The rules of the cider house-the ignored rules

Zelda 2021-12-09 08:01:33

The novel you read first, the movie you watch. Many cuts and adaptations have been made to the film. The first is time. In the book, Homer has stayed in the cider house for more than ten years. Both he and Conti’s son are in their teens. Then he went back to the orphanage to be the dean.
The second is the character's experience. Dr. Lachi's decades of mental development have created his extraordinary thoughts. This section is very easy to see. Nothing is involved in the movie. There is also the story of Wally being trapped and escaped in the jungle of Myanmar, which also takes up a lot of space. (This paragraph is described in detail because it is related to the author’s experience, but personally thinks it is a bit out of the theme, so it’s better to delete it.)
The focus of the film is on Homer’s epiphany, from opposing abortion to taking surgery again. Knife, the pair of black father and daughter shocked him a lot.
In the book, this small town that thrived due to logging also fell silent as the trees were cut down. Prostitutes are brought in when they are prosperous, and only abandoned babies are left when they are silent. The workers and women are gone, only Dr. Ludge and his orphanage still exist. A sorrow came out of my heart.
Why oppose abortion? People want to survive, and the world is so cruel. Men want women, women have to fill their stomachs. In this process, the baby is really superfluous.
This topic is too big and heavy, and it is not just a case that can explain the problem. Homer has lived in the simple environment of an orphanage since he was a child, and it takes more than ten years to understand what is right or wrong.

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The Cider House Rules quotes

  • Fuzzy: Is your father dead?

    Dr. Wilbur Larch: Cirrhosis. It's a disease of the liver.

    Fuzzy: What, a liver killed him?

    Dr. Wilbur Larch: No, alcohol killed him. He drank himself to death.

    Fuzzy: But did you know him?

    Dr. Wilbur Larch: Barely. But it hardly mattered that I knew him.

    Fuzzy: Did you know your mother better?

    Dr. Wilbur Larch: Mm-hmm. She's dead now too. She was a nanny.

    Fuzzy: What's a nanny do?

    Dr. Wilbur Larch: She looks after other people's children.

    Fuzzy: Did she grow up around here?

    Dr. Wilbur Larch: No. She was an immigrant.

    Fuzzy: What's an immigrant?

    Dr. Wilbur Larch: Someone not from Maine.

  • Homer Wells: I was wondering if you could give me a ride.

    Wally Worthington: Sure. I'd be glad to. A ride where?

    Homer Wells: Where you going?

    Wally Worthington: We're heading back to Cape Kenneth.

    Homer Wells: Cape Kenneth? That sounds fine.