The Heifetz family and the McCoys family, one in Virginia and the other in Kentucky, Anse and Randall, the leaders of the two families, were comrades-in-arms who had saved each other's lives during the Civil War, but the two of them were unlucky. vengeance. The cause of the incident seems to be that Randall's brother was killed by Jim, the hot uncle of the McCoys family, who was in the Blue Army because he joined the Union Army. At the end of the Civil War, when order was gradually rebuilt, this kind of lynching and vendetta seemed It can only be done with violence. In fact, although the story starts with two families opposing each other, their strengths are not equal. In the film, it is obvious that the Heifetz family is more powerful. He is also more sober, and his staff are more reliable and capable, and he is good at letting everyone's strengths come into play, such as the hot but daring Uncle Jim. On the other hand, in the McCoys family, Randall is a person with a strong position and principle. From the choice of him and Anse in the opening battle, it can be seen that the two are different, so he lacks flexibility in doing things, but is easy to follow. One extreme slides to the other. And the assistants around him are much weaker, a cunning but scheming lawyer brother, and a lunatic bounty hunter who leads wolves into the room, and a few children are reckless and impulsive. In the early days of the family blood feud, he was at a disadvantage.
It should be said that at the beginning, Randall was more sympathetic. After all, he did not stand up as a deserter. His brother was killed and humiliated. However, as the story unfolds, we have to tell the story of this blood feud, there is no such thing as a happy revenge, only a tragedy in a vicious circle. As an outsider, watching the life-and-death battles between the two families, I gradually felt tired, not for this mini-drama, but for the people in the drama. They have fallen into a habit of hatred and revenge, starting with a murder, and the hatred has grown deep because of the lack of legal force that can soothe the emotions of both sides. And hatred will inevitably lead to prejudice and sensitivity, so a pig's competition can also magnify its results because of prejudice, so property disputes can be magnified to the level of insults and ulterior motives, and in turn hatred is deeper, the next magnification of prejudice It is also stronger. Unconsciously, a hatred system forms a closed loop, and the endless loop continues. Hate can easily make people lose their minds. Under the emotion of hatred, tough people are often more likely to win the right to speak, and because he has won the right to speak, the flame of hatred will burn more vigorously. This is another hard-to-open hatred system. Dead knot. In fact, especially on the Heifetz family side, there has always been a "dove faction", such as Ellison, the brother of Anse who also respects very much. He is a peaceful person and has been trying to mediate and ease the conflict between the two sides. It's characters like this that often introduce another angle, another emotion, between hatred and the dead end and paranoia. Unfortunately, however, they were left alone in an environment where hatred was all in the air, and the situation took a deeper dive when Ellison was killed in a conflict by three of Randall's impulsive sons. Dead knot. Yes, when a kind and friendly person suffers this fate, it is inevitable to give people a sense of fate that "even such a good person will end up like this!", "a good person is not rewarded!" It also subconsciously awakens more The factors of human hatred and violence, so this is also the phenomenon of hanging cabinets. The "doves" in the hatred are often the hope to end the dead knot, and if they encounter setbacks in stages, they will indirectly intensify hatred and conflicts. There are countless examples of this between countries. Trying to mediate the fall and setbacks of the forces on both sides often leads to even more nightmare results. Even because of this, the "hawks" on both sides will use the "doves" as tools. The attacking party directly packs up the "doves" to anger the other party and make the dead knot tighter.
In general, Randall is more tragic in the whole grievance. As mentioned above, he fought with the McCoys family in an over-the-top attitude, and was constantly frustrated, losing his son and daughter one after another. , wife, and throughout the process, they continue to blame their own family's misfortune on their mortal enemy, and then create even greater tragedy for their own family. Sometimes, the so-called "deep hatred" is more of a psychological factor, because of this hatred, you lose more; because of this hatred, you shirk your responsibility and hasty; road. What did the two families gain from this hatred? In the end, we found that there are no winners, only victims, and countless good things are broken in hatred. Including love, the love of young people in the family is cursed, and even becomes a fermented primer for the further expansion of hatred. The process of this kind of beauty being mutated into disaster is the biggest tragedy. And a young girl, who killed her father, at the age when she should enjoy love the most, uses her body as a weapon, sacrificing her youth for revenge in a "bitch" attitude. A large number of young lives are lost in the process, and they have not even had time to understand the absurdity that the world is bringing to them. For example, a mentally retarded but kind child accidentally kills a young girl because Ben has nothing to do with them for many years. the so-called hatred. Because of the weakness of his own family, Randall had to introduce external forces, but he completed a killer group of bounty hunters, but he himself was unable to control this war of revenge, seeing this group of people under the banner of revenge." Beating, smashing and looting", let everything go out of control.
"Vengeance" often carries a natural "justice", "blood for blood, tooth for tooth", which is a primitive and simple concept. Because of this, it is often the most used tool. Whenever they see young people losing their minds, kindness, reason, youth and life because of the so-called "hatred" that has no direct relationship with them, more people will In order to gradually become suspicious of this "hatred", even those who have been deeply involved in it. As a result, Randall gradually fell into pain and self-reflection after paying the sacrifice of almost the entire family; and Anse was also grieved by the loss of a young life in a war, and he understood that a family could not be buried for "hatred". , and initiated the process of reconciliation. And more than a hundred years later, it is said that the descendants of the two families have communicated in sports, which is far healthier and more valuable than bloodshed. Although "Blood Feud" is a history of hatred between two families, it has a universal political metaphor because of its excellent performance of all dimensions of hatred and entanglement. In one set, you can find the corresponding role. Since there are words such as "deep hatred in the sea of blood", it shows that hatred and revenge will be the continuation of eternal values in human civilization. You can't expect people to make rational assessments of hatred immediately and end unnecessary sacrifices in time, but optimistically, with the passage of time, As time goes on, we always have reason to hope to see someone, especially someone among the parties, trying to end the endless vicious circle, although this hope often rises faintly again and again and is quickly extinguished.
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