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Morality is just a pretense
Keeley 2022-11-24 00:50:23
When I watched it, I was always carried in by Abe's emotions, and I also felt that Abe was doing a legitimate thing, and even hoped that he would be safe. And when the female lead forced the male lead to surrender, I started to hate the female lead. But in the end, when the male protagonist planned to kill the female protagonist, I understood, we humans are often carried away by the complacency of being able to criticize others, shouting justice, morality, and holding blood-stained weapons To force others to admit or acquiesce to our righteous morals. And these righteous morals are ultimately just a cover for us to be happy to criticize others
Extended Reading
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[first lines]
Abe: [narrating] Kant said human reason is troubled by questions that it cannot dismiss, but also cannot answer. Okay, so, what are we talking about here? Morality? Choice? The randomness of life? Aesthetics? Murder?
Jill: I think Abe was crazy from the beginning. Was it from stress? Was it anger? Was he disgusted by what he saw as life's never-ending suffering? Or was he simply bored by the meaninglessness of day-to-day existence? He was so damn interesting. And different. And a good talker. And he could always cloud the issue with words.
Abe: Where to begin? You know, the existentialists feel nothing happens until you hit absolute rock bottom. Well, let's say that when I went to teach at Braylin College, emotionally, I was at Zabriskie Point. Of course, my reputation, or should I say a reputation, preceded me.
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Abe Lucas: Jill had been right in her appraisal of me. I was teetering on the brink of some kind of breakdown, unable to deal with my feelings of anger, frustration, futility. They say that drowning is a painless way to go.