The Way of Spiritual Sublimation——Analyzing the Philosophical Thought in "The Secret of the School Choir" The German philosopher Nietzsche proposed three spiritual changes in his "Thus Spoke Zarathustra". He used three kinds of creatures: camel, lion, and baby to describe the change of human spirit. In the process of spiritual sublimation, a camel will become a lion, and then a lion will become a baby. The spiritual journey of the protagonist Sophie in the film has also undergone such changes. The camel finger bears the shackles of traditional values and is controlled by external things. When Sophie first joined the choir, she was chained and weighted by Teacher Erica on the grounds of collective interests, honor, and the importance of competition. Her spirit at this time was bound by the values that she did not want to drag down the collective. Therefore, although she loves and wants to join and really become one of them, she still chooses to submit, escape, and passively obey the teacher's request. This reflects that her spiritual world is at the camel level, that is, I should listen to the teacher if I want to. The lion refers to the secret spirit of the school choir that has the courage to break traditional norms and challenge them. When questioned by her friend Lisa, Sophie went from escaping to face the "secret of the school choir" and told it to her friend Lisa. This process is actually a manifestation of her spiritual transformation from camel to lion. She began to actively and bravely fight against the secret, breaking free from the external bondage. So she went down the path she chose and decided. She chose not to passively bear it, but to actively compete for the right to sing. This reflects the lion on her spiritual level. Babies represent the power to create new value after destruction. Sophie's spirit entered the infantile realm, which means she gained spiritual freedom. In the film, the lion gradually sublimated into a baby in the plot where everyone resisted the teacher, exposed and faced the secret of the school choir, and sang without a conductor. Reaching this stage, Sophie's mind returns to the original, that is, back to the original, without the constraints and challenges of foreign objects. This made her firmly believe that everyone is a member of the choir and has the right to sing. Therefore, she broke the secret of the school choir with her actions. She thought the members of the choir were equal. Through the process of exposing and breaking the "secret of the school choir", the film reflects the sublimation of the protagonist Sophie's inner and spiritual world, reproduces the mental journey of people in the real world to explore the self in life, and shows the theme of the film with philosophical thoughts.
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