It's not so much a class contradiction, it's a selfish gene

Dennis 2022-11-24 23:54:14

From Feng Junhao can be traced back to Chabrol, and from Chabrol can be traced back to Chaplin. What future generations want to say, in fact, the predecessors have said it long ago, and only specific situations can be renovated. If the parasite is not combined with South Korea's national conditions and people's livelihood, it may not even have the remaining advantages in front of this cruel festival.

Sufis represent the working class, look down-to-earth and ignorant and exploited, with the mantra "I don't know". But in the early years, she was likely to fly away because of killing her father. She was a bomb that could easily break through the bottom line of human relations. Those who have no permanent property have no perseverance. She is illiterate and illiterate, but she works diligently and conscientiously. Until the moment when the rice bowl is broken. Don't forget Mencius said, "If you don't have perseverance, you can do anything to ward off evil and extravagant."

Jenny represents the petty bourgeoisie. She was unsuccessful in applying for a model in her early years, and has since drowned in the ordinary life of ordinary people. Losing her daughter because of a terrible negligence and being labeled as a murder has become a shame that will never be washed away in her life, and even become a reason for her to be imposed on other charges. She has a clear understanding of the social structure, knows the moral hypocrisy of the rich, and charity is just a form of hypocrisy. She pierces the fact that Sophie is being exploited by her host, and enlightens Sophie's self-awareness step by step.

The Qiao couple represented the old-fashioned middle class. They lived a prosperous and decent life. On the surface, they maintained basic respect and proper courtesy to Sophie, but in fact they were full of indifference to her: they called her servants behind their backs, and showed her second-hand TV sets. Deprived her of seeing friends, made her work overtime on Sunday in the name of her birthday, and ended up joking that she was killed. Indiscriminate accusations of Jenny, subjective speculation that she is a murderer or a thief.

The Joe couple's daughter, Melinda, represents a new generation of the propertied. On the one hand, she has received a good education and knows how to criticize her parents for their inappropriate behavior towards Sophie. She is the only person who cares about Sophie when she goes out on vacation. She is eager to help her even after knowing that Sophie can't read; She received sex education at the age of 1, but she still let herself get pregnant early. Sophie rated her as "not bad".

Once the camp of identities is formed, high walls are built along with it. The gap between classes is invisible on the surface, but in reality it is everywhere and cannot be bridged.

In my opinion, it is not so much a class contradiction as it is the gene of human selfishness. Sophie was reluctant to tell her the truth that her revolutionary comrades were illiterate until the end, explaining that covering up this truth is not only a matter of jobs, but also a matter of dignity. Even if there is no class conflict, there is still a layer of human nature. In the end, in the end, it is a cocoon of unsolved human nature.

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La Cérémonie quotes

  • Georges Lelievre: [referring, respectively, to Sophie the illiterate maid and Jeanne the nosy postal clerk] What a pair: one can't read at all, and the other reads our mail.

  • Man at Melinda's birthday party: Speaking of quotes, I have one that's less famous, but quite troubling. "There are aspects of good people I find loathsome, least of all the evil within them."

    Woman at Melinda's birthday party: My God... Who said that?

    Georges Lelievre: Nietzsche.