The whole film is divided into three main lines, career, love, and family.
The story begins with Edward receiving a career threat, talking to a friend and learning that he is the fbi's number one danger because of a political mission that's not going well. Then he received a confidential letter sent to his home, which contained photos of men and women having sex and a processed audio tape, which was investigated by the work department. Safety.
The camera turned to Edward when he was in college, who loved drama and poetry, and was a full-fledged literary and artistic elite. Encountered the recruitment of Skull and Bones after the performance. At the recruitment meeting, he needed to wrestle in the quagmire. Richard urinated in the quagmire. Edward was very angry and was about to refuse to join the club. But when he left, a member persuaded him to join us. You are safe and we will not abandon each other. Edward went back to complete the membership process and needed him to tell a secret that was buried deep in his heart. He recalled the day on July 4th when his father committed suicide. After chatting with his father for the last time, Edward's father committed suicide. His suicide note was treasured by Edward. After the ceremony, Richard questioned that he had read the letter, implying that he was lying. Edward immediately refuted him.
There are many details in the play that suggest how much Edward missed his father. For example, in the professor's office, only he noticed that the hanging paintings were gone; in the Skull and Bones meeting, he stared at the photos of his father's membership in a daze. When he knew he had a child with John's sister, he chose to marry her and named her little Edward; and in Edward's only emotional outburst in the play, Margaret said he didn't love anyone, not even him 's son. He said the words that cut off the relationship between husband and wife, that is, I married you because of his appearance.
Edward's life has not been loved by his father since he was a child. He hopes that he can accompany his son and protect his safety. When his son quarreled with him in Congo, he said that he never felt safe and never felt safe because everything was a secret and it was unbearable for him. In fact, I understand it from Edward's point of view, because he has never been with his father, and he doesn't know how to be a father. This is a defect brought to him by his original family, and it is difficult for him to make up for it in his life.
There are two characters who affect the development of the plot in addition to the protagonist, one is General Sullivan, and the other is Eurysius. General Sullivan took a fancy to him when he was at Edward University as a piece of chess for him to build an intelligence empire, and even gave him "exams" with the professor and fbi. Of course, he passed with full marks. When General Sullivan appeared for the first time in the play, Edward's performance is still relatively nervous, from the speed of his answer and eye contact and the way he sits down. After the meeting after the marriage, the general arranged for him to go to England to study and build the American intelligence system, studying counter-espionage. It was actually a relief for Edward, because he was not used to ordinary family life, maybe he just wanted to escape and make his father proud of him.
After arriving in the UK, he completed good grades under the guidance of professors and "friends", and learned the two most important points "everyone has weaknesses" and "you can't and can't trust anyone".
At the end of the world war, a second important man, "ulysess" Ulysses, appeared, and his weakness was the fear of cold. This thing runs through the whole story. He called Edward "Mother". They all have code names for each other, and they are all people who love their own country. They both respect each other and compete against each other, it's hard to say who is the best.
In love, he met 3 women who changed him, one was Lola, the other was Margaret, and the other was a translator.
Lola is free love and has an emotional foundation. From the beginning of the library to the end of returning the cross to her, Edward has always loved her. This also leads to why the translator ran into his life, I believe, the translator has feelings for Edward, otherwise he would not start dreaming about where to go on vacation with him like a young girl. Her hearing aid was what made Edward notice her, and it was also because of the miss with Lola. Finally, Edward put the hearing aid into Ulysses' teapot, which also showed that Edward's weakness was emotional. The last woman, Margaret, was originally a pistachio, beautiful and smart, born into a large family of wealth, her father and brother were both members of the Skull and Bones, but she was always satirizing this ancient elite organization, "bonesman first , god second ". From start to finish she longed for a perfect family, and the first meeting with Edward asked him if he was the perfect husband, and he replied, yes. Actually not, even he himself does not know what kind of family he will have. But Margaret was still fascinated by the taciturn man.
Who is Edward's favorite? It's like the last sentence that General Sullivan said to him, "I really love this country." He replied, "We are all the same." Maybe these intelligence officers had all the same when they first entered the industry. There are all kinds of strange reasons, but those who really love the motherland will definitely lose a lot. The life of a normal person, like Edward who once loved drama and poetry, has become like a stone man. Even if his heart is hot, he can't trust anyone. Not to mention who he fell in love with, he knew from the beginning that it was his son who leaked the secret, but still wanted to protect his son, even in a way that no one would accept, he finally gave his office name not an exit maybe It was an accident, maybe it was burning the letter that I had never read in my life, and finally I chose something I could love forever, that is, love my country.
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