The film tells the story of a girl who was born in a slum and whose parents were drug addicts, how after her mother died, she struggled to change her circumstances and eventually made it to Harvard. The entire movie is 87 minutes long, and it can only be counted as the last small movie. When we saw the name of this movie, we would think that a lot of space should be devoted to how she changed her destiny through her own efforts, but the director did not. With this arrangement, he used more than half of the space to describe what kind of environment she grew up in, her parents who used drugs all day, a messy home, no food, tattered clothes, and long-term absence of bathing. The odor of her, this is the environment where she grew up, and the topic of drugs and sex is full of topics every day. I think when most people face such an environment, they will inevitably become street teenagers or continue the life of their parents, but she, after wandering for so long, finally chooses to work hard to change her life after the death of her mother. Even if she's alone, even her best friend is telling her they're just trash in the world, and everyone in their environment is saying that, and I think she didn't want to go to school before , it was these words that had an important impact on her mind.
Of course, her life is not only unbearable. The grandmother who picks up garbage upstairs shows her the encyclopedia she picked up from the garbage can, and her father always tells her that she should read more, which makes her seldom in class. Full marks in the case. In her opinion, she has a mother who loves her very much. Even if she takes drugs and even takes away their meal money to buy drugs, she still understands her mother so well, and understands that it is not that she does not love her, but she cannot change Her own life, unable to take care of her, she understands how painful her mother is in her heart, the most important thing is that in so many unbearable and hideous facts, she chose to see her mother's deep love for her and never gave up Even if she had AIDS, even if she was drunk and left the mess, like she said in the New York Times scholarship interview, she has been taking care of her mother all these years, not her mother taking care of her, even that kind of It felt like she was taking care of her own child and she knew she needed her and never gave up on her.
According to the original author, she always told her mother that she would come back in a while, and she always thought that there would be a future, but when her mother died and she lay on the coffin, she realized deeply that there would never be a future, and it was also in that At that time, she was determined to change her life, because not so much later, time will never wait for you. Next, in a short thirty minutes, the director showed how she was admitted to Harvard University step by step through hard work, applied for high school, read every morning and night school, slept 24 hours on the subway, and finally completed it in two years. Four years of study, of course, her teacher contributed a lot. I think she went from inferiority to self-confidence. It is also the teacher who has been helping her, praising her, and making her believe that she is no longer a piece of garbage no one wants, but a an excellent student. When she visited Harvard, there was still a lot of inferiority in her heart. She felt that she was different from them, but she did not complain, blaming the difference on her own background, but thought about why it was different, what was wrong with her, inside There is a psychological monologue that said very well, "I should work harder, work harder, and see what happens." This sentence made me appreciate her humble attitude, and many people were thinking about what I must get by working hard, or It's not a bad idea to achieve something, but when this desire can't be turned into motivation, it only brings you anxiety. This kind of idea of the heroine seems to have a mood of anticipation for the world and the future, also called hope, and this impermanent hope will never be shattered. Of course, this optimistic and humble attitude is also her ability. The necessary conditions for success step by step, and she no longer listens to the complaints of friends and self-deprecating words, all prove that she is gradually growing into an independent and confident girl. She has a rare innocence and persistent efforts, which is also One of the reasons she ended up impressing the judges with a New York Times scholarship.
At this point, the story ended hastily. Through her own efforts, she got rid of the unbearable living environment and no longer had to live a life of displacement. Although she still bears those things in the past alone, but now that she tells it, she can finally It buries, burns, quells. About her best friend, there is only one sentence, "She has found a stable job, and they are still good friends." I think there must be her indispensable influence in this. This is enough to prove that a good person must be able to influence the surrounding environment and drive others to become better.
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