Can human flesh be eaten?

Brown 2021-12-22 08:01:24

I remember that earlier piano teacher Joyce recommended a movie "Legend of Life". In today's professional class, Teacher Yong Zhang also occasionally mentioned it when expounding liberalism and utilitarianism.
The film tells that when an American football team went to Argentina to participate in a game, the plane passed through the Andes Mountains and unfortunately crashed. The surviving passengers on the plane experienced starvation, avalanches and other complex and harsh environments in the ice and snow, many of them died one after another. In order to survive, everyone eats the corpses of their companions to avoid being starved to death. Carrying everyone's hopes on their backs, Robert and Lando walked out of the snow-capped mountains and finally rescued the story of a difficult friend trapped in the wreckage. The climax of the story, the scenes are dangerous, and the heart is turbulent, and I can’t stop it, especially when I see everyone standing together and sharing the corpses of the dead companions, it makes my heart full of unspeakable complex feelings. This is also the time since the film was released. , A scene controversial by the audience. At the critical moment of life, whether people consciously choose to sacrifice the interests of a few to satisfy the interests of the majority is against the bottom line of human nature and morality. Utilitarians believe that this is reasonable, because it does rescue those dying and hungry survivors. But liberals strongly oppose this practice that only considers personal interests and harms the rights of the deceased.
In the morning class, Mr. Yong Zhang used a simulated tram distress story to explain to us the ideas of utilitarianism and liberalism. When discussing the case, I remembered that I was an active supporter of liberalism, quoting circumstantial evidence, talking about the past and talking about the present, and the head was right, but after watching the movie, this mentality changed drastically and supported the former more.
Why is this? I tried to convince myself: First, in such an icy, uninhabited and desperate place, human beings seem to have separated from modern society and are in a primitive, anarchic state of nature, making the effectiveness of the law unable to be traced back to this. Second, when the decision was made to share the food with the victims, they all voted and respected everyone's opinions. The procedure is democratic. Third, and most importantly, eating corpses to survive is their only choice. Perhaps, the above three awkward reasons can barely prevaricate the guilt in my heart for the deceased.
The dead are gone, and perhaps the greatest comfort for the living to the souls of their companions is to continue to live. At the end of the film, when Lando and Robert were searching for a way through all sorts of difficulties, there was a shot that awakened the heroism of my sleeping in comfort. Rando pointed to a place 50 miles away and told Robert that Argentina was ahead. But Robb had a retreat expression, saying that we would die. Lando turned his head and smiled in response to him: "If you want to die, you will also be lost on the journey." Feeling sour, I thought of a classic line in Mr. Hemingway's work "The Old Man and the Sea": "A man can be destroyed, but he cannot be overthrown." Then a picture with its own background music, the image of the Return of the Great Sage flashed in my mind like a surge. Yes, the times are calling for heroes. I would like to pay the highest tribute to the two heroes who are in a desperate place, but resolutely take up the leadership, overcome all dangers, and explore their lives.
After 70 days of fierce battle with the god of death, the people waiting in the wreckage finally did not wait in vain. The roar of the helicopter became louder and louder. When they rushed out of the wreckage and looked towards the outside, Lan and Luo Zheng waved to them, floating the little red shoe in the wind. Then a cheer of victory shook the valley.
The road to heaven was unimpeded by the clear sky, and the souls of the dead were finally at rest. A disaster can destroy a person's body, but the determination and confidence of mankind to challenge difficulties cannot be defeated by any means.
The cross stands on the top of the mountain, and the film gradually ends.

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  • Jonatan 2022-04-20 09:01:50

    3.7, some people are not crazy no matter what the predicament, because every inch of his skin exudes the brilliance of humanity.

  • Coralie 2022-04-22 07:01:32

    I like Ethan, when he was young, he had good looks and temperament. When I was watching the movie, my husband asked me if this happened, would I eat him, and I said of course, in order to survive, I would also live that part of his life. In such an environment, do not sit still and work hard to find the hope of life. It is a true warrior.

Alive quotes

  • Antonio Balbi: Zerbino, are you okay?

    Gustavo Zerbino: People are hurt, Antonio! I've only been in med school six months!

  • Pilot Julio César Ferradas: [Canessa and Zerbino find the pilot, badly injured]

    [shivering]

    Pilot Julio César Ferradas: My bag, my... bag.

    Roberto Canessa: He wants his bag.

    Gustavo Zerbino: There isn't much on the floor. I don't... I don't see his bag.

    Roberto Canessa: We're looking. What's in the bag?

    Pilot Julio César Ferradas: [rolls his eyes] My... My gun. Gun!

    [pause]

    Roberto Canessa: No, my friend. We can't be a part of that.