The story of "Confession" should start with the movie and then go back to the novel. Or vice versa.
Of course, this is not the point of the topic, what I want to write is something about mothers.
"Confession" focuses on an accident/murder and its spin-offs, but the important characters are not just a few teenage little devils in bratty skins, but their mothers, it seems With a mother who is the victim and the perpetrator.
Xiaozhi's mother, Xiu Zai's mother. Mr. Moriguchi.
Is modern society a matriarchal or a patriarchal one?
If it is the latter, but in most families in Japan, the mother is still responsible for taking care of the next generation, then the next generation of society that grows up in the "man's world" is more likely to inherit the thinking and thinking of its mother. grew up logically. Therefore, the role of "mother" should be the one that affects the most of youth.
Of course, we should not discuss any boring social issues, and simply return to the story of confession itself.
Who is the perpetrator? Who are the victims? Who is the initiator of all this? That simple incident turned people into confusion under the sincere confessions of several people. In the end, a vague and terrifying impression was left: it was the role of "mother" who "murdered" the "child": that is, the murderers Xiaozhi and Shuya were both murderers because of their mothers, and Mr. Moriguchi finally used "warning" "The name of a class strangled two teenagers.
But this is not right or wrong, right or wrong, it is the extension of the most irreconcilable part of the relationship between mother and child, and then exaggerated, and finally radical to "life" and "death".
It is said that the greatest person in the world is the mother, because she gives us life. That's right, no doubt, to deny it is to deny humanity.
However, perhaps the source of evil in this world is also continued by "mother" or a similar existence of "mother". Jealousy, hatred, belief, pursuit, desire, these various dark or bright parts of human nature are taught by them. At the child's - either intentional or unintentional:
In the film, Xiaozhi's mother's pursuit of "perfection" even overshadowed her child's achievements and strength, which even the child could see - in fact, Xiaozhi's actions were just to prove: "I am A child who meets mother's requirements", participates in clubs, attends cram schools, smiles, is kind, and finally breaks down - it is better to destroy each other completely if they cannot satisfy each other's desires;
as for Xiu Zai's mother, she is mostly sideways in the film. Or the back is in the mirror, but it occupies Xiu Zai's entire underdeveloped mind. The young man's self-esteem is all from his mother's approval - "because you are my son", what a clear attribute: because that young man is a liar. A child with his own blood is bound to succeed. But on this point, she really thinks right. Regarding the pursuit of science and the indifference of family relations, Xiu Zai really has the same example-compared to the "ordinary people" around him, of course, his own ideals are more important. ;
The only person in the whole film who plays the whole body and mind is the mother Moriguchi-sensei. She lost her daughter, but she can't forget the responsibility of being a mother - education. So she decided to use the remaining energy to "educate" the two teenagers who had lost their way: please reflect; please think; please live a meaningful life. She said these words to the thirteen-year-old children with a calm tone and a calm expression, but she really did not expect the children to cry and change their ways - that is the hypocrisy of adults, child They just panic, struggle, and then make irreversible actions for things that cannot be dealt with. Is this revenge? Not even that (she's not completely incapable of forgiving them). Is it education? Nor can it count (otherwise she would not have given up her teaching profession). She just had a tragic reaction in her identity as a "mother". If it was her own child, it might be good to beat him until he knew his mistake. Unfortunately, those two children could only tell each other in this way: cherish life, Correct your own behavior. Of course, the most unfortunate thing is that the other party is only a child. So we can only go further and further down this road.
The values of right and wrong and social views of the whole society are projected on the child by the mother.
A perfect housewife naturally expects a perfect child, and a scientist mother naturally believes that a child should be a scientist. As for the teacher, although she has not yet had time to raise her own child, the expectations and order of life she repeatedly preached may also teach her The next generation—she and the passionate teacher are both rule-followers and defenders, and they will also become rule-makers when appropriate.
This is where the "evil" of childhood comes, and of course, the "good".
Those students who maliciously bullied Xiu Zai in the class, in essence, their right and wrong view of justice is also inherited from their parents: "Murderers must pay a price", as for what means to use to achieve justice, these anxious results The kids didn't give it much thought.
Therefore, the children just hurriedly inherited the three views given by their mothers, and the process of growing up just slowly learned how to correctly realize the three views.
Nao and Shuya probably just didn't have the opportunity and conditions to learn the reflex mechanism to deal with the world, and Mr. Moriguchi was too eager to tell them the punishment mechanism they would face if they didn't learn the rules of the game - after all, they couldn't face the punishment mechanism for adults. , I had to create a similar set myself: put the children in a "cage" called "HIV" and then slowly repent, although the children still go their own way, then there is only a different "punishment" - this is the same as Sentenced prisoners in the adult world don't really make much difference, in essence.
It's just that after peeling off the surface, it's too miserable inside.
But should it be said that all the blame lies with mothers who expect too much? Of course not, not possible, not at all. To deny our mother is to deny ourselves.
The reason why people are human is that there is still an "evil" part in their hearts that is just around the corner.
Besides, this story does not come to flog the existence of "mother", it is just a confession, confession of the sense of contradiction between mother and child: teaching and learning, giving and receiving, between people and people, the fundamental contradiction.
While giving love, mothers also seem to unconsciously forget that there is another person standing in front of them. The child will project the mother's emotional tendencies, and there may be deviations in the projection. They only regard children as their appendages in their wishful thinking—not like a house of clothes, of course, but an existence that should inherit their dreams and hopes.
It is a pity that most children in this world are not likely to become the kind of people their parents expect, because what is expected is that the child will become the parent itself, or better, not a person who is slowly growing up and will be exposed. More and more flaws are also a little rebellious kid.
This is the paradox: what you want is not me.
The most tragic thing is that every child understands this. They just don't talk, and then there will be a hole in their hearts, some people fill this hole slowly, and some people are swallowed up by it.
So in this matter, the mother has the responsibility of the mother, and the child has the fault of the child.
To get to the bottom of it, I still have to grow up slowly by myself, hating my mother and loving my mother at the same time.
I suddenly remembered that in the manga BLEACH, Ichigo always called the teacher "teacher", which seemed very distant. Probably the relationship between "mother" and "mother" is nothing but this kind of relationship.
As children, after reading the confession, what we should learn is not to be too extreme. Good mother, good mother.
Good or bad.
Live or die.
THE END
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