Life is like a river, deep, long, and endless.

Eric 2022-04-21 09:01:12

When something bad happens, you become a victim, and the witness is your best friend. Dave was finally saved. But since then there has been a shadow in my heart. The two friends were also affected, and Guise recalled that if he had gotten into the car, there would have been no Katie, and no Katie would have been killed. He linked Katie's death to Dave. As for the police, he didn't give Dave the care and help he deserved. Later it became a stranger. As for Dave, he doesn't have many friends, he has a family, but his life is not happy. Beneath the calm exterior is the inner torment. Dave killed someone without telling his wife what happened. He lied about the good things he did. Another friend asked him about the injury on his hand, and he did not hesitate to lie like a lie. Facing Guise, he lied one last time. Things from many years ago have been ripped out again. He wants to communicate. Before he could finish his sentence, Keith killed him frantically. In the end, Guice, the police knew that Dave had been killed in vain, and it was as if nothing had happened. The policeman's wife came back, and Guise's wife reassured him that he had done nothing wrong, everything was calm, it was the same street, and the traces of the past were still there. Guess, another call to play. In his life, he cannot accept the betrayal of others, he chooses to live in his own way, his own subjectivity. Just like his daughter died, he never thought about the fact that if he hadn't killed Lao Lei and forbade Lao Lei's son from interacting with his daughter, his daughter would not have eloped, and her daughter would not have died. The policeman is a character who shuttles between black and white, he understands the law and understands human feelings. He has a calm routine and is cautious about his old friends. Back then they were just teenagers playing together. But that event gave them different influences, and also promoted the formation of their outlook on life. The future in their eyes is not only for themselves, but also for the people around them. Guice, decides to be someone who does everything in his power to protect himself. He is lucky to have a family that loves him and understands him. And the police, don't know if that was his original intention to become a police officer. He might see more than that friend in his eyes. There is also his original intention to maintain the society and a sense of justice. Dave's death is his end. Those who survive, continue to live in their own way.

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Mystic River quotes

  • [last lines]

    Annabeth Markum: Their daddy's a king. And a king knows what to do and *does* it. Even when it's hard. And their daddy will do whatever he has to for those he loves. And that's all that matters. Because everyone is weak, Jimmy. Everyone but us. We will never be weak. And you, you could rule this town. And after Jimmy, let's take the girls down to the parade. Katie would like that.

  • [at the crime scene, Sean finds Jimmy screaming and being held by several police officers]

    Jimmy: Is my daughter in there? Is she in there? Is she in there?

    Sean Devine: [Officer Devine approaches the melee] Hey! Hey, take it easy! That's the father.

    Jimmy: Is my daughter in there?

    [fighting the officers]

    Jimmy: Motherfuckers! Is that my daughter in there? Is she in there?

    [Sean gives a small nod]

    Jimmy: Sean! Is that my daughter in there? Is that my daughter in there? No! No! No! No, aagggh, no! No! Oh, God! Oh, God! No!

    [as Jimmy looks up at the heavens, we get a bird's or helicopter's eye view of him raving among a dark blue sea of police officers struggling to hold him]