dream into reality

Mireya 2022-05-06 06:01:10

This is a film that I didn't expect to watch. I read the relevant comments before, and I stubbornly thought it was just a historical documentary adapted from real events. white, black. In that turbulent period in the United States, there were two classes, two statuses, and two treatments. But in the face of third-class wages and the innate superiority of whites over blacks, vivien still stayed in his assistant position where he could not achieve anything for 40 years. This film made me feel the power of persisting in the ideal and the helpless blow of the problems left over from history. Vivien wanted to be an excellent doctor, but he could be a fool. He saved seven years of medical school money, but the bank collapsed overnight. He chose to stay by Dr. Biaiock's side as an anonymous assistant. With a meager salary and no social status, they are just doing the work they like. Such ideals and such persistence make me feel extremely cherished.
In such a realistic and cruel society as we are now, can we still remember the little ideal light in our hearts?
I was in tears all the time, but I didn't let the tears fall. What a joy to see vivien waiting for forty years of due credit, even if it's long, long overdue.
Long live the ideal! ! !

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Something the Lord Made quotes

  • [Vivien is abruptly leaving the laboratory]

    Alfred Blalock: We have work to do.

    Vivien Thomas: Do I have your permission, to do some work for my landlord, so I can pay my rent?

  • Alfred Blalock: ...I obtained a raise for you, 25 extra dollars a month on top of what you're already making. That's 300 for the whole year. Will that be sufficient?

    Vivien Thomas: What job classification?

    Alfred Blalock: Surgical Technician, I got you promoted.

    Clara Thomas: [Politely sarcastic] Promoted, to what he already does.