After watching it N times, I will still be moved every time I watch it, especially at the end, when the plot reaches a climax. Many people say that the ending is bullshit, but that's actually the finishing touch.
Ben, the character is a great gangster, humorous, funny, and charming. In the Wild West, the government was afraid of him, women were obsessed with him, and children worshipped him.
Dan, a crippled farmer, was bullied by everyone. The government seized the land and burned his barn. The poor and humble family grieved and exhausted their energy to survive, but they were still on the verge of bankruptcy.
At the end, Dan became the person Ben admired the most. He did not hesitate to kill all his Green Forest brothers for Dan, and even got on the train to the prison consciously. why?
Because Dan has what he thinks is the most precious and charming thing in him: fatherly love. A father who gave everything and desperate to protect his family.
Several parts of the play are explained one after another. Ben is the child of a prostitute and an alcoholic. When he was 8 years old, the alcoholic father died suddenly after getting drunk. The prostitute's mother gave him a Bible at the train station to read, and then never again.
return. Abandoned Dan went to Sin City at the age of 14 and turned himself into a villain in order to survive. He said that if he wasn't so vicious, he wouldn't have survived five minutes with Charlie's gang.
It can be said that Ben, from childhood to adulthood, was almost a fatal experience, and he chose to use violence to control violence.
But what is his nature? He is righteous in his heart, and he despises Charlie's group. In particular, he is extremely lacking and desperately longing for the image of a father. Even if he becomes a hooligan leader, he will only bully others and will not be bullied by others.
Ben, in the deepest part of my heart, left a little spark for this feeling. In the Indian territory, no matter how much the old guard scolds, Ben is not angry, but when he mentions his family, Ben is angry.
Ben, had it all, but in Dan, he found what he actually wanted the most: father!
Ben painted the image of Dan in the Bible: an anxious father, enduring unparalleled hardships, only for the betterment of his family, only to protect his wife and children, and to set a good example for his son.
At that moment, Ben must have seen the most powerful man in the world. Although in the eyes of everyone, he is the most awesome.
So, at the end of the story, Ben helps Dan get himself on the train.
Ben saw himself in Dan's son William. He was also 14 years old. When he was helpless and needed to become a villain to survive, he envied William for having such a father. He wanted to help this father. The responsibility and love of the son, as if he were that son.
When Charlie killed Dan, Ben killed Charlie. Dan had a conversation with his son at the small hotel, and said some things made him distinguish black and white, and educated his son to be an upright person, a person with a sense of responsibility, and to protect his family.
Ben listened, his eyes moist, he must have returned to his childhood, as if he was William, listening to his father's teachings.
Dan, let Ben find his lost and collapsed childhood. The spark of kindness and desire in his heart was finally ignited by the father image in front of him. He killed Charlie and the gang of gangsters he hated in his heart.
The story about his father that happened in front of him was trying to help him complete it, but he couldn't bear to destroy it. He longed for such a perfect image.
For Ben, this might be what he's really been looking for all his life.
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