When listening to Gao Xiaosong's "Xiaoshuo", one episode was about the city of Las Vegas. Gao Xiaosong divided it into three episodes, one of which was about a movie with Las Vegas as the background. He mentioned this The "Perfect World", he liked this movie very much, watched it several times, highly praised it in the show, and excavated a lot of deep meaning, which aroused my curiosity, so I found out and watched this movie.
Very old movie, the entire movie screen, even if I watch it in high-definition, is still not as pleasant as today's movies. But the plot is actually quite simple. It was a person who escaped from prison and a child who was kidnapped as a hostage. On the way to Las Vegas, they had a relationship similar to that of a father and a son. Some of the small details made me wonder: what exactly is a good person.
Is Butch a good guy or a bad guy?
Of course he's a bad guy, because he's in prison, and he's still committing murder. But is it really so?
As he himself said, he only killed two people, the one who hurt his mother and the one who hurt Philip. He also said something to Philip: You have to believe in the kindness of ordinary people in this world. It is said that the outside world is the reaction of his heart. If Butch is a bad person, how can he perceive the kindness of ordinary people in this world? If you read this article, you might as well ask yourself at this time, do you perceive the kindness of ordinary people in this world? How often do you perceive it? Perhaps, you can have a good testimony of my doubts at this time.
Although he killed people, it cannot be denied that he is a bad person just because he killed people.
Let's take a look again. Among the various people that Butch and Philip met along the way, although there was no murder, I can't define her as a good person.
Butch takes Philip to the department store to buy him a pair of pants, and the salesperson does his best to entertain them for an extra $20 (remember may not be exactly right). Seeing such a warm reception from the salesperson, Butch took out a sum of money as a reward and gave the salesperson a tip, but when Philip finally had no money to pay for stealing a set of kid clothes, the salesperson's hideous face was vicious. The words are really disgusting. She seemed to have completely forgotten the kindness that Butch had given her the moment before.
So, how do you distinguish between good people and bad people?
Finally, the Superintendent is also a good guy. He followed and arrested Butch, and several times, the following executives asked him if he could act on his own when encountering Butch (the implied meaning is similar to violent suppression, or direct shooting on the spot, etc.), but the superintendent did not agree every time. I don't know what he was thinking about. But I think there is a sense of reverence for life here. Butch killed people, but he has already paid the price for his crime of killing people. It is indeed wrong to escape from prison, but this cannot be a reason to deprive others of their lives. Maybe there are other considerations. Similar to American democracy, free human rights or something.
When Butch was under siege, the superintendent approached him and tried to lobby him. Seeing Philip's dependence and attachment to Butch, the superintendent should be a little surprised and moved. Therefore, when the sniper took the initiative to kill Butch without waiting for the superintendent's instructions, he was very angry and hit the sniper.
Some people, as you can see, are really good people. Some people appear to be good people, but in reality they are not. And some people, you think he is a bad person, but in fact he is a good person.
Humans are complex creatures and are very fickle. Everyone has different standards for judging good people and bad people. Some people are sometimes good people and sometimes bad people, and some people you can't define whether they are good people or bad people at all. To some, he's a good guy. To some, he's the bad guy again.
We might as well ask ourselves: am I a good person or a bad person? To how many people am I a good person, and to how many people I am not a good person? How often am I a good person, or am I a bad person?
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