On Bell

Melisa 2022-03-19 08:01:02

"Royal Club" Bell, a rebellious boy, relies on a superior family background to enter the boys' aristocratic school and join a brand new class. From the moment he walked into the classroom, he showed completely different behavior and seemed so out of place. It is not difficult to see that Bell is an ambitious person who wants to stand at the top of the world. In school, he is always the exact opposite of a good boy. Something that violated school rules and hooked up with students from the opposite girls' school... However, he himself disapproved of all these behaviors. In fact, I didn't think he was that annoying at the beginning, but because of his original family, he was arrogant and arrogant. When Mr. Henry taught earnestly and even went to the parents, Bell still did not change much until his father called. Perhaps because he obeyed his father's authority since he was a child, Bell began to learn. In this process, he was able to slow down. The reason for the slow improvement in grades is actually that I gradually tasted the sweetness, so the interest in learning can continue. It is precisely because of this that Mr. Heng sacrificed Martin to let him enter the top three. But Bell, who has made progress in this way, is also too afraid of failure, and he doesn't want to fail in front of his father. He values ​​reputation and success, so he cheats. I was thinking how could such a proud and confident Bell lose confidence in himself at this time? In fact, he lacks self-confidence. This is also a family. It can be said that his father brought him. There is no doubt that his father has shaped him. He looks proud, but he is extremely lacking in self-confidence. However, he still failed in the end. When he desperately wanted to succeed but could not get it, he chose to continue to rebel. 25 years later, Bell has not changed. He can still do everything for his apparent success, but he thinks it is not wrong. When Bell was studying hard in the middle, I thought I was talking about the success of a teacher. I thought that Bell would change from now on. After watching the whole movie, I will watch Bell again. In fact, he has not changed. His essence has not changed. When trying to shape him, he has been shaped by his family, by his father. When I re-examined Bell, I suddenly felt that such a person was actually pathetic, blindly pursuing the so-called success, but it was actually a failure. We can feel this in the back of Bell's son at the end of the movie. Mr. Heng has always felt that he was a failure as a teacher because of Bell's education, but as said at the end of the movie, a person's success does not depend on his temporary success or failure. The movie really contains too much, about education, about family, about success, and there are many things worth thinking about. We can't judge who is right and who is wrong, but a person must always live his own value.

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The Emperor's Club quotes

  • William Hundert: However much we stumble, it is a teacher's burden always to hope... that with learning, a boy's character might be changed. And, so, the destiny of a man.

  • [first lines]

    Valet: Is everything okay, sir?

    William Hundert: Fine, thank you. Here.

    [reaches into his pocket]

    William Hundert: Let me, uh...

    Valet: That's not necessary, sir.

    [walks away]

    William Hundert: [narrating] As I've gotten older, I realize I'm certain of only two things. Days that begin with rowing on a lake are better than days that do not. Second, a man's character is his fate. And as a student of history, I find this hard to refute. For most of us our stories can be written long before we die. There are exceptions among the great men of history, but they are rare, and I am not one of them. I am a teacher - simply that. I taught for 34 years. One day I stopped teaching. Those were the facts of my life's chronicle. The last chapter had been written. My book was closed.