Where does the complete self disappear?

Kole 2022-03-22 09:02:11

I've been guessing how it will end, or what the outcome will be, ever since Mark made a mistake to catch up with the FBI. I thought it was saying that Mark went through hardships to convert to the law, but I was wrong. I thought it was Mark's magical cover company that turned the situation around, but it was wrong again. I can't guess because it's not the kind of history of struggle with a clear mission and destiny from the very beginning. The plot does not ebb and flow for the ending. The story is not meant to render the results. What led to the result was the so-called greed that was finally fully revealed. And the ending doesn't seem to be regarded as the real ending. The story is adapted from facts, and the time does not stop. The iconic ending has little meaning in life, so the story continues, and there are still movies for the remaining 2 million. It's not just the plots that have been fluctuating by the same amount that fascinate me.

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I've always wondered how people like Mark live. It seems that he, too, will pay attention to the little things in life. In important talks, he will be unrestrained, thinking and guessing about the trivial matters of life, ordinary and relaxed. It turns out that high-level people are not thinking about troublesome problems and great achievements all the time. Nor are they fully integrated with the social machine, or have their own segregated world. The president collects stamps, and the gambling king likes to keep dogs. This is the natural state of life. Everyone has to meet here. In this regard, mark is normal.

On the other hand, MARK is very dark. It is only profit-seeking, and it can actually make up the lie of the death of both parents. In everything he does, he first considers how he can benefit from it, and he will not contribute to the overall situation and ideas. However, to say that he ended tragically because of greed, it is better to say that he just conformed to the social trend. Everyone is rushing to make money, and so does he. Everyone gets kickbacks, and so does he. This is no different from everyone taking the college entrance examination to go to college, so he also goes to college, even if he himself wants to raise animals and grow all kinds of land. This is how society works, and it is the condition on which society recognizes you. If you want to get the convenience of society, you must conform to it. Making changes to conform to society is much simpler than consuming blood. Society is authority. You will do whatever the society asks you to do. The driving force at this time is not human nature, but attachment to authority. It's like killing someone in a war, and still feel honored. At this time, people are not complete themselves, and their humanity is stuck somewhere. MARK's selfishness is a mental model cultivated by society. Unfortunately, this model is not perfect and inappropriate. He is smart and does a good job, so he becomes a victim.

The ambiguity between HALF TRUTH and lies is equally wonderful. To tell the truth, half of it is indeed a good way to protect oneself, and it is also an art of exploiting loopholes. Not lying, but avoiding risks. The result is that the listener is not effectively helped, or even deviated from the target.

Matt did a great job. Especially later. There is a feeling of being stripped naked and standing on the edge of a cliff, yet smiling and maintaining dignity. The wife's line is also very classic, probably Matt U must stop doing this to yourself. It is "to your self" instead of "lie to others", which is very pointy and philosophical.

However, some metaphors are still unclear. For example, the poisonous butterfly, later combined with the plot, I don't know if I guessed it right. Let's watch it again when you get a chance. Anyway, it was fun to watch.

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  • Mark Whitacre: I read this study in Time magazine when I was at Cornell, which is an Ivy League school, and there were people, including my mother, who never believed I would make it into an Ivy League school. Maybe Ginger, who I met in marching in the eighth grade. And the study said people had nice, sympathetic feelings about people who were adopted, and treated them better. So I made up this adoption story, and people *did* treat me better. And when I got a job, one of my professors told people at Ralston Purina that I was this amazing guy that had accomplished all this in spite of being adopted. And so it was really *other* people who spread the story, not me. Although I admit it was wrong to start it and everything, it was other people who kept it going, even the people at ADM.

  • Mark Whitacre: Mark Whitacre, secret agent 0014.

    Rusty Williams: Why 0014?

    Mark Whitacre: Cause I'm twice as smart as 007.