[Picture of mustard greens] Achievement from injustice

Lou 2022-03-25 09:01:09

There is an incompatible antithesis in this world, that is, if you want to achieve much, you must suffer the same amount of suffering.

Because the principle of gain and loss is the constant law of the universe, if you want to gain, you must first lose.

There will be gains and losses, and there will be losses.

However, after entering the last and final era, after many factors have mutated, this law has been pushed to the opposite extreme.

That’s it. If you want to succeed, and if you want to be praised and recognized for your goodness by all beings, then you have to come out of a generally bad environment.

It seems reasonable and reasonable, but it is actually a restriction and destruction of good life factors.

Men of Honor (2000) This is an old film from nearly 20 years ago. The Chinese translation of the title "Raging Sea Diver" sounds more like a popcorn movie full of action or espionage elements. However, the original title "Man's Honor" is more in line with the theme of the film.

sense of honor

Honor, a sense of honor, is an important value deeply integrated into the greetings of the British and American armies. The sense of honor includes courage, dignity, honor, and other connotations. We Chinese feel that these things are a little empty. After decades of conceptual changes, even Cognitively, on the contrary, for most of us, honor is neither intangible nor practical.

In fact, it is easier to understand another way of saying that honor is a bit similar to what the Chinese call "striving for tone".

The protagonist, Carl, needs this breath.

Carl came from a black farmhand family in a remote area. His father was a farmer who only knew how to cultivate the land.

Cuba Goldin Jr as Carl

When he was 20 years old, the opportunity came,

The Navy came to his town to recruit, and Carl enlisted with enthusiasm, hoping to get ahead and do something big, but when he was assigned to the ship, he found himself starting with a very naive idea. In the US Navy in the 1950s, black crew members You can only do low-level jobs such as cooks and handymen, and there is no normal promotion channel at all.

If he hadn't boldly broken the "rule" of not being able to swim with white officers at the same time, he might have been in the kitchen until he retired.

After being dropped by the captain into the dive team, he meets the restless dive team Sergeant Bill (Robert De Niro).

One is a black chef who dreams of becoming a diver;

One is a sergeant major whose arrogant adventure was hidden by his superiors;

Their fates were intertwined at the diving training school.

Faced with those classmates, superiors, and high-level people who stumbled on him all day long, as well as those geographical labels and racial labels, he was never driven. Always stand up straight, treat people politely, and do things seriously.

Stubbornly, Carl not only won one test after another, but in the final test, he worked underwater for more than 9 hours and completed all the homework. Time and time again, he has proven to everyone, including Sergeant Instructor Bill, that what a white man can do, he can do too! Even better!

Carl, who later became a senior diver as he wished, had to have his leg amputated due to an accident.

Relying on his tenacious will and the help of his friends, he recovered quickly. In order to regain his original professional future, he teamed up with the former instructor Bill to fight against the personnel director of the Navy Department. He wore diving equipment of more than 200 kilograms at the public hearing and was in full view of the public hearing. Below, he took 12 steps with the only good leg left, and it was these difficult and heavy 12 steps that made this classic film.

In 1968, Carl finally became the first black senior sergeant major in U.S. Navy history.

It also responds to the background of the era of the American Civil Rights Movement.

A hero is an achiever who fights against a given fate, but on the other hand, that fate against a given fate is also a pre-written life script for the hero.

Carl, in an environment full of injustice and bad atmosphere, can still face everything in life with a positive attitude and move forward firmly towards his goals. Such a life is precious and respectable from the bottom of his soul.

You have to believe that you are the legend of your life!

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Men of Honor quotes

  • [Student standing in underwear and banging on empty pot with spoon]

    Diving Student: I stole a pie! I stole a pie! I stole a pie!

  • [Sunday blasts Snowhill with the water-hose]

    Billy Sunday: Snowhill, get your Wisconsin ass back in the barracks.