Eloquence is silver

Junior 2021-12-26 08:01:01

After the Chinese team won the championship in the International College Student Debate Competition in Singapore, the debate competition used to be relatively hot in China, but it soon disappeared. I don't know the reason, at least for me, although I haven't read it, my prejudice makes me think this kind of debate is meaningless, and it's mostly sophistry.

I watched this movie today and felt the debate very well.
In the United States, debate and public speaking are skills that many students need to develop. In many American movies, we can see that speeches are needed in various conferences; and the debate contest in the US general election determines the outcome of the general election. For example, Obama’s successful election as President of the United States is inseparable from his speech. of. In addition, as a country under the rule of law, many major cases in the United States are won by lawyers' perseverance.

This movie tells such a story.

very nice. Especially in the last paragraph, when the opponent's defender tells the truth about his father's friend, this is very convincing. Because no matter how powerful the language is, it can't match reality. Farmer also brought out his own personal experience to refute. If Farmer has not experienced it and has not sacrificed this weapon, I think Farmer is at a disadvantage as far as the debate is concerned.

I think this is also the most shining part of this movie: this is no longer a debate between two teams on a topic that has nothing to do with them. Rather, it is the American blacks' unfair struggle against themselves, but because of a coincidence, because the title is exactly the same. It is about non-violence, and Farmer is precisely the victim of racial persecution, which makes this debate specific and very unique in practical significance. --It is not so much a debate as it is a prosecution.


Many dialogues in the film are shining with wisdom and strength, which are very inspiring and motivating, especially when I see Keep the body, take the mind, I like it very much.

Our education is like this. There is no soul education.

Okay, no more complaints.

It has to be said. Debate is also a double-edged sword. Sometimes, it makes sense, but because the debate fails, the result is lost. This is also a very obvious example. Many wealthy and powerful people have done bad things because they can afford to hire a lawyer, but they get away with it. There are also many lobbying groups in Congress, lobbying for interest groups.


If we can't make silence is golden, then we can speak eloquently as silver.

Another: Looking at such movies and thinking, why does the United States always make so many good movies, so many very humanistic and very motivating movies? So many hero stories? And it's all real people and real things?

Why is there no such good movie in our country? What I mean is not a fabrication, but a good movie of real people and real things?

Without great people, there is no great country.
The United States is a powerful country because there are so many extraordinary people.

I hope that in the future, our country can also have such good movies and good stories and good people

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The Great Debaters quotes

  • Melvin B. Tolson: Take the meanest, most restless nigger. Strip him of his clothes in front of the remaining male niggers, female niggers, and nigger infants, tar and feather him, tie each leg to a horse facing an opposite direction, set him on fire, and beat both horses until they tear him apart in front of male, female and nigger infants. Bullwhip and beat the remaining nigger males within an inch of their life. Do not kill them but put the fear of God in them, for they can be useful for future breeding. Anybody know who Willie Lynch was? Anybody? Raise your hand. No one? He was a vicious slave owner in the West Indies. The slave-masters in the colony of Virginia were having trouble controlling their slaves, so they sent for Mr. Lynch to teach them his methods. The word "lynching" came from his last name. His methods were very simple, but they were diabolical. Keep the slave physically strong but psychologically weak and dependent on the slave master. Keep the body, take the mind.

  • Henry Lowe: School's the only place you can read all day. Except prison.