The heavy rain poured down last night, and today the dark clouds are overwhelming, and the atmosphere is rendered gloomy. So I cooperated with the atmosphere rendered by the heavens. Saw a World War II movie "Hart's War". I thought it was about the slaughter atrocities committed by Nazi Germany to exterminate humanity, so I haven't watched this film for a long time. To be honest, although my career is related to it, I have never liked watching killings.
After watching it, I discovered that, unexpectedly, massacre is not the subject of this film.
The story in the film is arranged in a German prisoner of war camp nearing the end of the Second World War. Lieutenant Tom Hart was originally a student of Yale Law School. Prisoners of war here are managed separately according to their nationality. The supreme officer of American prisoners of war is Colonel McCramara, a professional soldier, a mysterious and respected figure. Although he appeared much later than Hart, it did not affect him as the central character in the movie. His unique eyes, cold and full of tenderness, matched the majestic, self-esteem, and strong soldier face, which was awe-inspiring. In contrast, Hart is just a fledgling boy scout. The dignity of his family allows him to stay away from the cruel battlefield and gain the honor of a soldier. If he hadn't been captured and hadn't met Colonel Mcramara, perhaps he wouldn't understand what military honor is until the end of the war.
This movie tells the story between the two American military officers in the German prisoner-of-war camp and the other American soldiers around them. It shows us the respect and understanding of honor by American soldiers. Just like the United States is used to preaching its democracy and freedom to countries around the world, this film is somewhat suspicious of idealistic propaganda and evangelism. In particular, the management method of the German prisoner-of-war camp may be difficult for most people to understand due to the lack of adequate foreshadowing. But anyway, regardless of the background and purpose, I sincerely admire the American soldiers for this film, despite their different nationalities. In addition, racial discrimination has its own historical roots and practical background, and you cannot despise others because of this.
In most cases, honor and heroism are inseparable. I have read a book "Rejecting Death" before, which has an incisive exposition of heroism:
"Heroism, as the most fundamental impulse of man, has its own deep root cause, that is, fear of death... If man is purely an angel, he will not fear death; if man is purely an animal, he does not know how to fear death. And man It is both a physical body and self-awareness. It generates a symbolic self due to culture. Therefore, it is destined to face death and fear death."
After watching this film, I feel more insightful.
Don't think that heroes are not afraid of death, they just accept death frankly as their spiritual struggle against death. They understand that humans cannot physically contend with death. And the admiration of most of us for heroes' calmness is only in the admiration and memory of "not afraid of death".
The honor of soldiers is produced and forged through this heroic passion and tragic struggle. This is also a kind of war, a war that transcends time and space. Whether alive, in a desperate situation, or dead, a true soldier will always go into war without hesitation, shed blood, sacrifice for it, and be honored for it. Soldiers exist and die for the sake of war.
Really, the spring silkworms ran out of silk when they died, and the heroes were bursting into tears.
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