The Bounty Mutiny and others

Zion 2022-01-12 08:01:04

The title of Mutiny on Blood was wrongly named. In fact, this is a bloodless mutiny. It is better to literally translate as the Bounty Mutiny.

There are several details worthy of our attention.

One is that after the rebellion, the first officer did not announce the execution of all those who disobeyed him, like all the successful victors of the revolution, but gave them a small boat. Although the hope of survival in this way is very slim, it is still a way of life. At this point, it fully reflects the West's respect for human rights.

The second point is the captain, who is also an amazing person. He was drifting 7000 kilometers on the sea in that small boat. For 49 days, there was a serious shortage of water and food. There was no sextant, and there was not even a map. Successfully reached the land, none of the 19 people who accompanied the ship died, creating a miracle in the history of navigation. Of course, there is a certain element of luck in it, but the captain’s own navigation experience and skills have also helped them a lot. This is also a god. people.

Regarding the true cause of the mutiny, I have checked some historical data. There are many statements about the captain. One is that he was not harsh in fact. On the contrary, it was precisely because of his laxity that the mutiny occurred. The cause of the mutiny is that after a few months of life on the island of Tahiti, some soldiers do not want to return to the UK, while the rest want to go back, which led to the mutiny, which is why they give those who are willing The reason for the people going back in a boat. The captain continued to be his captain after this incident, commanded some battles, and died in another mutiny. This is also a mystery. If he is not harsh, how could he die in a mutiny again? Can't tell.

Finally, it's about Gable. I remembered Gable as the person with a mustache in Gone with the Wind, but I didn't expect him to be so handsome when he was young. But watching a handsome guy perform, I always feel that his acting skills are supported by his appearance, which is not enjoyable enough. But look at the captain, fat, ugly, but really vivid. So when Gable becomes ugly in Gone with the Wind, it becomes even more attractive.

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Mutiny on the Bounty quotes

  • Captain William Bligh: Mr. Christian!

  • [Byam enters the courtroom and sees that the midshipman's dirk on the table points toward him; he knows that he has been condemned to death]

    Lord Hood: Have you anything to say before the sentence of this court is passed upon you?

    [long pause]

    Byam: Milord, much as I desire to live, I'm not afraid to die. Since I first sailed on the Bounty over four years ago, I've know how men can be made to suffer worse things than death, cruelly, beyond duty, beyond necessity.

    [turns to Captain Bligh]

    Byam: Captain Bligh, you've told your story of mutiny on the Bounty, how men plotted against you, seized your ship, cast you adrift in an open boat, a great venture in science brought to nothing, two British ships lost. But there's another story, Captain Bligh, of ten cocoanuts and two cheeses. A story of a man who robbed his seamen, cursed them, flogged them, not to punish but to break their spirit. A story of greed and tyranny, and of anger against it, of what it cost.

    [turns to Lord Hood]

    Byam: One man, milord, would not endure such tyranny.

    [turns again to Captain Bligh]

    Byam: That's why you hounded him. That's why you hate him, hate his friends. And that's why you're beaten. Fletcher Christian's still free.

    [back to Lord Hood]

    Byam: Christian lost, too, milord. God knows he's judged himself more harshly than you could judge him.

    [turns to Fletcher Christian's father]

    Byam: I say to his father, "He was my friend. No finer man ever lived."

    [addresses the court again]

    Byam: I don't try to justify his crime, his mutiny, but I condemn the tyranny that drove 'im to it. I don't speak here for myself alone or for these men you condemn. I speak in their names, in Fletcher Christian's name, for all men at sea. These men don't ask for comfort. They don't ask for safety. If they could speak to you they'd say, "Let us choose to do our duty willingly, not the choice of a slave, but the choice of free Englishmen." They ask only the freedom that England expects for every man. If one man among you believe that - *one man* - he could command the fleets of England, He could sweep the seas for England. If he called his men to their duty not by flaying their backs, but by lifting their hearts... their... That's all.