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

  • Candy Kendall: He volunteered. Jesus. Nobody volunteers for the Burma run. He said so himself. He just leaves me here. What does he want? He wants me to wait for him? Oh, God he knows me. He knows I'm not good at being alone. This was right. I know this was right.

    Homer Wells: You're right. This was right.

    Candy Kendall: Yeah.

  • Candy Kendall: I know what's going on Rose. Homer told me. You don't know this, but I got pregnant about a year ago. Do you want to have this baby? No? Who's the father? Does he know? If you don't want to have this baby, Homer and I will take you to a place. It's safe. He knows this doc...

    Rose Rose: I can't go nowhere.

    Candy Kendall: Why? Rose, listen to me. You can tell me. It's ok.

    [Rose starts crying]

    Arthur Rose: Morning.

    Candy Kendall: Morning, Mr. Rose.

    Arthur Rose: I'm gonna be up top, ok?

    [Rose gestures to Arthur as the father of her baby]