A successful flower is cultivated by many bitter rains, blood mud and strong stormy environments.
---- Xian Xinghai
"Brave Legend" is the sincere work of Disney Pixar, released in Chinese mainland in 2012, so far Douban score of 7.5 points, the film won the 85th Academy Awards Best Animated Feature Film after its release, won the 70th Golden Globe Awards and the 40th Animation Annie Awards and many other awards, won the audience's love. In this film, Pixar uses bright colors, especially the heroine's fiery red curls to give the audience a strong visual impact, unique and charming in character design, focusing on women's desire for freedom under the traditional system, and bravely breaking the tradition and completing the redemption of fate on the road of self-growth.
The film mainly tells the story of the heroine Merida's struggle with the shackles of tradition, the pursuit of freedom and the change of her destiny. In the film, Merida is the eldest daughter of King Fogg and Queen Eleanor, and should have been a beautiful and elegant princess, but she broke the rules, became a good archer, and refused to inherit the ancient tradition, just to get out of her own life path, out of life that she did not want to be arranged. However, her recklessness also brought catastrophic destruction to the kingdom, and the contest of family, freedom, and dreams finally completed her redemption with her brave support, and at the same time stepped out of the infinite light of self-growth.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" >01 looks at the essence through the phenomenon: behind the struggle against the shackles of tradition is the pursuit of freedom</h1>
The methodology in philosophy says: grasping the essence of things through phenomena, Merida's confrontation with her mother in the film, rebellion against the arranged life, through this series of actions, we see the deep meaning that her heart is extremely hungry for freedom, so she wants to express her dissatisfaction in this way.
The reason why Melida will rebel with her mother is that she has given us a hint at the beginning of the film, her father sent a bow to Melida as a birthday gift, but her mother emphasized that she is a girl, which shows that her mother is a traditional woman, and she hopes that Melida's future will be like her, a beautiful and elegant queen.
The reason why she can become a good archer is closely related to her father, who believes that girls can also be proficient in riding and shooting, so he will give her a wide world to play and run.
Her mother took care of her daily life, learning her homework, not laughing, eating elegantly, and being a perfect princess. The enormous pressure left her breathless, and she didn't want a life to be arranged, so she would be as cheerful as a bird on the day she was allowed to go out. Because on this day she did not have to be a princess, did not have to study, did not have high hopes, could ride and shoot as much as she wanted, and sat and watched the sun go down.
When her mother told her that the sons of the tribal chiefs would win her heart through a game, which was to prepare for her life, Merida almost roared to her mother: No, this is what you have been preparing for my life, I will not obey, you cannot force me, she wants her own life, that desperate desire for freedom.
Her mother, like our mother, always wants to give us the best, but forgets to care about whether we need it or not, and does not listen to the real thoughts of our hearts, but only wants to come according to their wishes, and if they feel good, they must give it to us.
Mother: All the effort, all the time, is all about giving you something that we haven't had. I ask you, what do you want us to do? I understand you, this seems very unfair to you, even when I fulfilled the marriage contract, I had some concerns, but we can't escape our fate, are you willing to pay the price of freedom? If you try to understand everything I do, I am out of love for you.
How many mothers, in the name of love, arrange the orderly life of their children, but always ignore their inner thoughts, which is also an important factor in Melida's rebellion.
After seeing the three "rice bucket" princes shooting arrows, Merida took her bow and walked to the arena, stunned everyone with superb archery, but disobeyed her mother's wishes, swung her sword to pierce the tapestry sewn by her mother, and the contradiction between mother and daughter escalated. Her mother snatches Melida's sword and throws her beloved bow into the fire, leaving home with disappointment and anger, where the film sets the stage for the disaster that would later ensuate the kingdom.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >02 is a problem that is divided into two parts: to understand the true meaning of love between Melida and her mother</h1>
The philosophical term "divided into two" refers to things as a unity of contradictions, both containing two contradictory and opposing aspects, but usually refers to looking at people or things in general, seeing both the negative and the positive.
In this film, many people only see that because of Melida's recklessness, it brings disaster to the kingdom and makes the mother become a big black bear that everyone shouts and fights, but if we analyze it from another angle and take this matter apart, it shows two aspects, on the one hand, the recklessness and paranoia of the character, and on the other hand, the love that shines with warmth and light.
Let's start with Melida's reckless personality, in order to change her mother's mind and change her destiny, she is guided by the ghost fire, finds the wizard in the forest, exchanges her necklace for the cake of changing the mother, she goes straight out, and the wizard forgets to tell her the last part of the spell.
She was obsessed with changing her mother's mind, simply thinking that this cake would only make her mother less stubborn, but did not seriously consider the consequences of doing so. Because she knew that it was a witch thing, she recklessly changed her fate, causing her mother and three younger brothers to turn into bears, and in this respect, Melida was reckless and selfish, and she hurt her mother in order to realize her ideas.
But the film has a big turn after she becomes a bear, Queen Eleanor is a woman who is admired by the tribal leaders, and she is also an ordinary woman who loves her children, she has the majesty of the queen, dignified, and also has the love of an ordinary mother, but this love is too old-fashioned, and she has always fulfilled the duties of a queen because of the shackles of tradition.
The queen's panic and surprise after becoming a bear are particularly realistic in the film, putting a person's fear to the maximum. But even if she becomes a bear, she does not forget her own crown in her bones, and she still has to wear it on her head, which shows that she is a very principled person.
Because bears are taboo in the castle where Merida lives, animals that cannot exist, her father loses a leg because of the bear, and they will hunt the bear.
In order to let her mother, who turned into a bear, escape from the castle smoothly, Merida mobilized three troublemaker brothers to take cover and take her mother to the forest to find a witch to find a solution. The witch's apparition told her that before the second sunrise, the spell would take effect forever, which meant that if she could not find a solution, the mother would become a bear forever and could not return to normal life.
But the witch told her the solution: fate changed, the heart was visible, arrogance broke, and friendship was renewed.
The mother who turned into a bear still did not forget the responsibility of taking care of her daughter, she found the fruit in the early morning, made a fork out of a small branch, and when everything was set, Merida woke up just enough to eat. But in terms of the experience of living in the wild, the queen could not compare with Merida, and this time she was replaced by her to take care of her mother, and to protect her.
Melida grilled fish for her mother, but her mother, who had turned into a bear, ate so much that she tore the food in complete disregard. She took her mother to the river and taught her to fish, one man and one bear to play in the water, which was the happiest thing in her life as a queen, without the shackles of dogmatism, without rules, close to nature, and playing with her beloved daughter.
Looking at the back of her mother eating fish, Melida's smile gradually disappeared from the corner of her mouth, she wanted her mother to change back to her original appearance, guided by the ghost fire, they came to a misty forest. Merida accidentally fell into the hollow, and her mother anxiously paced back and forth at the mouth of the cave, constantly wailing, even if she was hurt by her daughter, she still loved her daughter in her heart and could not let her be hurt a little.
When her daughter was being chased by another bear named Maddu, she grabbed her with all her strength and took her out of this dangerous place, and when she was about to touch the stone pillar, she used her body to protect her daughter. The greatest thing in this world is the love of a mother, who is always selfless and protects her daughter even if she is hurt.
There is one of the most beautiful voices in the world, and that is the call of the mother.
----- Dante
When they return to the castle together to get the tapestry, the mother who has turned into a bear is discovered by her father, and during the dispute, Merida is slightly injured, and her mother's concerned eyes overflow. After being discovered, her mother fled to the forest and was hunted down by her father and bodyguards, and Merida understood the solution to the spell, pulling off the tapestry with all her strength and sewing the blanket while running, because she had to make a blanket before sunrise, otherwise her mother would always turn into a bear.
Merida desperately fights for her mother and father, her mother fights hard for her and the big bear Madu, when she hears her daughter's screams, the mother breaks free of the rope and crashes into the big black bear, the woman is weak, the mother is strong, she interprets the meaning of this sentence very well.
At the second sunrise, she used her bravery to lift the spell, so that her mother and brother were reunited, and the mother and her daughter also found the true meaning of love and understood each other because of this experience.
Sometimes, when we think about the problem from a different perspective, we may see different results.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >03 What makes people mature is the experience, and bravery is the best gift for Melida to give her destiny</h1>
At the beginning of the film, Merida is a princess who only wants to be free and wants to change her destiny, constantly fighting against her mother, fighting against power, and even thwarting their prestige in the performances of various leaders who come to court, without any regard for her status as a princess.
Because she not only represents herself, she also represents the whole kingdom, she is immature and reckless in the early stages, but people will always become mature after experiencing some things, and when they grow up, they will understand their responsibilities.
The process of growing up is to break the cocoon into a butterfly, struggle to fade all the green and reckless, shake the light and beautiful wings in the sun, grow up to change a state of mind, a kind of washing that has experienced wind and rain, and become stable, strong and brave.
In the process of helping her mother recover her life, Merida harvested her own growth, and in the face of the mutual disputes between the leaders of the various roads, she was no longer arrogant, but fell generously, perfectly inheriting her mother's ability to handle things.
In order to resolve the battle between the chiefs and win time for her mother to retrieve the tapestry, she quoted historical stories, got their approval with sincere expressions, and won the praise of her mother and father.
She said: "Now I know how selfish behavior has changed the fate of a kingdom, legends are also lessons, historical facts have sounded the alarm for us, our kingdom is still very young, our deeds have not yet become legends, but our stories are also remarkable." We were once enemies of each other, but when the invaders from the sea threatened us, you united to defend your homeland, and you fought for each other.
You face danger together, this vow of courage and friendship, which has been maintained all these years, because of my selfishness, it is I who have cracked our kingdom. Now that I know that I have to correct my mistakes and bridge the gap between us, so I already know what to do about my marriage, breaking with tradition, we should go our own way, follow our own hearts, and find our own love.
In order to make her mother back into a human body before the second sunrise, she defended and protected her mother with her bravery, drew her sword against her father, raced against time, and finally under her efforts, her mother and three younger brothers returned to normal life.
Bravery is melida's best gift to herself, the precious experience of life has made her more mature, and because of bravery, she has also changed her destiny.
Her story tells us that we have to solve difficulties with a positive, courageous mindset when facing some things, and as Zweig said, bravery is the light when we are in adversity. A ray of light can make our lives shine in the face of adversity.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > concluding remarks</h1>
Some people say that we can't control our destiny, and the things that are destined can't be changed, but I have a different view, fate is always with us, as long as you have the courage to face it.
Courage is very important for a person, whether in life or the workplace, courage can bring you infinite strength, when you are cornered, it will turn into a light, guide you, encourage you to constantly challenge yourself, to achieve the success you want.
If you want to stand on the long-awaited stage, but your heart is in chaos, it is because you lack courage, no confidence, in fact, you have prepared very well, but you do not have the courage to step on the stage, break through your own inner defenses, appreciate the power of courage, it will make your life brilliant and brilliant, because courage is always one of the most beautiful qualities in us.