One of the movies that happened to be a class request that week was This is England. I have only seen "Sumers Town" for Sean Meades's works. The black and white film and the low plot made it quite uncomfortable after watching it. "This is England", as Sean's previous works, is not much different in theme, all focusing on the potential social problems in the UK and the living conditions of marginalized groups. It's just that the scene flashed back to the 1980s. The Falklands War, immigration, unemployment, etc. were all heavy social shadows in the hearts of extremists at that time. The protagonist Shane is a 12-year-old boy from a single-parent family. His father died on the front line in Argentina. He is innocent, dull, and insecure. After being accepted by a small group of skinheads headed by Woody, he finally finds his belonging. However, things intensified. In the end, the 12-year-old boy followed the newly released racist Combo, destroyed Asian factories, robbed Asian stores, and ignorantly went further and further down the road of radicalization.
I watched this movie in my room late at night and cried for a long time after it ended, and I couldn't stop until I fell asleep. The pain of being under the fence, the pity and grief for the young Shane, and the shock caused by facing some deformed social problems, all came together, and could not be calmed down for a long time. If I had never been to this country, I could have held a high-profile attitude. Apart from condemning the dark side values shown in the film, the rest of my emotions could only be to appreciate the greatness of the bald boys. Leather boots, and Mob style clothing. But I can't, this barren and prosperous island country has been the foundation of my life for more than two years. I was hit by stones maliciously thrown by children in the desolate streets of Belfast. In the film, I The stance is consistent with Milky, a Caribbean teenager who was finally beaten to pieces. This is a civilized society, but its hidden dangers can always be ripped off by some serious film directors, revealing a clear and bloody interior.
Anthony Gigens believes that social structures and human behavior are cyclical. The social structure and social system are created through the repeated human behavior, while the social system is constantly shaping and constraining the basic cognition and action of human beings. For example, if you are in love, you have to get married, and if you want to get a higher social status, you have to go to college. These are all concepts and thinking that are shaped by the system. Likewise, people like Shane and the hooded boys in our dorm are a product of the system. Shane will become a follower of Combo. The fuse is entirely because of his father who died on Falkland Island. This is a war created by the system, so the anger of the little boy Shane is also created by the system. Each of us lives in a system, there are very few true hippies, and true equality and freedom cannot exist. The system creates prejudice and it creates racists, and when you find out that they are just a sad product of a system, your pity and contempt far outweigh your anger.
Someone like myself, who is in the position of a marginal person under certain circumstances, can see clearly the essence of some people who live under different systems, which is not a bad thing.
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