There are a lot of pictures of birds, snakes, insects and fish in the movie. These pictures are not so much that the people living in this environment have the same physiological needs as them, but that people are like birds, snakes, insects and fish without emotion, when they fight against the cruel environment, they will hurt the same kind.
When Zuo Jieji heard that his father Chenping was going to find another step room, he said that he would also find a daughter-in-law. With the help of an old man, the second child with body odor filled his eyes with tears after satisfying his instinctual needs. Doesn't it mean that people's needs in this regard are irresistible?
The film depicts these contents together with the famine that people face, showing the complexity of people when they face the pressure of physiological needs.
The new stepmother was warmly received by Chenping's mother, and once the old lady found out that she had sent potatoes and corn to the matchmaker's house, the old lady decisively asked her son Chenping to throw her off the cliff. Because the old lady put her family's life in the first place. The plot of the matchmaker's family stealing other people's food and being buried alive by the whole village illustrates the truth on a larger scale: in an extremely barren environment, when life is threatened, consider yourself first, which is the first priority for people choose.
But the reason why people are people is that they are altruistic. When altruism is manifested in exchanging one's own life for the survival of children and grandchildren, it shows a tragic side. So when the old lady is about to turn seventy, she will worry about her overly strong body.
The scope of altruism can only include one's own family, and if that line is crossed, the cruel side will be shown. For example, in the above-mentioned scenario of burying people alive, whether there are children or pregnant women among the people buried alive is not within the scope of consideration. The old lady's resolute attitude speaks volumes. The old lady heard that the family who stole things was going to be buried alive that night, so she gave Zuo Jieji's spouse a pot of potatoes and asked her to take it home. While the family was eating potatoes, the villagers killed them and couldn't help but say that the whole family was put on their heads and carried into the dug pit to be buried.
The elderly in the village, at the age of seventy, will be sent to the mountains to kill themselves. This custom came into being when more food could not be provided.
On the issue of how to treat their own lives, some are firm, some are cowardly. A determined person is not only for the sake of the children and grandchildren to eat more, but also for the consummation of life. Cowardly people, because he is nostalgic for the beauty of life. In fact, there is not much difference between the two. Cowardly people are ridiculed by people because people have formed some common beliefs in the difficulties of living and multiplying, and these beliefs shape people's behavior.
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