A bit of psychology in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Gregorio 2022-04-21 09:01:10

The planet series spanned N years and took 8 episodes. I wonder if the last absolute samurai will end for him. Probably in order to unify the style of the previous series, after we are used to seeing Marvel's stunts today, its visual presentation is a bit old-fashioned.

The planet series has always been two distinct factions - the rebel army represented by the Jedi Knight Luke and the forces represented by the Galactic Empire's autocratic Sith etc.

The surface of the struggle is

light and dark, black and white

The opposing forces in between will transform into each other

This is the "opposite form" proposed by Jung - the application of P372 in "Psychological Type" in film art

Jung once said: "The opposite form means a kind of 'circulation'. In Heraclitus' philosophy, it is used to refer to the rotation of opposites in the course of events - the view that all existence is transformed towards the opposite.

Zeller's "History of Greek Philosophy" also states that "from life comes death, and from death comes life; from youth comes old age, and from old age comes youth; from wakefulness comes sleep, and from sleep comes wakefulness." Awakening; the stream of reproduction and decay never ceases"

More precisely Gompaz's The Greek Thinker: "Build and destroy, destroy and build--this is the principle that governs the cycle of all natural life, from the smallest to the greatest. Just as the universe itself originated Like the fire in the beginning, it must return to the same fire again—a double process in a regular rhythm over a long period of time, a drama of eternal repetition."

Jung took the path of psychoanalysis in the field of psychology, and after Freud's subconscious, he created the concept of the collective unconscious. There are not only the shadow of biological psychology, but also the method of studying human psychology with the cultural part of social psychology. This has some meaning and value.

We have experienced monarchies, many of which were peaceful and prosperous times created by Ming Jun. What kind of mind do they have in running the country? Or big public is big private, big private is big public. The world belongs to him, this is private. If you are private to the extreme, there will be less or no selfishness, and it will be transformed to the public side.

In the practice of psychological counseling, I also observed this phenomenon. For example, patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder often have a super-ego that is too strict and a set of order that is too standardized. This undoubtedly plays an important role in stabilizing the personality in the mental structure of people, but it is too much. Instead, it becomes painful. and want to get rid of the roots. And people who are too clean use this theory to explain that they want to use constant cleaning to eliminate the dark side of their minds. Psychopaths are unfortunate. Anyone who understands psychoanalysis knows that psychopaths have a single imagination and innocence that is beyond ordinary people. s things. People with low IQs are sympathetic and lose their competitiveness in a competitive society, but it is said that fools hardly get cancer. Imagine a scene like this: a doctor holding a thick stack of medical examination reports and solemnly declaring to a fool: "You have cancer of so-and-so" and the fool grins: "Hehe, what is cancer?" He will be intimidated ? Will this negative event have bad implications for him? NO!

Just as depression produces thoughts, anxiety promotes success. Each of us lives with illness. There is no one who is absolutely healthy mentally or physically. We are always in a dynamic cycle and transformation between healthy and unhealthy, but the difference in quantity is destined to be healthy or unhealthy.

Some psychologists have vigorously advocated the influence of the family of origin on people. For a time, many people have pointed their swords at the parents who gave birth to them. In my opinion, the concept of family of origin is the biggest scam. From the perspective of genes and parenting methods, the family of origin does have a certain effect on people, but the acquired plasticity should not be ignored. A lot of celebrities have unfortunate childhoods, but that doesn't prevent them from being good people. Genes or parenting styles have an impact on the formation of personality, but not on a person's acquired achievements. Every personality has the potential to succeed. For example, paranoid people engage in scientific research, depressive people engage in art, and narcissistic disorder people engage in performances... They will all be very comfortable in these fields.

Borrowing the stalk of the original family, I thought of the heroine in the movie, the last Jedi Knight, the heroine Rey, who learned to use and control the force under the guidance of Luke. And what is her so-called family of origin? Her parents were both very humble people and were abandoned at an early age. But so what? It does not prevent her from taking on the responsibility and mission of being the last Jedi and saving the galaxy.

Look, she is so handsome!

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Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi quotes

  • Captain Peavey: He's going for the dreadnaught.

    General Hux: Ha. He's insane.

  • General Hux: Finish this? Who do you think you're talking to? You presumed to command my army. Our Supreme Leader is dead! We have no ruler!

    Kylo Ren: [Force chokes Hux] The Supreme Leader is dead!

    General Hux: [Choking] Long live the Supreme Leader.