The following are my humble opinions:
For the understanding of "box" in the film, I would like to quote Marx's definition of "human nature" - the sum of all social relations. People have been constantly "labeled" from the moment they are born. What race am I born; whose child am I when I am a child; whose student am I when I grow up; whose employee am I when I work; whose husband and wife am I when I get married... Many labels form a "Box". The film Luce is defined by at least four labels: black, boy scouts, students with high expectations from black teachers, and "well-behaved" sons adopted by white American parents.
When a teacher of the same race discovered Luce's heresy, he would wake up Luce at the cost of destroying other students, just so that Luce could "get ahead" for the black people. As a white adoptive mother, the lies during the talks were an interesting point, as if she was proving something with her actions. The worst part of this film is the father, who has no children of his own, and cooperates with his wife in acting. It's really miserable...
Luce's rebellion seems to be a kind of release, but in fact, what he finally gets is just a double box, which will only be more depressing...
Where there is a society, there is a "box". When we don't have enough ability to break through it, we can only cater. This is the sadness of social animals!
After reading it, as a social animal, I really have mixed tastes.
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