Everyone has had such bad juvenile plots

Ludwig 2022-03-21 09:01:03

After watching this film, I couldn't help but want to write something. The ending of the film still shocked me a lot, and the scene of Danny's death lingered for a long time. The main theme of the film may be to oppose racism, but it reminds me of the plots of some bad boys in my past. When I was in junior high school, I always felt that those unscrupulous teenagers who drank a cigarette in the toilet and fought around in groups all day were handsome, and sometimes wanted to be one of them, as if they could be better than others. After watching this movie, I realized that no matter how bad you are, there will always be someone worse than you. If a person becomes a so-called bad person, then it will be really hard for him to be good again, so never have a heart to do bad things.
But no matter how you read the above words, I feel that they are actually talking about great principles. The reason is that I am a person who likes to talk about great principles. When D encountered the misfortune brought to him by the blacks, his heart was occupied by revenge and racism. At this time, he became a bad guy, and the degree became deeper and deeper, until the two blacks were brutally killed. After entering the prison, he finally met people worse than himself. He found those who promoted racism on the one hand, but secretly traded with people of color on the other hand. This "badness" made him feel sick. , He didn't want to be with those people, and he was XXXX in the end. He finally started to reflect on himself, he felt that he should end his radical behavior.
Danny was deeply influenced by his brother and eventually died at the gun of a black man. In fact, if you analyze carefully, the contradictions in the film show a triangular relationship. D’s family is a group. The radical whites include those in prison and those who are not in prison. The colored people are in the same group. The three parties are in the same group. There are scenes of bullying and being bullied in the film. D's isolation is also helpless. When he gets worse, he opposes people of color, and when he gets better, he opposes his former compatriots. Therefore, when you think of yourself, you must think carefully when you become bad. Unless you can guarantee that you will be bad forever, don't try it lightly.

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American History X quotes

  • Bob Sweeney: [arguing with Danny Vinyard about his "Mein Kampf" paper] I think the street would kill you. Your rhetoric and your propaganda aren't gonna save you out there.

  • Curtis: [offscreen, to another skinhead] Hey man, want a toke?

    Derek Vinyard: Curtis, what are you doing? Weed is for niggers. You put that away right now. Have a little self respect.