Please bind me with the people
——Feelings of watching the movie "Lincoln"
Ma Yumeng, Class 2162, School of Intellectual Property, East China University of Political Science and Law
If it is said that the advent of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution more than 100 years ago has allowed countless black people to truly see a bright future; then I think this movie more than 100 years later has indeed allowed me to see sparkling justice. with freedom. We often say that when a person strives to pursue his dreams, the stars fall in his eyes; but I would like to say that when we are fighting for justice, equality and freedom, the people are standing behind us.
I will never forget the phrase "We are the whalers" that Lincoln exclaimed excitedly in the film. What a vivid and thought-provoking metaphor. A leader who does his best, he is like the whaler who has been waiting for many days, unwilling to miss any possible opportunity. The deeper meaning is that he, like the whaler, is already in a situation of "riding a tiger," and there is no way out. Just like the fight with the whale, he can only go all out, even if he is covered in bruises. After watching the film, Mr. Lincoln's firm sense of belief and steadfast action really moved me.
It is true that this precious and great spirit embodied in individuals makes every audience have an endless aftertaste, but I also saw the group of "little people" behind the so-called "protagonist halo". We all know that Rome wasn't built in a day, and similarly, the abolition of black slavery was by no means alone. In the film, I saw the countless government officials who supported the amendment scramble to get a vote. Although some of them are motivated by their own political pursuits and some are motivated by their own party orientation, in any case they have spread the fire of freedom and equality to the wider world. What made me ponder is how the radicals represented by Stevens have gradually formed practical ideas in repeated detours. The classic speech "I disagree that all things are equal, only before the law" is not Like a heavy punch, it hit the hearts of all the members present, and it also made the audience off-screen nod in understanding.
That's right, this history has such a miraculous ability to travel through time and space, not only because of the charm of one person, not only the persistence of a group of people, but also the light of a set of constitutional systems reflected behind it. What impressed me deeply was the episode in which the Secretary of State was looking for someone to bribe the election and the seemingly chaotic but orderly debates in several parliamentary sessions. The former allows us to see that the passage of this bill does have a certain degree of inauthenticity, and it is this inauthenticity that truly reflects the difficulty of passing this amendment, and it allows us to see the background behind the implementation of a policy. The various conflicts of interest that may be encountered and the detours and compromises necessary to reach an important agreement. The latter, as a very dramatic clip in the film, allows us to truly feel the democracy and freedom under the American constitutional system. The more intense the debate, the more we can see how the spark of thought erupts in the collision of freedom. At the same time, the constitutional revision process that runs through the film also makes us feel the weight of the law and its defense of justice. In the pursuit of freedom, we need to respect the rules and keep the bottom line of the law so as to truly defend the dignity of the law.
I will never forget Lincoln's sober and forceful words "the people can bind me" when he heard others say he was "a dictator who defies the constitution and ignores the shackles of the law." Yes, as the public servants of the people, it should be the people who can really restrain us, and it should be the people's pursuit of freedom, equality, justice and even human rights. Perhaps, the abolition of black slavery is a specific product formed in a specific historical period in a specific country, but the respect for the law, the pursuit of equality and freedom, and the swearing-in of human rights reflected behind it undoubtedly become A vast star that never ends.
Thank you Mr. Lincoln for giving us the slogan "Please bind me with the people"; thanks to this history for making us believe that "we have chosen a great direction". In this era of widespread racial discrimination, regional discrimination, and gender discrimination, it is not surprising that the phenomenon of equality before the law can be seen everywhere in the world as soon as possible.
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