Circle of Hurt

Shayne 2022-03-22 09:02:25

Just like this movie poster, Jack's face is still clear under the haze.

Philips was violated by his brother since childhood, and Eric endured the indifference of his family for a long time. So much suffocation, anger, hatred, shame, grievance in their hearts, but nowhere to go. How many people would cry if they were young and powerless, but came into broad daylight with their ravaged and twisted hearts every day.
However, the world doesn't work that way. . . Everyone is born with self-protection mechanisms, both externally and internally. So philps put on a cruel shell, and Eric became cold and numb. People always believe what they see, or they just don't want to delve into it, and only want to take what they see as the truth in their own world, so they hurriedly skip the scarred hearts of these two children. They only dared to take off their protective suits when facing each other, sitting by the river, lying on the grass, and telling each other's pain.

An emotional dispute between the children became a channel for the brothers to vent their anger, but they didn't know what they had done. too much difference. . .

There is such a group of "bad guys" that people despise them, ignore them, scold them, drive them away, curse them, imprison them, and exterminate them. But have you ever thought that they are the same as us, and how much of the harm they have done to the world is because the world has treated them so or even more cruelly? They unconsciously wear a protective layer that is thicker than ordinary people, and lick their wounds in the dark. They don't even know how to protect themselves, but on the other hand, they have to learn the rules of survival in this cruel world, so that they can even vent ( In fact, those catharsis are also unconscious), and don't be "out of line". Maybe adults can do it, but how can we use such advanced standards to demand injured children? ?

But people still do it. When they don't do their homework, get distracted in class, or even miss work, all they get is the teacher's blame. When in the huge courtroom, the crowd cheered that they would be imprisoned for the longest time. When the tabloids squatted in the dark watching jokes, waiting for some of their breaking news. If their "crime" is a kind of revenge, then normal people are just taking revenge in a more brutal and insidious way.

I think of the despicable and shameless T-Bag in "Prison Break". He was so neurotic and liked a woman. All his kindness was re-emerged because of that love. He was also such a smart and well-behaved child.

When they plucked up their courage and threw off their shells in fear, revealing their true innocence and weakness, they demanded a moment of beauty in this world, but this world has long been unable to accommodate them.

They are actually calling for help, can we hear it?

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Boy A quotes

  • Michelle: [showing her breasts posing for Jack's photograph] What?

    Jack Burridge: [laughing] You're fucking nuts. Carry on. Keep going! Keep going! Keep going!

  • Michelle: [about Jack's local hero news in the paper] Hey hero! Look what I've got!

    Jack Burridge: [embarrassed] Horrible, horrible.