I am most interested in the emotion and memory part of the general heart course, and I am most impressed by these two parts. I recently watched the movie "Transcendence". Although it is not a real example in life, the movie truly reflects the processing of emotions, emotions and memories by real people. I want to analyze it in my homework. Also to test my understanding of some psychological theories for so long.
Plot introduction: Henry, the male protagonist, is a substitute teacher, a thoughtful but alienated teacher, who applies for a job to teach literature and writing at S (School). School S is a "rubbish" school in the town. There are many students with problems. The teachers of the school are very troublesome, and they are not respected by students and parents. Many people are very pessimistic about their careers and status quo. Principal M (Master) was pressured by the local government to retire and became very negative and depressed after receiving the news.
The male protagonist Henry lived with his mother and grandfather when he was young, and his father abandoned them when he was very young. Her mother was sexually assaulted by her grandfather, so she smoked and drank heavily. Henry committed suicide by taking sleeping pills when he was 7 years old. After he died, he was seen by Henry. After that, his grandfather was beaten and became mentally disturbed. mechanism.
The heroine Erica is an underage girl with no family. She lives on the streets and sells her body to make a living, but she is often beaten and abused. Later, he met Henry by chance, Henry took her in, and the two eventually became good friends.
Clue 1: School - teacher - principal - student
"rubbish" school and "rubbish" students, the common crisis of teachers and principals
Teacher A (Male) ----- shouted loudly during class to ask students to sit down, but no one answered; when I came home from work after a day, I found that my wife hadn't prepared any dinner, and she didn't respond when I talked to her, she just used the remote control to concentrate Staring at the TV, he just took out his homework to mark it for the students, but the students still insulted him on the homework. Teacher A did not insult the students or quarrel with his wife, he just suppressed his anger. The way he dispatched it was to stand in front of the barbed wire on the school field, grab the barbed wire with his hands, and look up at the sky with a painful expression. As for Henry seeing him one day and asking him what he was doing, he actually asked, "Have you seen me?" Teacher A has been neglected and underestimated for a long time, so much so that he has a sense of his own existence. question. So when Henry spoke to him, he said "how cruel", summing up his treatment for so long.
Teacher B (female) ----- called the student's parents and reported that the child was fighting with other children at school, but was accused by the parents that it was because the child did not receive the education that he should enjoy, and he could not argue I was hung up on the phone; at the end of the term, I talked to a female student who got all grades of F, but the female student disagreed. As a result, the female teacher broke out uncontrollably and criticized the female student. cry in. Teachers in the United States are not allowed to scold students, so if they are not respected by students, they may get contemptuous words from students, and they are not allowed to complain for a long time. No one else can express this emotion, which will lead to the accumulation of negative emotions. At a certain point , anger erupted like a flood that burst an embankment.
Principal M (female)---- The school has a bad reputation. One day, she was suddenly notified that she would retire and leave. She couldn't accept this fact. One day, I was having dinner with my husband, and my husband wanted to comfort him. My husband said, "Give me a kiss, and I will help you solve the problem together." However, her strong character deliberately pushed her away and said, "Go away, don't make a fool of yourself." The husband smiled wryly, Pick up the beautiful vase they bought together in Venice and smash it to the ground. The vase is a symbol of their warm and romantic love, so breaking the vase means that sweet love memories are also destroyed. She and her husband were at the same dining table, like strangers, each having their own breakfast. The principal's condescending position and pressure kept her serious and condescending in her family life. When she chose to share the pressure and bear the anxiety alone, she chose the latter, isolated herself, full of grievances, but had nowhere to tell, So much so that she lay on the floor of the office crying.
Student M (female) ---- fat girl, often used in class by classmates with insulting words Shanghai, likes to take pictures, but her father never recognized her art, but ridiculed her, ridiculed her body shape and academic performance, Suicidal tendencies. Henry gave her the respect and encouragement she deserved as a teacher, which made her worship and love Henry. When I couldn't hold back my sadness, I wanted to cry on Henry's shoulder and asked Henry if he didn't like her. Henry was afraid that his careless words would hurt the sensitive girl, but at the same time, he couldn't get too close to her and he would be misunderstood. As a result, other female teachers saw that the female students rushed out of the teacher's way. Henry was also questioned by the female teacher and was very angry. As a result, the girl died on the spot after swallowing the poisonous cake she made at the end of the semester's work exhibition. Adolescence is sensitive, girls care about their appearance and body shape, boys care about their ability to do something. In the constant ridicule, the girl did not build up her self-confidence, and even her closest father despised herself. The girl could only constantly deny her own value in her heart, and always had a tendency to commit suicide. Finally, she finally found the respect from Henry. , and then was ruthlessly interrupted when she wanted to vent some emotion, causing her to lose her self-recognition again. At this moment, she was completely desperate and finally embarked on a road of no return.
What I can see from clue 1 is that everyone is suppressing their negative emotions, such as anger, anxiety, despair, and stress, and there is no reasonable way to find a way to release them. In the end, negative energy pushes people to a cliff, leading to generalization. Uncontrollable outbreaks lead to uncontrollable outbreaks.
Clue 2: Male protagonist Henry - mother - grandfather - heroine Erica
male protagonist Henry - grandfather
Every time he meets his grandfather, there are always fragments of memories about his mother, and the mother in the memories is always very Depression, smoking, drinking, expression of indifference, distress, or no expression. It is implied that between Henry and grandfather, motherhood is a shared painful memory.
The grandfather suffered a mental blow after his daughter, Henry's mother, committed suicide. Because it was too painful, there was a problem with his memory. The previous memory was not forgotten, but new memory could not be generated. And there are obstacles to identifying people. For example, Henry is regarded as a daughter. Henry also took advantage of this. After his grandfather died, he talked to his grandfather as a daughter, comforting his grandfather and saying "you didn't hurt me", so that his grandfather was relieved and able to passed away.
Henry has a very strong resistance to immoral sex because of his grandfather's sexual assault on his mother. It was mentioned above that when the female student M leaned on Henry's shoulder and cried, the female teacher came in and was misunderstood. Henry lashes out at the female teacher, saying, "What kind of perverted old man do you think I am," and here comes his recollection of his mother and grandfather, alluding to his grandfather, and wanting to draw a line from his grandfather. It was Henry's understanding of his feelings that made him feel sympathy for Erica, the errant girl, so that the two could meet.
The hero Henry---The heroine Erica
Henry first met Erica when she was visiting her grandfather on the way home by bus. Erica was in the back row of the bus and had sex with an old man. After that, he didn't get paid, but was slapped by the old man instead. Henry was of course disgusted with such things, so he got off the car early, Erica followed, trying to get money from Henry, but Henry refused.
The second encounter was also on the way home after visiting my grandfather on foot, and Erica asked him if he had anything to eat. Henry was a little helpless at first, but then out of pity, he brought Erica home, gave her food, and treated her wounds, letting her stay at his home. It was also the first time Erica felt that someone was being nice to herself out of respect, not out of a need for sex. Henry's respect also made Erica understand self-respect. In this way, the two began to take care of each other - Erica would wait for Henry to come home for dinner, clean up the house and make breakfast for Henry, Henry took Erica for an AIDS check, the two bought gifts from each other in the supermarket, and the two fought each other. At that time, the film played the scene of Henry playing with his mother making a snowman in his memory. It shows that Henry's experience in the days of living with Erica is connected with these happy and warm memories, and it also implies that both have found a sense of "home".
A sublimation of Erica and Henry's relationship happened just before the death of his grandfather. The two of them witnessed his grandfather's dying state together, and Henry comforted his grandfather. Erica only asked about her grandfather and Henry's family, and it was the first time that Henry calmly told others about his childhood. . When Henry opened the scars of these memories, it was also a time when he could face it calmly. In the end, when his grandfather was about to die, he did forgive his grandfather, and he mentioned that his mother always asked him to put him in the house where he was, and he believed that his mother It was in her way of protecting him to some extent (referring to the fact that when the grandfather sexually abused the mother, the mother did not want Henry to see).
However, Henry came from a broken family and experienced these things when he was young, so he has been working as a substitute teacher. After a period of time, he will leave to go to the next place, avoid long-term contact with people, and develop feelings. For Henry It is a commodity that cannot be consumed. So after the death of his grandfather, Henry made a decision, he couldn't get along with Erica for a long time, and his substitute period at S school would end, and he was about to start the next journey. He sent Erica to the juvenile care center. Erica is very sad, and of course it is also very sad for Henry, who has found the warmth of his family.
In the end, the suicide of the female student M brought a psychological shock to Henry. He realized that he could not always avoid his responsibilities to others, and could not use the substitute class as an excuse to avoid long-term responsibility for the students and avoid his friendship with Erica, so he finally Or went to the youth care center to bring Erica back.
The whole film takes the situation faced by American teachers as the background, and takes Henry's personal experience as a substitute teacher as the starting point, telling a group living in depression like peeling an onion. How these people deal with the unhappiness, negative emotions, shadows of childhood, etc. in life is a portrayal of how we deal with memories and emotions in real life. The film ends with Henry's brave face and positive ending, implying that "face" is the first and crucial step in dealing with problems. As for how much courage and time it takes to "face", it varies from person to person .
PS: I have watched this film before doing my homework, and I deliberately revisited this film in order to complete my homework. From the perspective of memory, this is instant review, purposeful in-depth processing, and help with long-term memory, so I can be more accurate and detailed when recalling and retrieving memories.
Thank you, Mr. Jing, for bringing us a very pleasant learning experience, and I hope to have the opportunity to communicate with you in the future. If Teacher Jing is also interested in this film, I can send the film to you.
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