screaming lamb

Issac 2022-03-23 09:01:55

The girls play in the sea of ​​purple flowers. Laughing, clapping their hands and singing ballads, they ran unscrupulously until they were scolded and panicked out of the wild field. The girl's belly is very uncoordinated and abrupt in the tender joy that has not yet faded away. At that moment, I even thought that the camera had passed through many years. But suffering cannot be skipped, this is just the beginning. The sense of incongruity runs through almost the entire film: the shirts, ties and suits, the manor, the log cabin and the horse, and even a man who is not so hideous. But civilization is only an appearance, and the barbarism that tramples on human nature is the reality. The truth can be seen everywhere and is easily accessible, so the unreachable future is called fantasy. Likewise, white smiles and benevolence are just an embellishment to themselves, hypocritical to the point of abhorrence. After all, the cage of home is easier to escape, and the chains of society meander from unseen directions. Racial oppression has much in common with gender oppression. Arrogance is the source, power is the way, and resistance must not be the result. But the more you can't resist, the more necessary it is to resist, because you need to maintain the consciousness of resistance. Perhaps the resister is born to resist, so resignation will eventually become a brand; so is the Lamb, and so is the one who sees her as a Lamb - not even daring to look down on his so-called emaciated father who has never taught any good. Fortunately, love can ignite self-confidence, example can inspire courage, and the realization of self-worth can sow salvation. Those who resist may fail on the road of resistance, but resistance can bring the possibility of resistance. It was the unconventional rebellion of her sister, Sophia and the female singer who jointly wrote another path for her life. It is worth mentioning that the black music that has been soaked in suffering is so natural and shocking. Release only appears so radiant after a long period of repression, and embrace only after a long period of loneliness appears so reborn. The unspeakable emotion echoes in the harmony, and those who have experienced it will surely resonate with a clear emotion. The world needs someone to make a voice, and these voices need to be heard by more people. The listeners need to go to the hardships, but also to join the empathy and courage in the voice. Listen, that's the screaming lamb.

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The Color Purple quotes

  • Sofia: Sat in that jail, I sat in that jail til I near about done rot to death. I know what it like to wanna go somewhere and cain't. I know what it like to wanna sing... and have it beat out 'ya. I want to thank you, Miss Celie, fo everything you done for me. I 'members that day in the store with Miss Millie - I's feelin' real down. I's feelin' mighty bad. And when I seed you - I know'd there is a God. I know'd there is a God.

  • Squeak: You just a big ol' heifer!