Whoever wants to play a life, he will do nothing, who can not dominate himself, will always be a slave
-Goethe
Someone once described the life of black women like this: is the mule in the world, the hardest person, and they are in the cracks. survive.
The movie "Purple" is adapted from the novel of the same name by Alice Walker, is the first black-themed movie in the history of American cinema. The film describes the transformation and growth of a black woman who is bound by old ideas. It fully demonstrates the life experience of black women deeply oppressed by gender and race, as well as their resistance under double oppression and their self-improvement and self-improvement. The desire and pursuit of a perfect life.
A passionate black sister flower and a brutal stepfather
are in a sea of flowers, pregnant Celie and Niti are happily playing a clapping game. At this time, their stepfather came and called them to go home for dinner. The stepfather said fiercely to Celie, who was still smiling, "Silly, you have the ugliest smile in the world", and she subconsciously covered her mouth with her hand.
In a blink of an eye, the winter of 1909 was bitterly cold. In a simple hut, 14-year-old Celie is suffering from the pain of having a child. Naiti anxiously helped Celie give birth. The dilapidated door swayed back and forth with the wind. We could vaguely see the stepfather outside the door holding a kerosene lamp, and said impatiently: "Isn't it all right?"
As the child cried, Celie She gave birth to a daughter smoothly. When she hadn't had time to hug the newborn child, a big hand escaped the child in Celie's arms, letting Celie's bitter pleading, the stepfather took the child away.
This is the second time Celie gave birth to her stepfather's child. The first child was mercilessly sold by the stepfather, and the second child will face the same experience. The stepfather's insult to Celie was obviously a trampling on Celie's personal dignity. Not only that, but the stepfather also ravaged Celie's body arbitrarily. The beginning of the movie shows a helpless girl who is not well-versed in the world, as well as a dirty and cruel "family" relationship.
A black girl is a "stepmother" and a tool for her husband to vent her desires.
's stepfather not only uses Celie as a tool for venting her desires, but he also thinks about Netti. One day, a man named Albert fell in love with Naiti. He said that after the death of his ex-wife, the children in the family need someone to take care of. For his own desires, his father betrothed the ugly-looking Celie to Albert.
Without any wedding ceremony, Albert took Celie home. When Celie stepped into the house, she was stoned with blood by the naughty child. During the day, Celie played the role of "stepmother", taking care of the housework and taking care of the children. In the evening she became a tool for her husband to vent his desires.
One day, Naiti came to Celie's house because she couldn't stand the harassment of her stepfather. They had the best time. Faced with the child's unreasonable troubles, Netti suggested that Celie should resist, but Celie said: I don't know how to resist, I only know how to survive.
For a long period of time, Celie was willing to become a victim of the family, and even if she did a little bit inconsistent with her husband's wishes, her husband would be slapped and scolded. In the eyes of her husband, she is nothing more than a free servant. In patriarchal society, the humble status of black women is vividly revealed. is like a prejudice in a person's heart like a mountain, no matter how hard you work, you can't move it. What makes us sad about is that she doesn't know how to resist.
Celie was "coming with society" and she also saw the power of resistance
When Albert took over Naiti to no avail, he cruelly drove Naiti out. Celie begged to keep her sisters, but Albert decided to separate them. He hugged Naiti and threw her out. In the sunset, Naiti yelled to Celie with tears in her eyes: , "Only death can separate us."
Celie was thinking of her sister, and the mailbox in front of the door became her daily expectation. butEvery time Albert said that there was no letter from his sister, Celie burst into tears in despair. She thought her sister was dead. After many years, the former Celie has completely adapted to this unbearable life. She has skillfully solved her husband's thorny problems, especially her stepson's "help".
One day, the stepson Harpo brought back his fiancee Sofia, Sofia and Celie are two completely opposite personalities. She Sofia has a fierce temperament and dared to resist. Faced with unfair treatment, the burly Sofia not only fights with a fearless personality, but also fights against her husband.
Faced with Sofia's strength, Harpo was at a loss. At this moment, Celie gave her own suggestion to "hit her." At this time Celie's tragedy has begun to dramatize. Faced with the unfair treatment of gender, Celie's fall made her point the finger at the misfortune of another woman. At the same time, Sophia vowed to use the belief that she would fight for a lifetime, which had a subtle influence on Celie. , This was also the first time she had a sense of resistance. The arrival of
directly triggered Celie’s resistance to
. She is the mistress of Albert . She is free and licentious and is also a victim of the social system. At this time, she ignored her mistress’s identity and took care of her. , Understand her. And Xiu Ge gradually accepted and fell in love with Celie. She sang for Celie; she let Celie put on beautiful clothes; she told Celie to smile boldly.
One day, Albert's father came to the house angrily, and said to Albert that Xiuge is an extraordinary woman, and he kept Albert and Xiuge away. Albert's father's dissatisfaction with Seege made Celie extremely dissatisfied. She walked to the kitchen and spit in the poured glass of cold water.
A person who has never been treated kindly can best identify and cherish kindness. -"Fang Hua" For show-ge, this is Celie's first resistance to a man. When Xiu Ge delivered the letter from her sister Naiti to Celie, she cried with joy. Her sister was not dead. It turned out that all the letters from her sister were hidden by Albert.
family affection made Celie's heart firm, and she began to resist her husband. She sternly said: "I am going to enter the high life of God now." "These fools (referring to Mr.'s children)." "You are all unfortunate children." "Your father is shit." "I am poor. , I’m black again, and even ugly, but God, I’m here.” Although Showge is out of step with society, her belief in freedom and her sense of resistance to unfair treatment have awakened Celie. Cowardice imprisons people’s souls, hoping to make you feel free. The strong will save themselves, and the saints will help others. -"Shawshank's Redemption", was infected by family affection, and Celie's sense of resistance broke out completely.
The perfect return of family affection
After Celie left, the family returned to the former mess, and Albert's life was getting worse and worse. One evening, he was standing outside Celie's sewing shop, looking affectionately at Celie under the faint light. Albert's heart was full of complicated feelings for Celie. The next day, he went to the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization to legalize Naiti's status.
Also in a sea of flowers, Celie met her sister who had been away for many years. The two children who were taken away at birth have grown up, and they blurted out "Mother" as if the whole world was moved, and they hugged and wept.
In the afterglow of the setting sun, Celie and Naiti played the childhood clapping game again, at this time Albert led the horse by them. A man’s selfishness caused a pair of sisters to be separated for many years; a man’s arbitrariness caused a woman to lose most of her life’s happiness. What makes us gratified is the perfect return of the beautiful family relationship.
Some people say that the social status gap between men and women in a society is a reflection of the level of civilization in this society. Physical abuse, child trafficking, child marriage, and domestic violence are all disasters and pains imposed on women in a patriarchal society. Black women represented by CelieIt's not just gender discrimination.
This mainly starts from the encounter with Sophia. The wife of the white mayor took a fancy to Sofia and hoped that she would be a servant at home. Sophia yelled: Don't hell. At this time, the mayor came over and slapped Sophia. Sophia sought the help of the sheriff amidst the clamor of a group of white people.
never thought that the sheriff came up and blinded Sophia in one eye. Sophia was imprisoned for five years. After she was released from prison, she not only became a servant of the mayor's wife, but also became a taciturn, lame, white-haired old woman in .
From Sophia’s experience, we see the deep-rooted racial discrimination. Whites discriminate against blacks, and black women seek perfection under the "system" of black men. They seem to be living in a crack.
Fortunately, Celie has grown from a frightened and helpless girl to a powerful woman; from firmly believing in the existence of God and accepting God’s blessing, to changing her beliefs and bravely fighting, she represents the awakening of black women. And grow.
Gandhi: In this world, you must be the change you want to see. If the mind changes, attitudes will change; attitudes will change, habits will change; habits will change, life will change.
We fight all the way, not to change the world, but to prevent the world from changing us.
——EDN——
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