Throughout our lives, we have been tempted by the devil, especially when your life is facing hardships, our protagonist Nolan is faced with such a situation, his choice is to bow to the devil and betray his good friend, too Frankie, a former comrade-in-arms, took the £20 "huge sum" of the British ruling authorities, and he could get rid of poverty in one fell swoop, and he could go to the United States with his beloved and live the life of his dreams. Ah! This despicable poor man! Yes! Yes, I used "poor" to describe him. When I was a child, (probably when I was in junior high school) my mother used to say that if someone like me is caught by the enemy, (maybe a Kuomintang reactionary or a Japanese devils) must be Be a traitor. I argue that you are talking about transcendental philosophy, not a dialectical materialist point of view. Nothing like this has happened, how can you be sure that I will be a traitor! What I mean by this story is that we first Don't be too busy condemning Nolan, at this moment, none of us can make any choice.
Let's take another look at John Ford's views on Nolan. Then I can definitely say that John Ford thinks he should be killed. I think this is due to John Ford looking at this issue from his personal philosophy of life and religious concepts. , Personal philosophy of life: A man who betrayed his friend. A former warrior who betrayed his comrade-in-arms, shouldn't he be punished? Religious concept: Remember the blind man who appeared in Nolan's place where he betrayed his friends? The seat of the English ruling authority), he is like Iustitia, the goddess of justice in Roman mythology. Although he is blindfolded, he has insight into all the evils in the world. Nolan gave him money, (has a guilty conscience), but in the end he became an indirect proof of his guilt. Evidence. (God is impossible to be bought) The ending of the movie is really wonderful! (It also explains the problem) Nolan struggling to come to a church after being shot, Frankie's mother is just praying, Nolan hopes Frankie's His mother (extremely resembling the Virgin Mary) forgave him, just like the death row prisoner made a final confession to the priest. Frankie's mother forgave him, and Nolan passed away peacefully (his sin was punished by God.)
But I I don’t think that John Ford thinks Nolan is totally unsympathetic. I think he thinks that Nolan is a weak person, (weak people are more likely to be tempted by the devil) Nolan was expelled from his own "organization" before, just because He showed mercy to an "enemy" and let him go. Putting Nolan's "organization" in danger. He was also expelled from the "organization." Then indirectly lost his job. At this point, he and Frankie are somewhat similar. Frankie's character weakness is that he is too honest. He believed in Nolan credulously, which led to the murder. On the other hand, Dan, the leader of the "organization", had a heart and a firm conviction. For the benefit of the "organization", he decisively expelled Nolan from the organization, and finally killed Nolan who betrayed the "organization". In John Ford's view, "revolutionaries must show no mercy to their enemies." "Men should face everything in the world so strongly, "do extraordinary things at extraordinary times." This is the real "man's way".
Regarding some details: In the movie, Nolan invited his "friends" to drink and chat all the way, and almost used up his 20 pounds "huge money", leaving only a few pounds of his own for his lovers. The movie has several meanings here. In the process of inviting these "friends", Nolan became dissolute and profligate. The thing that made him betray Frankie is undoubtedly exposed. The so-called "God wants to destroy a person, he must first make him crazy." That's what it means. Another meaning is that the process that Nolan almost spent 20 pounds is itself the process of Nolan seeking salvation. The last meaning is that the director "by the way" ridiculed Irish people's habit of drinking and fighting after getting drunk.
Finally, I want to express my opinion on the unknown prostitute character who received Nolan’s 5 pounds and kissed Nolan in the movie, and repeatedly claimed that she was a good person: John Ford wanted to show that Nolan is not a heinous person. The badass. On the other hand, it is also believed that poverty and hardship will make people have to go astray. (This prostitute seems to have a good-natured nature and a noble temperament. She shouldn't be living in the dust.)
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