The reality is always difficult and cruel. The characters in the film are often faced with sudden and difficult choices. The right issues are sometimes not trivial, but significant, and even related to the danger of others or their own lives. Anton is a resident MSF in Africa. What should he do when he is faced with a call for help from the evil forces who use brutal means to kill innocent people? Out of humanitarianism, he agreed to receive treatment despite the obstruction and misunderstanding of the victim's family, but he made a request that he must withdraw his armed forces and stop harming the local people. From the attitude of "ruthlessly" driving the bully away after he cured the bully, we can see how fiercely his inner resentment and professional morality fought in the process of treatment. Unlike Anton, who is tolerant, kind and philanthropic as an adult, Christen is just a simple and paranoid boy who is not deep in the world. In addition to the blow of his mother's death, he has become more violent and violent. In his opinion, it is best to fight violence with violence. ways to face oppression and threats. That's why he will work with Elias to plan a strategy of revenge one by one. He believes that only by showing more strength will no one dare to bully him.
Imagine if we were in such a situation, how would we respond? There is an impressive scene in the film. Anton is slapped by another child's father for stopping someone else's child from arguing with his own child. Anton intends to reconcile but fails to convince him. The kids were puzzled that Anton didn't fight back happily. But Anton felt that it didn't matter, and told the children that he was not afraid of the savage and ignorant person, but just didn't want to worry about when the grievances were repaid. Obviously the kids weren't happy with the answer, so they went to the trouble of finding the man's work address to convince the father to cut it off. In order to prove that revenge is not the best way to show the children, Anton decided to go. He explained his intention to the other party and pointed out that his behavior was wrong, but he was slapped again, but he was not afraid, did not fight back, and did not back down. Under the persuasion of the other party, he stopped rude. The children were shocked why the father still didn't fight back, Anton said calmly "You see that guy just hits people". But the children were not convinced in their hearts that it would not work to be civilized in the face of brutality, especially Christen, who still felt that the person should be taught a heavy lesson so that he would not be fooled again.
Which is the better solution, revenge or forgiveness? I remembered that in the past, when a male classmate fought and was reprimanded by the teacher, he would confidently say that he hit me first, and then the teacher would tell him that it was his fault for others to do it first, and it would be wrong if you followed suit. Well, it's not right to hit someone anyway. From the education and understanding we have received, we know that the world does need an order to develop smoothly. Although this seemingly unreasonable order sometimes "sacrifices" the interests of some people, it is for the sake of most people. People and the future, this "sacrifice" is necessary. But the resentment in people's hearts is still difficult to quell, and they ask: Why must oneself be the part that has been "sacrificed"? It's not fair. In fact, the maintenance of this order requires the efforts of all people. There will always be people who will "sacrifice" and have to compromise, but this is only temporary, because this is also a rotation, and everyone will have a day when they need to "sacrifice". Because of the weakness of human nature, there are various conflicts and contradictions between people, and things cannot always be the best of both worlds. Therefore, if no one is willing to compromise and give up even the benefits that they deserve to be aggressive and get revenge, then this world will If it is impossible to maintain a certain balance and continue to develop, human civilization may have long since disappeared. If the savage elements in human nature must be released instead of being restrained by cognition and reason, the world will fall into complete darkness and chaos, and there is no hope at all. Humans also lose the so-called nobility of human beings, rely on the mechanical model of the weak to survive, lose the precious quality of mutual humility and tolerance that people inherit and inherit in life, and lose the meaning and value of life.
Nothing is perfect in the world. When our interests diverge from reality, we can only find a better harmonious solution by changing ourselves instead of confrontation with violence. In the end, we will lose both, although it is very difficult to change ourselves. It's easy to do it alone, and the effect is minimal, but if we don't try, there will be no progress, and how can a better world come about? If people can calmly analyze and change themselves in the face of injustice instead of arrogantly venting their anger and hurt others, and if they can find more meaningful self-realization in understanding instead of complaining and revenge, people's happiness and happiness will come easier.
Just like at the end of the film, Christen was deeply moved by Anton's example of the power of tolerance far outweighing revenge and Elias's actions to save a mother and daughter who were almost killed by a revenge plan. Due to the diversity of human nature and the complexity of human emotions, I have found a better way to face the helpless reality peacefully—forgiveness, and believe that a better world does not just exist in imagination.
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