Faith and betrayal, survival and perseverance are what Endo Shusaku wants to express urgently. Under the social background at that time, many countries were prohibited from broadcasting Catholicism, and people were required to completely renounce religion by trampling on Jesus and spitting on the image of the Virgin Mary in order to obtain the right to exist. Countless devout believers chose martyrdom because they could not go against their hearts. Similarly, there are countless cowardly people who have given up their beliefs in order to survive. However, the inner unease is constantly tormenting them, making them repent again and again, but betray again and again in the horror of massacre. And Jijiro is such a character. He first opened his mouth to deny his belief in Christianity, but he prayed in a low voice when he was in danger; when he betrayed Rodrigo, he asked the Lord's forgiveness. Due to his inner unease, after several setbacks, he plunged himself into dire straits and came to the cell to pray for Rodrigo's tolerance and forgiveness. In the end, he still believed in Christ. On the surface, he seemed selfish and weak, but in the society at that time, he had no choice but to survive in this way. In fact, Jijiro actually has the same firm belief in his heart as Rodrigo, but the expressions of the two are different. Speaking of Rodrigo, there is a hint in the film: when he met four villagers who wanted to die for him and blaspheme Jesus with their feet, he said: Step on, step on, it doesn't matter. He laid the groundwork for his abandonment of religion and surrender to Japan. It can be seen that he chose survival between survival and belief, and he could not bear the suffering nor the suffering that others accepted because of his arrival. But this does not mean that he gave up his faith. At the end, his wife put a cross in his coffin, indicating that he still believes in Christ in his heart. There is also an important person called the priest Ferreira. Mentor Ferreira had a great influence on Rodrigo. Ferreira said: "Japan is a quagmire. No matter what seedlings are planted in this quagmire, its roots will rot, and its branches and leaves will turn yellow and wither. This made Rodrigo, who was already shaken, completely put down his defenses and decided to Abandoning religion. The novel takes silence as the title. When people pray for God's protection and guidance, God is silent. When Rodrigo watched the death of his fellow priest, he was silent in pain and could not do anything. At the same time, Japan's religious beliefs were also silent. Silence is hidden everywhere, but it is more than silence. Today, after reading "Silence", I can't help but sigh with emotion: It's great to live in today's China! Religious freedom is a basic right of the people, which is enjoyed by people. Don't worry about the persecution brought about by believing in religion, and don't worry that you will do things that blaspheme your beliefs. Faith, whether to die unyieldingly, or to live by flexibility, or to yield silently, or to choose repeatedly, is worth people. To explore, everyone has their own choice.
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