To start again is to have the courage to face the lies.

Cassandre 2021-12-21 08:01:37

Life is constructed by lies.

Mother Ellen Barkin took Leonardo DiCaprio to Florida, Seattle, and Salt Lake City before getting married again, always believing that... Cowardly, arrogant, boastful, even the inaccessible saxophone said, optimistic... and so on. The whole Leonardo DiCaprio is wrapped in Dwight's lies, the lies used by the mother to comfort herself, the lies of the "best buddies".

The crisis facing growth is not just confusion and loss, so that it is impossible to explain why I did evil. The bigger dilemma is that you can't get out of the vicious circle of lies.

The good and evil of lies, the truth and the truth, are clearly contrasted in this film. It integrates the perception of things, the degree of self-perception, and the tolerance and understanding of others.

Dwight did not mention whether he was from the perspective of his father. When he called Leonardo DiCaprio a bad boy and wanted to change it and would destroy it if he couldn't change it, he paradoxically hated his colleague for crippling him and teaching him how to punch him. Contemptuously called it a sissy with fellow bridesmaids.

This is something I remember. Such lies run through the whole youth of accepting and not accepting. The contradiction of adults bears the mark of the times, and it cannot be eliminated from generation to generation. My mother was telling my brother to have sympathy and understanding to help others, but asked if he had issued a certificate of honor when he made the most money (I issued a red copy for this when I was in junior high school). Off topic. Mainly, the widespread nature of lies extends to the growth process, and even a lifetime. Facing these lies is to understand and treat them differently, so as to gain the courage to break through and try to change.

Every restart is not to deny the past as a lie, but to respect the transcendence with approval.

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This Boy's Life quotes

  • Caroline Wolff Hansen: What did he do?

    Principal Shippy: He violated school property and he flouted the law.

    Caroline Wolff Hansen: Can you say that in English, please?

    Principal Shippy: He wrote obscene words on the wall.

    Caroline Wolff Hansen: Did you do it?

    Tobias 'Toby' Wolff: [shakes his head]

    Caroline Wolff Hansen: He didn't do it.

    Principal Shippy: He wrote obscene words on the wall.

    Caroline Wolff Hansen: What obscene words?

    Principal Shippy: "Fuck You."

    Caroline Wolff Hansen: That's one obscene word.

  • Tobias 'Toby' Wolff: I'm not going!

    Dwight Hansen: The hell you say.