Explanation of Existentialism

Kristy 2022-03-23 09:01:48

Many people watched this film at a loss, not knowing what it was trying to express. Here is a purely theoretical explanation.
Existentialism believes that life is a tragedy and that death is the only truth. The world is absurd and life is painful. Existence precedes essence. People are thrown into this world and must rely on their own strength to create the meaning of their own existence. Although the evil forces of the alien world will eventually make all human efforts meaningless and cause deeper pain, human efforts to create meaning in life before death is worthy of recognition. So while it doesn't matter what you do—because these efforts won't prevail against the evil alien world and will be in vain—what matters is what you did.
Others are hell. In interpersonal relationships, conflicts are unavoidable, and the eyes of others will be personified, and people can only choose to materialize others or be personified by others. People are limited by the eyes of others, and it will inevitably lead to endless pain to meet the eyes of others and become what they want. Becoming aliens in the eyes of others, marginalized people can only endure loneliness and pain.
Feelings, family, friendship, and love are often regarded as a force to fight against the absurd and ruthless world. However, these emotions do not change the nature of the absurd suffering of life. What's more, these emotional imperfections often in turn become the source of suffering. People are isolated and helpless in this world, and they are destined to be entangled in pain all their lives. These emotions cannot save people from the sea of ​​misery. Only death is the end of everything. However, death is also an extension of the evil forces of the outside world, shrouding human life at all times. The last 9/11 once again confirmed the absurdity of the world. When the protagonist regains love and makes up for the lack of family affection, death easily shatters it all. All the previous efforts have been exchanged for such an outcome, and all kinds of things in the world will eventually come to nothing.

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Remember Me quotes

  • Tyler: [from trailer] Gandhi said that whatever you do in life will be insignificant. But it's very important that you do it. I tend to agree with the first part.

  • Tyler: [from trailer] Someone's been trying to tell me something. Make her yours forever, and I'm working on the forever part.

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