I didn't expect him to die, and I didn't want him to die.
At first, when he first came to prison, he was very casual, with a rap-like movement: his body was always bent, his arms shook involuntarily, and his face had a cynical and deflated expression. He tried hard to find a backer in prison, trying to get close to this condom and stick to that one. The result was very unwelcoming.
In order to get the care of the prison guard Bailik, he scrutinized the group of people who tried to make a move, and then reported to Bailick in exchange for a delicious burger or something. However, the work is not beautiful, and gradually became a corner of "not a person inside and outside".
Still, Scoveld took him with him when he escaped. Because David had done him a favor. And David cannot be fully trusted, as everyone knows, so there is a limit to what he gets in return. On the way to escape from prison, Scoveld turned to David and said solemnly, that's it, let's go.
From here, David is a little different. I think he may have understood the disappointment of others in him, and he couldn't help but feel some remorse.
In the last level of the escape, the long strip of cloth was tied to the window and caught in the elevator, trying to use the lift's upward force to open the window. I pressed the elevator button, but there was no response. Time is short, people are anxious. At this time, David took the initiative to enter the elevator to the third floor, the window opened, and he came down. Doing so is dangerous and exposes yourself easily. But he still did it, indicating that he still hopes to gain the affirmation and trust of others.
This hope is very deep. His imprisonment has something to do with it. He stole a baseball card from a fan's collection. The baseball card didn't mean much to him. He probably wanted to steal a person's favorite thing out of some kind of psychology. However, unfortunately, among the baseball cards he stole, there was a priceless card, so he was convicted of a major crime: a super thief.
A baseball card, for him, a piece of paper that completely changed his life. At this time, who will trust him? Of course, no one listened to his statement. People are more willing to judge him from the evidence provided by the law.
External factual judgments hinder one's trust in the world. Schofield's disappointment with him made him start to value himself, reflect on what he had done, and also made him feel that he should take on the responsibility of proving himself, a responsibility he had once let go.
There is this heart. Until he met the girl, we also saw how this heart changed.
This is a good girl who trusted him, fell in love with him, and even fell in love with him deeply. After she learned that he was a wanted man, leaving him also gave him a chance to escape.
Trust and love poured into David's heart. So, after being caught by the FBI, he didn't reveal any clues about Schofield's companions. Instead he came to the door of the girl he loved and told her that no one in his life had ever treated him so well as she was, what was his real name, he lied to her, beg her forgiveness, he would write to her , and very much looking forward to her reply. His expression was calm, and there was no longer any awkwardness or frustration. David was taken away in handcuffs by the police, he turned his head, his eyes met: he was smiling, so was she. There seemed to be some light shining on each other's faces.
Shortly after this, the perverted FBI fired several shots at David and fell to the side of the car door with a framed gun in his hand.
Pistols seem to provide legal evidence, but hide the truth of this world.
I don't want David to die, because he can tell people the changes in his heart and the truth of the world through his actions. The truth is in the heart of man.
Witch Tower
2006.10.14
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