To finally see myself

Demarco 2022-12-17 07:33:19

A child with a good family cannot understand what she is going through. Standing in the halo of happiness, I can only feel that she is pitiful and the environment is hateful, but the understanding of her state of mind is lacking. In the first half of the film, living at the bottom, the father doesn't care, the mother can't protect herself, and the little older children take on the burden of taking care of the family. Psychologically, the family presents a parent-child inversion.
A child is always a child. She hopes that she will be obedient, take care of everything, and try her best to meet the requirements of her parents. Maybe one day, the parents will wake up and give her enough love and careful care. In the film, David said, you didn't go to school, what has changed you now? Liz said, in my home, I take care of my mother, she is my child. But I was taking care of her, waiting, hoping that one day she would recover, wake up, and take good care of me. But she died. David said, then take care of yourself in the future. I am very moved to see this. In this world, many people are trapped in the relationship with their parents and cannot be relieved. Some take revenge on their parents, some are filial, and some are indifferent. This is the sequela of not feeling loved and cared for. Many people are trapped in Sony Ericsson and cannot be helped. Can't get out of the circle. But I didn't realize that time has already pushed us into the orbit of autonomy. You can choose to take care of yourself and love yourself instead of wasting your life in disappointment with your parents.
Liz's mother died, and she finally saw herself. I also hope that more children can respect themselves, see themselves, and see more different possibilities.

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  • Chris: I don't want to go to school. I don't belong there and neither do you.

    Liz Murray: Yes, I do.

    Chris: You think they let people like us in to Harvard?

  • Liz Murray: I loved my mother, so much. She was a drug addict. She was an alcoholic. She was legally blind. She was a schizophrenic. But I never forgot, that she did love me. Even if, if she did. All the time. All the time. All the... All the time.