Man is a very interesting animal, a mixture of divine nature and animal nature. Man’s innate desire for wealth, power and sensory stimulation, which is what Satan calls "original sin", and the divine part of man, the desire to pursue integrity and goodness, are essentially contradictory. Therefore, darkness and light are two aspects of human nature, and are the fundamental contradiction of human nature.
People can sacrifice integrity and kindness by any means for the sake of prosperity, prosperity and prestige. If people insist on justice and morality, they must give up part of their desires. The human heart is greedy and selfish, so it fundamentally determines that it is difficult for people to be self-sufficient in the face of temptation. It can be seen from the strength of human beings' respect and praise of the "saints" that failure to do so seems to be an understandable normality, but it is amazing to do it.
So Kevin came from a simple and monotonous small town to the colorful metropolis of New York. It is difficult not to lose himself when facing the money, power and slim women within reach. In the end, he indirectly killed his wife because of the original sin of vanity and selfishness. When he threw the pot to Satan angrily, Satan ruthlessly tore through his hypocrisy and cowardice.
"It's not that you have no choice. I have advised you to go back and take care of your wife, but what do you say,'If I give up this case for her, she will be cured, but I will hate her forever for it.' You I do love her, but you love yourself more ."
The devil looks evil, but in fact the evil comes from the human heart. According to the rules of the game in Christianity, the devil must respect people’s free will. He can’t do evil, he will only seduce you to do evil. However, at each selected level, he will definitely give you a complete set of options in a very fair and contractual spirit. You can go to the degeneration, or you can retreat. So, if you fall, you are taking the blame, no wonder the devil.
Fortunately, there is still a bright part of human nature.
After Satan ruthlessly clarified the truth, he began to boast of his grand plan-although he was planting seeds everywhere in the world, most of his children were ineffective. Kevin was a promising talent he fancy, and he hoped that Kevin would be the same father as himself. The half-sisters united (which is why he raped and drove Kevin's wife crazy) to expand Satan's family together and strengthen his power to fight against God. When he confidently thought that Kevin would gladly accept his bargaining chip and surrender to him, Kevin smiled mockingly, played free will, and said no to the evil forces by suicide.
When Kevin fell after the roar of gunfire, blood was splashed, his soul rose, his face was soft and firm, and he waved the huge white wings on his shoulders, exuding the light of angels.
He severed his father-son relationship with Satan by suicide, thus refusing to associate with the devil and evil, and the light of human nature was manifested.
If the film ends here, it seems to be a bit clichéd. It is easy to stop at simply praising the light of humanity and flatten the theme. The ingenious turning point at the end brings the pattern of the film's theme to a higher level——
After suicide, Kevin returned to the court scene where he defended the math teacher who molested the student. He saw his healthy and lively wife suddenly appeared in front of him. He was delighted to find that he had the opportunity to do it again, so he didn't care about his undefeated record. Being broken, he resolutely gave up defending the guilty, and was happy that he made the right choice. When the reporter chased him and said that I could arrange a TV interview for you, which would make you popular overnight, when his wife looked at him expectantly, he still agreed.
After they left happily, the reporter's face began to deform, turning into a sly smiling Satan, repeating his "motto" smugly.
"Vanity is my favorite original sin."
The fundamental contradiction of human nature is destined that we will not be completely insulated from all evils. It is destined that our confrontation with evil forces cannot be done once and for all. It is destined that we can only walk cautiously between good and evil, light and darkness throughout our lives. If you don’t pay attention, and relax your vigilance a little, you can’t resist Satan’s enchanting seduction. This is the gloom of human nature.
And human beings don’t surrender because of their own inferiority. Instead, they are self-prepared and guarded at all times. They have the courage to change the occasional mistakes, and do not give up the pursuit of goodness. Even though the road is full of hardships and thorns everywhere, it is all the way down. Bumped, his body is full of wounds. This is the light of human nature.
As a result, the theme is brought to a notch-its attitude towards human nature is neither overly pessimistic nor overly optimistic. And this is the best warning to everyone.
Finally, talk about the satire of Satan to God in the movie.
"God? I tell you a little secret of God. God likes to sit on the sidelines, he is a nasty ghost. Think about it, he gave you the instinct of desire, he gave you this talent, and then? I dare say, he did it for Entertain yourself and set up contradictory rules of the game-it is the biggest prank in history. You can see it, but you are not allowed to touch it; if you eat it, you are not allowed to swallow it. When you foul, he laughs at you happily. This guy is really good. Abnormal, it’s a sadistic man. There is no door for me to admire him."
"Since I opened the world, I have come into the world and penetrated into human life. I instigated all the potential desires of human nature, and I met human needs without criticizing him. Because no matter how stubborn people are, I will not criticize him. I love Human beings, I am a humanitarian, maybe the only fruit left. "
As mentioned above, human nature is full of contradictory and opposite parts, so the pursuit of freedom tends to lose sight of one another. For example, if you desire physical pleasure and freedom of pleasure, you must endure moral suffering. No one can achieve 100% freedom. Under such contradictions, we have to make choices.
Satan's choice is to cut off the sense of morality in human hearts. He regards it as a burden and regards guilt as a useless burden. The people of God constrain the satisfaction of desire within a circle delimited by law and morality, and never become slaves of desire.
Looking at it conversely, let's see what kind of unfreedom we will get for one part of freedom. One is the unfreedom of the body without pleasure, the other is the self-blame and feeling of guilt brought about by violation of morality, and the unfreedom of the soul and soul. In contrast, in the latter case, people appear even more unfree.
So true freedom is to shoulder the burden of morality and responsibility like a slave. And Satan claims to be a great humanitarian because he misinterpreted the meaning of "freedom".
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