Dilemma of choice

Marie 2022-03-22 09:01:16

It is also the subject of child abduction. "Dear" plays a sensational card, "Prisoner" is suspenseful, and "Missing Baby" is a combination of emotion, suspense, and philosophical thinking. Behind the story, there are dark emotions and profound philosophical thinking. The most prominent is undoubtedly that it throws a dilemma of human nature at the end. In addition, it has a great sense of substitution. After watching the movie, most audiences may ask themselves: what if it was me? choose?

Of course, this dilemma is not limited to the specific situation in the film. It is more of an essential meaning. Do we survive in cowardice, or do we perish in resistance? Should we pursue absolute justice, or should we consider relative utility? Will we endure the cruelty of truth or the beauty of indulging in lies? People are confused and confused, suffering and tangled in these two difficulties, insist on compromise, and move forward towards the unknown.

Perhaps, the choice of right or wrong is more due to fate, and the black and white of human nature are more gray and ambiguous, as Jesus said to the twelve disciples in the New Testament, Matthew: "I send you as sheep enter into wolves. flock; therefore be as wise as serpents, and as tame as doves.”

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Gone Baby Gone quotes

  • Officer in Procession: [approaching Patrick and shaking his hand] Mr. Kenzie. Nice fucking job on Corwin Earle.

  • Patrick Kenzie: I'm calling state police in five minutes. They'll be here in ten.

    Capt. Jack Doyle: Thought you would've done that by now. You know why you haven't? Because you think this might be an irreparable mistake. Because deep inside you, you know it doesn't matter what the rules say. When the lights go out, and you ask yourself "is she better off here or better off there", you know the answer. And you always will. You... you could do a right thing here. A good thing. Men live their whole lives without getting this chance. You walk away from it, you may not regret it when you get home. You may not regret it for a year, but when you get to where I am, I promise you, you will. I'll be dead, you'll be old. But she... she'll be dragging around a couple of tattered, damaged children of her own, and you'll be the one who has to tell them you're sorry.

    Patrick Kenzie: You know what? Maybe that'll happen. And if it does, I'll tell them I'm sorry and I'll live with it. But what's never gonna happen and what I'm not gonna do is have to apologize to a grown woman who comes to me and says: "I was kidnapped when I was a little girl, and my aunt hired you to find me. And you did, you found me with some strange family. But you broke your promise and you left me there. Why? Why didn't you bring me home? Because all the snacks and the outfits and the family trips don't matter. They stole me. It wasn't my family and you knew about it and you knew better and you did nothing". And maybe that grown woman will forgive me, but I'll never forgive myself.

    Capt. Jack Doyle: I did what I did for the sake of the child. All right. For me, too. But now, I'm asking you for the sake of the child. I'm begging you. You think about it.