When the prison gate opened, everything was calm again.

Madie 2022-09-02 22:14:25

This movie describes the "Stanford Prison Experiment". In fact, I watched this movie along this clue. However, what I want to talk about is some other thinking.

Thinking of the red light, the scene where the prison gate opens, I am deeply impressed. A moment ago, everyone was still struggling in the abyss of suffering and darkness, and the contradiction between the two classes was completely transformed into violence, but in an instant, everything returned to calm.

The dazzling sunlight came in, and the outside world was so strange and familiar, didn’t we come from there? Oh, it turns out that we have forgotten where we came from, we have forgotten our most primitive purpose, we have forgotten that this is just an experiment, we have fallen too deep, too deep. Obviously, he participated in a psychology experiment just for payment, but in the end he truly regarded himself as a prison guard or a prisoner.

I was wondering, when one day we are about to die, will we be like them, suddenly feeling that everything in the world, our own behavior, the rules made by all kinds of cheating people, and all kinds of dignity and intrigue are all clouds. , Are the result of getting too deep in this world. At that time, will we regret all this, just like the "warden" in the movie.

We must always remember where we came from, and we must go back there after all, and don't let the chaos of the world disturb our pure heart. Everything in this world, whether it is power or profit, is not worth turning us into a devil.

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The Experiment quotes

  • Nix: Expert in the penitentiary system, are you boy?

    Travis: I just watch a lot of Discovery Channel.

  • Archaleta: Justice is what keeps us safe as a society. Ordered law.

    Travis: Justice is what starts wars. And eye for and eye for an eye. It takes a turning of the cheek for this species to evolve.

    Archaleta: Ah, so you're the one who knows what it's going to take for this society to evolve.

    Travis: I'm just regurgitating what people have been saying for a long time.