saw that the road was blocked, and walked back even more grief. And all of this must be connected. The person stuck in the center of the door died, the people who went out, and the people inside were all focused on this death at this moment. What is personality? What is commonality? What is meant to be out of crisis? How bad is it to be a normal person? What will happen to the days when you are brave to be a freak? Suddenly, no one knew how to answer. When Lester died, it seemed that he was about to Nirvana. Can death be a black humor? After all, death cannot freeze life. In other words, they have seen through this common pretense, and they are determined to pursue the most sincere things in their hearts recklessly. Jane’s boyfriend Rich said to Angel, “She’s not your friend, you just use her to feel superior to yourself.” Angela said to Jane, “God, you can be with this freak.” "Because I'm a freak too!" Jane said. This dialogue can be called a wonderful battle between normal people under the guise of this film and freaks who open their hearts. Although the couple is facing all kinds of pressures in life-in the girl's home, the father always looks at her classmates who are the same age in a fascinating way, and the mother is fooling around with other men. The two couples get together and become nervous Noisy will inevitably erupt. On the boy's side, the father is a rigid soldier who emphasizes "discipline" and "rules" and beats his son every moment. The mother is delirious, like a walking dead. But this couple is precisely the least easily destroyed. Although they have fear in their hearts, they still firmly control their hearts and understand the true meaning of beauty. Therefore, the crisis problem is also the most superficial to them. In the end, Lester finally got half of his wish, and his heart was calm. Lester's wife finally found a way to change amidst the cry of "refusal to be a victim". However, at the door of the crisis, someone bent over and walked out, someone got stuck in the middle of the door, and someone saw that the road was blocked, and walked back even more grief. And all of this must be connected. The person stuck in the center of the door died, the people who went out, and the people inside were all focused on this death at this moment. What is personality? What is commonality? What is meant to be out of crisis? How bad is it to be a normal person? What will happen to the days when you are brave to be a freak? Suddenly, no one knew how to answer. When Lester died, it seemed that he was about to Nirvana. Can death be a black humor? After all, death cannot freeze life. The father is a stereotyped soldier who emphasizes "discipline" and "rules" and beats his son at every turn. The mother is delirious, like a walking dead. But this couple is precisely the least easily destroyed. Although they have fear in their hearts, they still firmly control their hearts and understand the true meaning of beauty. Therefore, the crisis problem is also the most superficial to them. In the end, Lester finally got half of his wish, and his heart was calm. Lester's wife finally found a way to change amidst the cry of "refusal to be a victim". However, at the door of the crisis, someone bent over and walked out, someone got stuck in the middle of the door, and someone saw that the road was blocked, and walked back even more grief. And all of this must be connected. The person stuck in the center of the door died, the people who went out, and the people inside were all focused on this death at this moment. What is personality? What is commonality? What is meant to be out of crisis? How bad is it to be a normal person? What will happen to the days when you are brave to be a freak? Suddenly, no one knew how to answer. When Lester died, it seemed that he was about to Nirvana. Can death be a black humor? After all, death cannot freeze life. The father is a stereotyped soldier who emphasizes "discipline" and "rules" and beats his son at every turn. The mother is delirious, like a walking dead. But this couple is precisely the least easily destroyed. Although they have fear in their hearts, they still firmly control their hearts and understand the true meaning of beauty. Therefore, the crisis problem is also the most superficial to them. In the end, Lester finally got half of his wish, and his heart was calm. Lester's wife finally found a way to change amidst the cry of "refusal to be a victim". However, at the door of the crisis, someone bent over and walked out, someone got stuck in the middle of the door, and someone saw that the road was blocked, and walked back even more grief. And all of this must be connected. The person stuck in the center of the door died, the people who went out, and the people inside were all focused on this death at this moment. What is personality? What is commonality? What is meant to be out of crisis? How bad is it to be a normal person? What will happen to the days when you are brave to be a freak? Suddenly, no one knew how to answer. When Lester died, it seemed that he was about to Nirvana. Can death be a black humor? After all, death cannot freeze life.

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American Beauty quotes

  • Ricky Fitts: She's not your friend. She's just someone you use to feel better about yourself.

  • Angela Hayes: Jane, he's a freak!

    Jane Burnham: Then so am I! And we'll always be freaks and we'll never be like other people and you'll never be a freak because you're just too... perfect!