Re: AMERICAN HISTORY X (Mike)
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:26 pm
A Chinese writer has said, “after ten years when we come back to think about belief again, I suddenly find that any beliefs, including my belief, if misused, can become a big stick to hit people and disparage others.” In this film, Dereck and Danny were both used by Cameron. They are angry youngsters, angry racists who believe only white people are of the superior race. Belief is a kind of spiritual strength. With belief, people will be not afraid of death, rightly or wrongly. Dereck, guided by his father, began to hate, exclude black people. Therefore, he behaved so aggressively, lost his temper when arguing with his teacher and his mother, and he even squeezed his sister.
Then he was put in prison, because hate guided him to kill black people in an extremely brutal way. In the prison, Dereck saw the reality for the first time. The constrast was miserable. White people were not so decent as he thought. And even black people were not so dirty either. His belief began shaking. And when he was insulted by his white “friend” and received kind treatment of his black friend, he finally controlled his temper and enmity rationally. And he was aware that he was controlled by someone.
Then Dereck was released. He tried his best to keep away from the previous organization and make a man of himself. But he found Dan, his brother was on the same march. He became nervous. He must save his brother. From the essay Danny wrote, we can see that the discussion at night was successful. But the end…
I once though Dereck would come back to his previous life, hating black people, treating them cruelly and living in the guilt for the whole life. If I were Dereck, I must pay it back. But when I think it twice, I think Dereck would not. As Dan wrote in the essay, hate is baggage, life is too short to be pissed off all the time, it’s just not worth it. Dan could know it, so could Dereck. And the ending, is part of Dereck’s responsibility. If he hadn’t done those things before and affected his brother invisibly, Dan would not have such fate. Dereck would live in guilt for the whole life. For the guilt, he must salve Dan and himself. Grudge can not save people. Only put hate and grudges aside can Dereck make some changes. Or more people would have the same fate as Dan.
Wenhui
Then he was put in prison, because hate guided him to kill black people in an extremely brutal way. In the prison, Dereck saw the reality for the first time. The constrast was miserable. White people were not so decent as he thought. And even black people were not so dirty either. His belief began shaking. And when he was insulted by his white “friend” and received kind treatment of his black friend, he finally controlled his temper and enmity rationally. And he was aware that he was controlled by someone.
Then Dereck was released. He tried his best to keep away from the previous organization and make a man of himself. But he found Dan, his brother was on the same march. He became nervous. He must save his brother. From the essay Danny wrote, we can see that the discussion at night was successful. But the end…
I once though Dereck would come back to his previous life, hating black people, treating them cruelly and living in the guilt for the whole life. If I were Dereck, I must pay it back. But when I think it twice, I think Dereck would not. As Dan wrote in the essay, hate is baggage, life is too short to be pissed off all the time, it’s just not worth it. Dan could know it, so could Dereck. And the ending, is part of Dereck’s responsibility. If he hadn’t done those things before and affected his brother invisibly, Dan would not have such fate. Dereck would live in guilt for the whole life. For the guilt, he must salve Dan and himself. Grudge can not save people. Only put hate and grudges aside can Dereck make some changes. Or more people would have the same fate as Dan.
Wenhui