Five-star praise, but not because of warmth, science fiction or fairy tales, but because of the complicated American psychology embodied in it. In this special year of 2021, I am especially impressed.
People are not only one side, so are countries. Hogarth, Kent, and Dean are all different people, each with a different temperament; but at the same time, they can also be multiple faces of the same person, facing different manifestations of the same thing. The steel giant plays another person. He has many facets and is as kind as a child, but becomes extremely powerful in the face of danger, but the ending is tragic.
As Kent said, "Because everyone wants what we have"; "But who made it? Russians? Chinese? Martians? Or Canadians? I don't care! But I know, that was not made by us! This is enough for us to assume that it is a threat and directly blow it up!” This is the typical American thinking. As the world’s number one, the United States has always been worried about being surpassed and challenged; even if it is not surpassed, Can not be provoked and lose the first dignity! With this distorted worry and self-esteem, I always think that the whole world is turning the United States as an enemy. "Everyone wants what we have!" Thus treating the world as an enemy, it was not made by us! that's enough!
Hogarth's friendliness represents typical democracy and human rights, and this is just a weapon of the United States. Under this weapon, the steel giant succumbed, willing to smear Hogarth's liver and brain, and torn to pieces. Today, there are many examples of this in the world, just like the gang poison that has not settled down.
The meaning of the steel giant is even more far-reaching. If you follow me, you are my friend; if you don't follow me, ah! You are terrible! Send an army to destroy you! Are you dissatisfied? Hit until you take it! Missiles don’t work? Get a nuclear bomb! There is also a scene of rumors, "He said that the monster killed the kid!" In 2021, I believe everyone is not surprised~ During the development of the story, Hogarth has been persuading that you are not a weapon and you should not become Weapons; but on the other side, I can! I can send all kinds of weapons with unlimited levels, and you are not allowed to fight back! You have no soul if you fight back!
However, the story is still not over. After a wave of counterattack with self-protection consciousness, there is a reversal. Under the influence of Hogarth, he suddenly becomes a submissive servant, and finally sacrifices himself and protects the enemy. It seems that Americans have a sense of superiority in survival, so I can live as long as I live~ You can't die, just erect a monument for you. This part has to be said to be full of fantasy, the fantasy of turning the enemy into a servant. However, although it seems to be outrageous, in the real world, there are such a group of sub-countries and such a group of people, just to eat this set. Beat you up, give you a sweet date, your grievances are gone~
I want to come to the story so that this is complete, it's time to end. But in the end, there is still another scene, the steel giant is resurrected! I have to say that if many people believed in the last part of the fantasy, it might be a fool if they still believed in this scene! But in reality, painting cakes afterwards is still a common trick used by Americans. Believing that no matter the other party was abused thousands of times, he would still be immortal, without any turbulence in his heart, and still be loyal. Reality is not a cartoon, nor a fairy tale. In reality, slaves will not be resurrected if they die, slaves will also revolt, and slavery has died out.
Written at the end, I hope that everyone can see the shadow of "the American emperor is dead, my heart is not dead" from this little cartoon. Think about the ending of the story, the town is still that town, but the steel giant no longer exists. To quote a popular statement recently, "Give up fantasy and prepare to fight!" We are sleeping lions. Our self-protection instinct has woken up, so we should not sleep in sugar-coated cannonballs.
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