Sheep in a weak position and slaughtered by a wolf, a brutal wolf in a strong position, and a wolf that protects the sheep. Among the three, which one we want to be, and who we are in real life.
This reminds me of Haruki Murakami's famous speech "The Wall and the Egg".
In the film, the sniper played by Bradley Cooper chooses to become a shepherd dog to guard his country. In his eyes, the country is a sheep, and terrorists are wolves. So everything went for granted, creating the legend of American snipers.
But what I want to talk about is not the American sniper, but the philosophical proposition that has always presented a triangular relationship in the film: sheep, wolves, and shepherds.
From a moral point of view, we all want to be sheepdogs. But from a practical point of view, most of us are not capable of being a shepherd dog. In today's society, a large proportion of capable people have become wolves. So, this is probably why the main theme and patriotic theme of "American Sniper" have been criticized by many people.
When there is a real gap between ideal and reality, and it is reflected in people themselves, they will gradually give up believing in the possibility of becoming a shepherd dog. When they gradually feel too much malice and bites of wolves in the process of being a sheep and lose confidence in the existence of a shepherd dog, they will have a wolf's heart under the appearance of a sheep.
I am not flaunting the main theme of this movie, nor am I singing hymns to this movie, but I am just curious why when this philosophical proposition appears, there will be a group of people who are constantly talking about the very upright concept of justice and patriotism in it. See things. This is the conclusion I came to. I don't know if it is correct.
The word patriotism seems to have become a very ridiculous word in China. If we hear that someone is patriotic, our first reaction must be really funny. It seems that no one believes there is such a thing as patriotism anymore.
I don't want to discuss whether this problem is in reality or not. I just want to know whether the snipers in the film really have patriotism.
He said: "This is a great country, I want to protect it."
Everyone laughed when they heard this sentence.
But I can't understand. Even if this sentence sounds ridiculous now. But on a sniper, a national sniper, what's so ridiculous? The easy life has made our minds gradually indulged in the convenient life of the city. But the sniper was born into death, with a gun in his hand, to decide a person's life or death. When faced with this kind of mental judgment and decision, what did he rely on to keep his spirit from breaking down?
When we are sheep, don't become another wolf because of the wolf's attack.
When we don’t believe in the existence of a shepherd dog, maybe you can try to be the first shepherd dog by yourself.
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