Power & Right

Shaun 2022-04-20 09:01:09

Power & Right


on Prison Break

I remember reading an interview with a great man when I was in college. He said that there are three signs to measure whether a man is old: whether he can hum the most popular song, whether he has watched the latest blockbuster and whether he knows the current Popular actress.
Unfortunately, shortly after graduation, I failed to meet any of these three standards.
Occasionally I go to the cinema to see expensive blockbusters, but more often the form is greater than the content. The love of movies a few years ago also seems to be a thing of the past. Sometimes I also write something that I don't understand, but it's no longer like watching a movie, but I'm talking to myself about the origin of my life.
People will have the desire to express, whether it is facing others or typing on a computer alone.
Maybe deep down everyone is lonely.
We all have unspeakable desires, helplessness, love and hate. . . . . .

When this TV series was popular last year, all the friends around were watching it online and discussing it excitedly; I was busy with my own business and had no time to take care of it. I only spent 10 yuan to buy two compact discs around New Year's Day, and they kept them there until I took them out a week ago. 30+ hours of life.
Thanks to the internet, and to the countless smart, energized guys that give those of us who are trying to waste our time something to do and not be so boring.

It is undeniable that this is a good show, at least it keeps me watching two or three in the morning every day. Of course, it's not as good as the rabid reviews online.
When our lives become mediocre and boring, we devote the remaining energy to those virtual characters, we will do a lot of extension, and we will magnify the reverence until we are intoxicated.
Aside from the far-fetched ending of the second season, the whole play is still gripping. Although the plot is old-fashioned, the actors' performances are in place. For two or three nights, my dreams were mostly about escape, which is probably the standard for a show to be good or bad.

After four years of law studies at Power & Right
, I didn't get much, except for a tasteless job and a legal qualification certificate, all I can understand is a few words. It is the thought of these few words that gives me the confidence to hold my head high among the hundreds of thousands of law graduates.
After watching two seasons of "Prison Break", I summed up all the drama and plot advancement in these two words - Power & Right.
Power, power; Right, right.
The two words in Chinese have the same pronunciation, but their meanings are very different.
From presidents, governors, secret agents to jailers, and seemingly omnipotent corporations, everyone and everything they do is to gain more power and power control.
And whether it is the smart MS or LB that makes countless girls crazy, or even the utterly bad T-bag and all the fugitives, they are all for the Right, to live and to be free.
By the second season, Alex and Paul also switched from pursuing Power to pursuing Right.
Basic jurisprudence tells us that power and rights are contradictory. In order to obtain sufficient power, we must transfer some power, oneself or others; The interests are maximized, so there will be such a powerful force to deal with the innocent and weak.
What can one do when faced with the whole system and the might of the state? Even if it is innocent, even if it is helpless, even if it is not the cause of the individual, what can it do?
So, there is escape and resistance.
So there is a virtual hero that everyone admires.

Introspection

If we face this, what should we do?
August 20, 2007

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Prison Break quotes

  • Dr. Marvin Gudat: I can promise you nothing.

    Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell: Story of my life.

  • Michael Scofield: This is going wrong in every possible way.