When your hometown rebels against the motherland

Rey 2022-01-13 08:02:24

The War of Independence and the Civil War are the two most important wars in the history of the United States. The War of Independence gave birth to the United States, and the Civil War laid the foundation for the United States to become a superpower. "The Battle of Gettysburg" reflects the Civil War and a more comprehensive film that reflects the American Civil War. For those of us who are educated in official history books, the shock brought by this film is beyond words. "Brave Heart" is regarded as a classic by us, and the sound of freedom made many people cry, but compared with this film, Brave Heart is a sissy epic. In the words of netizens, if Hollywood wants to move people, it is definitely not just a brave heart.

This movie is the longest movie I have ever watched. It has more than four hours. It is also a physical test to watch it in its entirety. Many viewers are exhausted before they reach the climax, so this also affects it. Spread.
"The Battle of Gettysburg" mainly describes the Battle of Gettysburg. In this battle, the Potomac Army of the Northern Army defeated the Army of Northern Virginia led by the great General Lee. The vitality of the Southern Army was greatly injured, and General Lee never again. Ability to go north. One of the main characters in the film is General Lee. His ancestor is a British nobleman, and he is the patriarch of the Washington family. The Washington family lives in Virginia. Ironically, it was in Virginia that started the American Revolutionary War. One shot, for the Virginians, this was the second war of independence. Our textbook interprets this war as a united war to liberate the slaves for some purposes. In fact, the beginning of this war has nothing to do with the slaves. The liberation of the slaves is just a strategy to attack the southern economy. When the North Army was attacking the South, it treated the South like a hostile country, burning, killing, looting, and looting.
The other main character in the film is Colonel Chamberlain. He is a university professor. For the sake of the value of equality in life, he stepped onto the battlefield. In this battle, an infantry regiment blocked the attack of three infantry regiments. Hikari also launched a bayonet charge. Even if the battle damage reached more than 80%, his position was not lost. "Gai" does not have many inscriptions on the Northern Army, and the northern generals described in the film are far less attractive than the Southern generals. Colonel Chamberlain is the only highlight of the Northern Army.
The climax of the film is the last Pickett charge. 15,000 people have to pass through an open area of ​​1,200 meters, facing more than 200 cannons and thousands of rifles of the North Army. The most terrifying thing is that the North Army still occupies the high ground. The range and accuracy of their weapons have increased, and they have a stone wall as a shelter. Undoubtedly, this charge was a suicide, but these soldiers moved forward with their chests upright and finally broke through the stone wall. The farthest one rushed to more than 90 meters behind the stone wall and lay there forever. But in the end, the southern army was still regained by the counterattack of the northern army due to insufficient strength. If it is to maintain slavery, soldiers cannot have the courage to charge. Their courage comes from the family, from the hometown where they were born, grew up, and fell in love. Living in the free air, they gave their precious lives. The ancestors of some of them once said to the King of England, give me liberty or give me death. I think this sentence is also the voice of many soldiers of the Southern Army, and it most reflects the way that the Puritans arrived in this free land on the Mayflower. Spirit.
Fortunately, the United States has a deep reflection on the Civil War, and all kinds of ideas can emerge. That's why the United States can become the United States and be so culturally strong. Unfortunately, we are propagating culture everywhere under the slogan of five thousand years of civilization, but no one will kill us, because besides the things of our ancestors, what contribution do we have to the culture of the world.

The biggest influence of "Gai" on me is that it made me think about independence. We have always thought that reunification is a truth that does not need to be proved, so that the Internet angry youth even threatened to use nuclear weapons to reunify Taiwan, so why do we want to reunify? I think we have many, many reasons, and they are indeed very reasonable, and they are in the best interests of our country. But is it wrong to seek independence? For example, if you join a club, do you have the right to quit when you don’t want to continue participating? Can the interests of a small number of people be sacrificed for the benefit of the majority? This is a very interesting question. Just like the fictitious case in "The Mysterious Cave", a group of people are trapped in a cave, and when they are about to die of starvation, a person proposes a lottery, and the drawn person will be eaten, and the result is drawn. To himself, at this time he opposed being eaten, but he was still eaten, so should the person who eats him be punished? If you don't eat that person, then all people will die, and if you eat it, you will violate the criminal law. There is never a standard answer to such a question, because the ass determines the head, and everyone’s interests are of course different. There is no right or wrong, and the world is not black and white. So the answer itself does not matter whether it is right or wrong. What is important is the freedom to express different opinions, and this freedom is truly worth defending with life, and it is the most precious legacy of the American Civil War.

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Extended Reading
  • Gabrielle 2022-03-25 09:01:16

    The Northern Army finally stood still once, but the defense was successful. The Southern Army has always been better than the Northern Army in combat. Although morale is high, it is inevitable that it will be a little overbearing. The stone wall has been damaged before. The commander of the new regiment is not experienced enough and does not listen to the old man. You have to fight hard, and the results can be imagined. Colonel Chamberlain is simply the incarnation of Athena, and the professor volunteered to join the army. At the last moment, he was actually a counter-charge head-to-head, which really deserved the title of "Lion on the Top of the Small Garden". Looking at the future encounters of the main characters one by one, it can quite represent the likes and dislikes and actions of Americans.

  • Albert 2022-03-14 14:12:26

    give me liberty or give me death

Gettysburg quotes

  • Major General Winfield Scott Hancock: Tell me, Professor. In your studies have you come across a story from antiquity of two men who are the closest of friends, almost brothers, and then one day find themselves facing each other on the field of battle?

    Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: Well, General, if the Greeks or Romans did not tell of it, I think that story must surely be in the Bible.

    Major General Winfield Scott Hancock: When I look across the field and see the flags of the 9th and 14th Virginia; I can almost see his old crumpled hat and hear his voice. Lewis Armistead was my closest friend before the war. I'd like to see him again; but not here, not like this. What do you say, Colonel; what do the books tell you.

  • Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: Don't call me Lawrence.

    Lieutenant Thomas D. Chamberlain: Darn it, Lawrence, I'm your brother.

    Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: Just be careful of the name business in front of the men, just because you're my brother... it looks like favoritism.

    Lieutenant Thomas D. Chamberlain: God Almighty, General Meade has his own son as his aide de camp.

    Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain: That's different. Generals can do anything they want. There's nothing so much like a god on earth as a General on a battlefield.