The colors of heaven about a blind man and a man

Kathleen 2022-03-21 09:03:29

What is the story of "Colors of Heaven"? About a blind child, or about a poor family (man) with a blind child?

I especially like the image of the turtle stuck in the crack of the stone and unable to turn over in the movie 01:19:55. This man lost his father; his wife died, leaving behind a blind son; in the end, his mother also died, and his daughter could not get married. It seemed that he would never be able to stand up again.

A blind child is very different from a blind adult.

The child feels the world with his still intact perception with a sincere and unutilitarian heart.

God loves the world. This universal and unprovoked love appears in children. Presumably this is what Baska Laugiha said in "The Tall Daredevil",

We are so limited. But the eyes of every child are filled with potential and hope, and we should embrace and nourish that potential.

In the adult world, intrigue and utilitarianism, what we can do is too limited, but every child's eyes are full of potential and hope, and we should encourage and cultivate their potential.

The eyes are the windows of the soul. Muhammad was blind, but his soul, the potential and hope that filled his heart were not absent. When the windows are closed, the contents of the house will not be annihilated. He helps the fallen bird back to the nest, thinking that the woodpecker's woodpecker sound is the language of communication, which is his feedback to his world.

However, I still think that a child loses his voice in his own life choices, and a blind child loses more choices. It was not his own wish or choice that Mohammed went to a school for the blind in a far away place, and was sent to study with a blind carpenter, but it may be the only choice that would allow him to survive. Grandma and Muhammad are actually similar characters. Muhammad helps the bird return to the nest, and grandma rescues the stranded fish. Grandma's wish is consistent with Mohammed's wish and is idealized. Grandma didn't give in, and then died; Mohammed lost his voice, and his ending seemed to be an accident, but in fact it was more like the early curtain call of an arranged long drama - he was walking on an idealized road, this road Tao The waves are uneven, and they are doomed to die. Anyway, the ending is liberation, and the process in the middle seems to be meaningless.

When Muhammad's grandmother died, the white light shone on her face (eyes), reflecting her detached smile, right and could be heaven after death, and heaven speaks for liberation and achieves happiness.

At the end of Muhammad's death, a warm light shone on the hands that replaced his eyes. He, too, will go to heaven, be free, and feel bliss, which is consistent with his desire to feel God with his hands and to pour out his inner secrets to him. The blind carpenter was right, and Muhammad's teacher was right.

In fact, what worries me the most is Mohammed's father, a lonely old man, and the people around him who can be missed are basically dead. When Muhammad's accident happened when he fell from the bridge, he was in a trance. I was really afraid that he would make the choice to let Muhammad die or die with him.

Jumping into the water to save people, even if it did not change the fate of Muhammad's death, he actually overcame the idea of ​​​​getting rid of Muhammad's oil bottle to survive on his own. At that moment, love trumped everything, and he was redeemed. It is a pity that redemption cannot be equated with liberation; the light that is equated with death, the color of heaven, is like the white belly in the east before the sun rises, the grace of God, the vitality and hope of new life. Does this man long for light, and does light finally shine on this man? Death is liberation, but a man doesn't necessarily know, and he has two daughters. The suspense left by the director here, I think almost no one can really answer.

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The Color of Paradise quotes

  • Mohammad: [crying] Our teacher says that God loves the blind more because they can't see. But I told him if it was so, He would not make us blind so that we can't see Him. He answered "God is not visible. He is everywhere. You can feel Him. You see Him through your fingertips." / Now I reach out everywhere for God till the day my hands touch Him and tell Him everything, even all the secrets in my heart.

  • Mohammad: [crying] Nobody loves me because I'm blind.