The plot of the film itself is very simple, it is the life of an ordinary American high school girl preparing for college.
But in fact, this film also reflects the class problem in the United States to a certain extent.
Ladybird is eager to live in a big house in a wealthy area. She and her new friend also said that they live in a big blue house with a national flag. That was the life she longed for.
What I didn't expect was that her mother would say so truthfully, we don't have money, you can only study at a state university. Her mother has been emphasizing that your rich friend will find a good job for your father, how is your rich friend, our family is not rich, we can't be like rich people.
This is very inconsistent with China's national conditions. In China, if you want to, your parents will definitely provide you with the best university, even if your family's ability is not enough to help you go to the best university, as well as the school's poverty subsidies, social help and so on. As long as you study hard and be motivated. But in a class-hardened country like the US and UK, they don't even dare to think about it. What your parents did, you are destined for what kind of life in the future.
If your parents are lawyers, doctors, architects, engineers, etc. "elite", then you are likely to be one of them in the future. And if your parents are just blue-collar workers, skilled workers, social workers, or even drug dealers and unemployed people, then your future is likely to be just like them, the "garbage" of society.
Obviously, China also has a similar phenomenon to a certain extent, which is concentrated in the program "Metamorphosis". You can't imagine how big the gap between rich and poor in China is. A colleague of mine was born in 1993 in a rural family in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia. He actually told me that he couldn't use water freely when he was a child. The water was poured in a large tank every week, and all the domestic water for the family was in this tank. Meat is only eaten during Chinese New Year in a year. When they were in junior high school, they still used food stamps, and they were rushing to eat. Because the school was small in elementary school, everyone brought their own rice and vegetables to cook, and some families in difficulty would mix the rice with sand, which is enough for a pound. So people sometimes eat sand rice.
Even in such a tough environment, he went to college and sat with me today as a colleague. Therefore, in China at present, the class solidification is not so serious, and it is entirely possible if you want to live a better life. However, if you want to be a chairman, it may be difficult without a background.
If you want to escape your class, see how much you escape.
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