Detective Story: The Evil Formula

Sister 2022-10-23 21:44:09

The iron-fisted policy and never straying are the consistent truths upheld by police officer Jim. Because he lived in the shadow of his father's tyranny as a child, his heart was full of sorrow and pain due to this black-and-white oppression. It is reflected in the work, that although it emphasizes conscience and handling cases, it is unable to implement a more humane strategy.

Such as the treatment of young Arthur. His theft was a first offense, but Jim just wasn't willing to let him go and wanted to punish him severely.

A few small cases are linked together to form Jim's aura. Although he is arrogant, his soul is bound by the laws of iron and blood.

Until he learned that his beloved wife had been with someone for seven years and had an abortion.

The more self-control, the more collapsed. His mind only has his wife's deception, and only his painful experience as a victim. He loves his wife, but he is accused by the law of value in the depths of his heart. His tragedy is a character tragedy and a social tragedy. But there is no way to make him prosperous and let him fall into a daze.

In the end, Charlie's madness caused him to pick up a gun and find a few police officers to be buried with him. Jim is still upright, and reprimands repeat offenders. Jim eventually died under Charlie's gun. At this time, his wife was fed up with his meanness and left him, and the reason why he reprimanded Charlie was because of his inner desire to die, hoping to complete his own redemption.

Those who disobey me will be reprimanded. For Jim, his magnificent freehand brushwork is severe punishment, and his way of punishing evil may be too extreme, but he has his beliefs and never flickers and retreats. He is a good policeman, but his heart is always filled with unease, perhaps from his tyrannical and tyrannical father when he was a child, so he cannot completely forgive his wife.

Tragedy of character is like mental illness, cleanliness, or obsessive-compulsive disorder. Jim is an excellent cop, but not a humanist who recognizes human feelings. He has seen sin, so he can't forgive Yuanyou's sin. Even if it is his own wife, he has to apply the formula of sin to her. Like obsessive-compulsive disorder, resentment takes root in the depths of his heart, just like the young man who first committed theft. The young man accepted to visit him - his girlfriend's sister, his girlfriend's sister's fight for his acquittal moved him, and because of his girlfriend's sister's confession, they got together again. The little stories in this story can reflect the ruthlessness of the male protagonist, relying on the law to a certain extent, but it will actually weaken the humanization of inner emotions.

Sighing that the world is full of fragrant beauty, his relationship with his wife is finally no match for his inner moral cleanliness. He actually asked how many relationships he had with his ex and his wife. His wife's heart was so cold. Film noir not only exposed the scars of human nature, but also clearly reflected the function of criticism and satire. Why can't she start a new happiness after the pain? Why do absurd moral ideals and hypocritical forces overwhelm people's hearts and dispositions? Human behavior is certainly subject to legal and moral constraints, but why is there no space for free will and the realm of freedom?

Life should not be just a battlefield to show my power, it should be alert to oneself. It seems that a person can be the embodiment of justice and strength. When it reaches a certain extreme, it may be the other side of fainting. Heart and love.

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Detective Story quotes

  • Detective James McLeod: I ought to fall on you like the sword of God.

    Karl Schneider: That sword has two edges. You could cut your own throat.

    Detective James McLeod: I'm going to give you a piece of advice, Karl. When they let you free again, get out of New York. You butcher one more patient and law or no law, I'll find you. I'll put a bullet in the back of your head, and I'll drop your body in the East River. And I'll go home and I'll sleep sweetly.

    Karl Schneider: You don't frighten me. Now I'll give you some advice. I have plenty on you, too. I know why you're so vindictive.

    Detective James McLeod: Why?

    Karl Schneider: Just watch your step. Because I happen to have friends, downtown, with pull.

    Detective James McLeod: Have you?

    Karl Schneider: Lots of pull.

    Detective James McLeod: Well, what do you know? Aren't you the big shot? Pull. Have you got any friends with push, like that?

    [Shoves him and begins slapping him]

  • Detective James McLeod: [leaving the office] Mind if I shave?

    Lieutenant Monaghan: Gotta have the last word, don't ya?