Doug's relationship with everyone around him revolves around the theme of "Leaving CT".
1. Why do you want to escape?
The hatred of the old love Kris is actually the unbearable looking back at my own corrupt life, that is, the dissatisfaction with the degrading environment of CT. What he said at the end of the film, "No matter how much you change, you still have to pay for what you did in the past." And Claire, as an "out-of-towner", places Doug's yearning for "out-of-town life" and the future. hope. But because of the embarrassing identity of "outsiders" (see how people on CT view people outside the town), the two are doomed to separate in the end.
Good brother James advocates violence and advocates solving problems with fists. People who are "assimilated" by CT have no survival skills other than crimes and live by themselves every day. Tired of starting a new life, it's no wonder Doug said he was a donkey. CT is corroding people's minds, growth environment, and the impact on a person is too great.
2. The
father of the person who escaped and the person who was arrested represents a person who has attempted to escape from CT. When I had a wife and children, I wanted to leave this fucking system. But was brutally stopped by the gardener. The gardener represents the traditional concept of CT: "People of us can only do the work of robbing the bank. They can't change it." And Doug has a "good role model" in the film-Dino. He betrayed his brother in exchange for an errand "outside town", which shows that it is not easy to escape from one side.
3. Should I escape?
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