The film "Mona Lisa's Smile" touched me the most that everyone in it, whether it was a man, a woman, a student or a teacher, was imperfect and flawed. The flaws here mainly refer to the concepts they adhere to and the knowledge they express. These contradictions about art, about love, about ideals, and about life make the interpretation of the characters more real and sensible. You can express your ideals to your heart's content, but you have to live with reality.
Just like the heroine Katherine, she is indisputable, she is brave and firm, has her own clear values, and at the same time sticks to it rationally. She is a protester in a traditional environment. In that era, such women were destined to be more misunderstood and attacked because of their rarity. Many of her actions are very commendable, but some are quite controversial.
As a new teacher, Catherine is determined to change this school that adheres to traditional concepts, and feels that the students she teaches should not be a perfect wife, but should also be leaders of this era. She felt that everyone's thinking urgently needed to change. But isn't her firm understanding of value also a kind of sticking to one's own opinion? Why doesn't it need to be changed? What her student Joan wants to be is a housewife who looks after her husband and children, and that's where her happiness lies. A good wife and a good mother are not necessarily as great as a female prime minister, and it is not necessarily easier and easier than being a pioneer woman of the times.
Catherine felt that everyone should be free and brave to follow what they want to do. This is not wrong, but she narrowed down and misinterpreted what everyone wanted to do, and turned it into what she thought others should do, which also went against her original intention. But she is a person who is full of understanding. While influencing others, she is always looking at herself.
The same is true of me before, although I think that everyone has the right to pursue their own value realization and themselves. But in his heart, he thought narrowly that a girl who went all over the world and made a name for herself was considered a success, and she was not in vain. And I feel that those women who are willing to dedicate their lives to their husbands, children, and families are really without ideals and ambitions. This prejudice is utterly stupid, and the only motto I hold so firmly is that there is only one true success, and that is living your life your own way.
Catherine sat in her car as she left the girls' school and looked back to find the girls on their bikes waving goodbye to her. In particular, Betty, who had ridiculed her at the beginning, rode at the forefront. This teaching experience may have been a brief moment in Katherine's long life, and many of her ideas will continue to change in the future, as will the girls. But everything she revealed in this story is not necessarily correct, but at least it is worthy of respect. She has reason to look at the girls through the car window, with mixed emotions and tears in her eyes.
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