"Twilight" is a very good movie. I wanted to write about the character transformation of the heroine Christine Collins throughout the event. The heroine is a single mother living in the 1920s, working as a telephone operator to support herself and her 9-year-old son. At the beginning, her personality was very traditional, very gentle and virtuous. When she communicated with men, she was in a passive position, and she wanted to refuse but would not refuse (for example, in the opening dialogue between her and Ben, she was in a hurry to get home from get off work, but couldn't. reject this outright).
It is precisely because of her docile personality that when she went to pick up her son at the station, she found that the boy was not her biological son, and her first reaction must have wanted to refuse. At this moment, the police captain said a long series of brainwashed words to her, saying that the child's appearance will change, the child has suffered so much, if you don't take him home, the child will have nowhere to go, and everyone will suffer because of it Feeling unhappy, feeling disgraced. As a kind-hearted and docile woman, Christine is resistant in her heart, but women have been bound by society and culture for a long time, without the right to speak or resist (even in the 21st century, this phenomenon is also very common). She was also worried that her behavior would make everyone unhappy, so she was forced to recognize the child in order to protect other people's face.
This small conflict at the beginning fully reflects the status gap between men and women. Men are in a strong position, they are full of authority when they speak and do things, and they feel that they are the masters of the universe. When faced with such a powerful man, women involuntarily retreat and obey.
Then the story begins to change. When the heroine returns home, she calms down and finds that she has been fooled. Although women are weak, women are not fools. She is smart and can think independently. Besides, the heroine is a mother, and the power of maternal love is great. In order to find her child, a mother will not fear any power. The heroine decided to fight, but her opponent was too strong, and her fight was useless.
At this moment, the kind-hearted pastor appeared and decided to help her. The pastor hopes that she can stand up to expose the despicable behavior of the police station and speak out for more victims. When the hostess heard it, she refused again and again, and she was terrified. She just wanted to get her son back, but she never thought of being a "resistance leader".
In that era, it was definitely not an easy task for a woman to stand up and openly fight against power. It required great courage. The heroine is just from a mother's point of view to find her son. She tells the truth to the media and says that this child is not her son.
Soon she encountered a powerful counterattack. The price she paid this time was tragic, and she was forced into a mental hospital. She found that the mental hospital was full of "woman lunatics". At first, she thought that she was different from them, that she was normal and wronged, and she tried her best to prove that she was a normal person. Later, a female patient, Carol, told her the truth that they were all forced into custody.
The heroine said: "I just want to prove that I'm not crazy."
Carroll: "Oh? How do you prove it? The more awake you act, the crazier you look. If you laugh too much, you're paranoid or hysterical. If you don't laugh, it's depression. If you act It's tepid, that's emotional withdrawal and potentially catatonic schizophrenia."
Carroll famously said: "You're so naive? Everyone knows women are vulnerable, right? They're emotional, not rational, and neurotic. Sometimes, when they say something unpleasant, ...women can be fucking mad. Sorry for the foul language. If we're mentally ill, we don't have to listen to us. Or trust a cop? Once they drop us here, we've got to be obedient and keep our mouths shut or... (pause) You'll never go home. Or go back like that."
This passage vividly describes how women's emotions are stigmatized. Once women show their emotions, they are immediately labeled as "sensitive and suspicious", "delusional about persecution", "acting", and "emotionally unstable". Whenever you want to speak up for yourself, men directly say: "Don't talk to women. It makes sense, women are too emotional." If you were louder, people would immediately accuse you of being a "woman crazy."
I thought about it carefully, and it seems that in my stereotype, it is true that there are more "female lunatics". It seems that women are always associated with madness and hysteria, and "male lunatics" are rarely heard. Think about it, everyone, is this the case? Of course, men also have a corresponding pronoun "male fool".
Of course, at that time, the heroine didn't understand that the hospital and the police station were on the same page, and she tried her best to communicate with the doctor and to prove that she was a normal person. These behaviors were useless at all. Later, in order to help her, patient Carroll slapped the doctor on the face, and Carroll was tortured with electric shocks.
Until this moment, the heroine's self-awareness finally began to awaken, and she realized what an unfair world it was. Later, she dared to scold the doctor with a dirty word, and that was the beginning of her decision to resist. This is a struggle of the weak against power, and it is also a struggle of women against a patriarchal society. Women have suffered double oppression.
When the heroine was discharged from the hospital, she started her own struggle. With the help of the pastor, she sued the police station. At this time, she was no longer the submissive woman she used to be, she became extremely firm and full of courage. She no longer lowered her eyebrows to please her eyes, but dared to look at everyone, she dared to stand up and help more victims.
Of course, during her struggle, she was not alone. There were many well-meaning people who supported her. Without the help of these righteous people, and relying on her strength alone, she might have been trapped in a mental hospital forever.
Justice finally came, and the court ruled as follows: 1. Permanent suspension of the police captain. Second, the legal procedures are more strict and rigorous to ensure that citizens in the city will not be sent to mental hospitals at will. Third, only the dismissal of the police chief can restore public confidence in the police.
At the insistence of the heroine, all the women who were wronged in the mental hospital were rescued. I was very moved to see the tortured women get out of the cage and breathe the air freely. This is women helping women. At that time, in the mental hospital, Carroll, a patient, helped her, and she finally rescued Carol.
I think Angelina Jolie's portrayal of this character is successful, a woman who lived a hundred years ago is absolutely impossible to compare with us modern women. It is impossible for her to be full of self-confidence as soon as she appeared on the stage. She is a woman shaped by society, gentle and virtuous, and dare not speak loudly. After so many things, the heroine has completed her inner transformation, she has grown and become stronger. She reinvented herself and took the initiative in life. At the end of the movie, she said that she never gave up looking for her son in her whole life. She always had hope in her heart. I think this is also the support for her to continue to live.
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