Spent a dozen hours last week revisiting the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
When I was in elementary school, I watched CCTV's continuous broadcast trilogy on the sofa alone. From dusk to dawn, my attention was focused on the good and evil of the main storyline, and I only applauded the fighting of thousands of troops. Today, I want to put aside the protagonist and talk about the family as supporting characters in the movie, the regent of Gondor Dineeth, and his two sons, the eldest son Boromo, and the second son Faramer (sometimes the subtitle group translates as Boromir & Farah mil);
The story of this family is pathetic and tragic. The film uses an interlude, to see the full picture in the third part, I took out the main story of this story, which can be read as a separate chapter; (spoiler warning)
Prejudice is hard to change
In terms of the timeline, this family made their first appearance after a battle of defending the city in Osgilias; it was originally the younger brother Farami who defended the city, but he failed to resist Sauron's army. Rescue, win big. After the war, Boromo held the military flag and stood at the highest point of the city to give an impassioned speech to the soldiers and people in the city. The soldiers under the city waved their iron swords and shouted the name of Boromo; A small member of the crowd of extras in the city;
Boromo walked down the city and raised a glass with Faramir, and their father Dinether came from behind, complimented Boromo, and hugged affectionately. But he looked at Faramer coldly, accusing him of being disadvantageous in defending the city and useless.
Dineeth is both the father and the supreme ruler of Gondor, and the monarchy and patriarchy are all in one (this is also the unfortunate part of the children of the elite), and the two brothers are bound to find a sense of value from their father's judgment; Dineetha He also thoroughly believes in dualism, the eldest son is more similar to him, burly, proud, and even stubborn, so he constantly praises the eldest son and gives him unlimited expectations and responsibilities; the younger son is relatively restrained and rational, and he concludes that the younger son doomed to do nothing;
What is even more frightening is that once such a stereotype is formed, it will continue to affect Dineiser's judgment and attribution of subsequent events, and in the cognition of subsequent events, he is constantly looking for reasons for his previous views (the so-called psychology of psychology). Confirmation Bias), so this notion becomes more and more ingrained and eventually goes to extremes;
life and death siege
The Lord of the Rings came to Middle-earth, and Denethor wanted to bring the Ring back to Gondor to fight against Sauron. He naturally entrusted this task to his most trusted Boromo. Boromo couldn't and would not take it on, but his life was hard to break; Faramer offered to ask for it, but Dinese was as dismissive as ever.
At the end of this scene, he was forced to go to Rivendell to form the Lord of the Rings expedition, and finally died in this incident. Boromo sat on a high horse and said to his younger brother who looked up at him: "Brother, please remember today; this scene is very It is touching, as if there is a light, and the two know that this is parting of death rather than separation of life;
One of the two brothers is admired and praised, and the other is ridiculed and neglected, but they are both in the same besieged city. They are both deeply kidnapped by the consciousness of the king and father. They are walking on the opposite road and cannot be themselves;
Strong is humiliating
Boromo faintly knew that he could not resist the temptation of the Lord of the Rings, after all, the Lord of the Rings represented the supreme power over all living beings; this was undoubtedly revealed at the Rivendell Conference, if Gandalf woke Boromo with magic words, I am afraid he The Lord of the Rings was to be taken away on the spot. At the meeting, he also urged to bring the Lord of the Rings back to Gondor, but he couldn't beat the crowd, and finally reluctantly agreed to join the Fellowship of the Ring team and destroy the Lord of the Rings together.
It's just that Boromo has too much burden on his shoulders, and he shoulders the people who revive Gondor. Several other members of the Fellowship of the Ring team do not have such a burden. On the snowy mountain, when Frodo slipped and fell on the Lord of the Rings, Boromo couldn't control his hands again. hidden danger;
When the audience began to hate Boromo, in the territory of the Elf Kingdom, Boromo, who couldn't sleep at night, confided his ideals to Aragorn, who was supposed to inherit the throne of Gondor: "He wants me to succeed, and I also hope , I want to restore the glory of Gondor! The white tower of Exileon, shining like pearl and silver, and the flag on the tower fluttering in the wind, have you heard the call of the silver trumpet?" The picture, this big man's eyes flowed when he said this, full of longing, and he couldn't help but feel compassion.
The good times did not last long, and the longing for the Lord of the Rings soon swallowed his heart again, and Gandalf was no longer there, and when he met Frodo in the grove of Boromo, he began to snatch the Ring like crazy; sober up. Then he regretted his actions. Boromo has always been in this kind of contradiction, on the one hand is the earnest expectation of his father and the burden of the family and the country, on the other hand is his original kind heart;
At this time, the orcs attacked, and Boromo fought bravely with guilt, and was killed by three arrows. He was still apologizing and thinking of the people of Gondor; these few minutes were enough for the audience to forgive him, and he could finally let go Heavy burden, close tired eyes.
Disgusted Faramir
After Boromo died, Faramir accidentally intercepted Frodo and Sam, who were escorting the Lord of the Rings, during an operation. After some cross-examination and torture, he guessed that they were carrying the Lord of the Rings. Fate finally made him face the test his brother faced before his death;
In the beginning, Faramir insisted on taking the Lord of the Rings back to Gondor, and took the two of them to the road of returning to the DPRK. But it can be done.
But in the battle of the Ringwraiths to snatch the Lord of the Rings, Faramir was deeply moved by Frodo and Sam's sense of mission, and disregarded his father's will and let them go privately; this is the lovely thing about Faramir, although he is not good at fighting , but was far clearer than his brother on the Lord of the Rings; he was not obsessed with power and proof, but did what he thought was right in his heart;
Fate was irresistible, and the Moroccan army was overwhelmed. Soon, Faramir encountered the problem of defending the city that he was not good at (every time he was beaten less and blamed him more), and he was defeated and returned to the dynasty. At this time, Dinese learned of the death of the eldest son, and was angry that Faramir violated his father's will, forcing him to face the enemy alone and regain the lost ground;
Before leaving, Farami said to his father with affection: "You hope that my brother and I can exchange, you want me to die, and Boromo is still alive, since you have lost Boromo, I will replace him Do everything you can, and if I come back, please treat me differently, Father."
Faramir was naturally defeated and seriously injured in the end, and could never prove this unsolvable proof problem;
The torture of the ideal self
The true king of Gondor chose to self-exile instead of taking over the throne, and Denethor was the regent of Gondor. He has a great desire for power and hopes to firmly grasp the power of Gondor, but he has no such ability. Under his rule, Gondor was disorganized and the country was declining, and his contradictions were the struggle of being out of place.
The eldest son, Boromo, can be regarded as his ideal self, and he projects all the ideals that he cannot achieve on Boromo. The second son, Lalamo, can be regarded as his real self, with limited ability and repeated setbacks. The rough treatment of Faramir is also rough with his real self.
And Boromo's death completely broke his sense of balance, and Faramir was seriously injured and unconscious, and he still survived. But Dinecer was mentally dead. He finally chose to self-immolate with this real self, but died.
end
Carrying unrealistic ideals is the greatest destruction, alienation and obstruction to the self.
It is the hardest for people to recognize themselves.
At the end of the film, Faramir, who knew himself best, survived, and successfully held hands with the little princess of Rohan Kingdom, which is a little relief in the tragedy. Father and brother are dead, the king of Aragon is back, and he can finally be his ordinary self!
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