The film adaptation of "The Song of the Little Tree of The Young", by Forrest Carter, real name Isa, "The Song of the Little Tree of the Young" is one of his many outstanding works, and since its publication in 1977, it has been well received by the American book critics.
"The Story of the Little Tree" tells that the protagonist XiaoShu was sent to Mount Smokie in Tennessee to live with his grandparents after the death of his parents, although the life was hard, but living here, living freely and happily, meeting many friends, is an unforgettable time.
The film tells the story of the mining area in Jericho City, Tennessee, in 1935, the day after Xiaoshu's mother died, her mother only lived for one year after her father sacrificed her life for the country, and she lived with her grandparents at the age of eight, and Grandma once told Xiaoshu that when you encounter good things, you must first share them with the people you meet, so that you can plant good causes and have far-reaching effects.
Xiaoshu followed his grandparents back to life in The Rocky Mountains, which was also his father's hometown.
On the first day of life in the mountains, Grandpa asked the little tree if he wanted to go to the cornfield with them, and maybe you would come to help, you decide. The little tree got up and followed her grandparents to the cornfield, and the grandmother saw that the little tree was wearing leather shoes and said: The soles of the shoes must be tied hard, and you must be down-to-earth to learn things.
Xiao Shu's grandmother is an authentic Indian, taking care of Xiao Shu's life, teaching him to read and write, how to face the world, and perceive life, and Grandma takes care of Xiao Shu like a loving mother.
The little tree was shocked to see the falcon eat the bird, and Grandma told him that the falcon had eaten the bird that flew slowly, so that it would not give birth to a bunch of stupid birds, which was the way of nature, so the falcon helped it.
Natural selection, survival of the fittest, elimination of the unfit. Darwin once said: Don't expect the environment to change for you, but strive to change yourself as soon as possible to adapt to the environment.
In the era of rapid development, let yourself become more and more powerful, as soon as possible to adapt to the environment around you, in order to survive, we do not have too much time to let ourselves think about whether this circle is suitable for me, only we can change to make ourselves grow.
The most profound influence on the small tree is his grandfather, he is a caucasian, is a thoughtful and connotative old man, he knows how to get along with nature, the people and things he comes into contact with in life in different ways to interpret, guide the small tree.
Grandpa taught Xiaoshu to see everything with his own eyes and do it with his hands in order to feel the meaning of this thing for himself.
Willow John was a man of "magic", and when The Little Tree was sent back to school boarding, he looked out the window every day at the brightest star, Sirius. His grandmother told him that when he spoke to the star, they could hear it, and so could John the Willow, and on Thanksgiving night, little tree's grandfather came to pick him up and take him home, and he told little tree that Willow John had heard what little tree had said. Later, after the death of his grandparents, Little Tree lived with John Willow.
This movie tells us that behind the growth, Xiaoshu knows nothing about the road to growth, his grandparents guide him how to turn on the light of life, tell him that the principle of survival must be down-to-earth to learn things, and then he slowly knows how to open his own path.
When Xiaoshu followed his grandparents to the cornfield, he was shocked to see the falcon eat the birds, and his grandmother told him that this was the norm in nature. We will always eliminate some of the weak and leave the strong, and you will be eliminated if you can't survive in a high-intensity environment.
In the workplace, such a phenomenon is strange to us, the leaders of a department want the employees who stay behind to be excellent, you can't adapt in the high-pressure situation, you will only be eliminated.
In nature, if animals want to survive, carnivores must hunt, and vegetarian animals can only survive if they run desperately.
The lion is a cunning man of the steppe, and if other animals run slowly, they become the mouth food of the lion, and the lion wakes up every day, and he thinks that he must run faster today than yesterday to catch food, otherwise he can only be starved to death.
In today's society, human beings and animals are the same law of survival, office workers or entrepreneurs, only positive and enterprising, let themselves stagnate, if we blindly stay in the past brilliant moment, fate will be like a lion.
The little tree bought a skinny cow for fifty cents, it seemed to be sick, the calf died on the way home, his grandparents did not stop the little tree from buying the calf, grandpa said: Let you do it yourself is the way to learn, if I don't let you buy the calf, you will always pay attention to it, if I ask you to buy it, you will blame me, you have to learn from it.
Grandma asked Xiaoshu what she had learned from it, and Xiaoshu said, "I learned not to do business with Christians."
From birth, we need to walk a long way, there are sweet and sour, bitter and spicy, only if we have experienced it to understand the mystery. No one paved the way for the little tree, his grandparents let him see, learn, and do it on his own, did not bind him to his side, and if he wanted to let the little tree grow, he had to let him personally experience it to discern the truth inside.
German educationalists once said: The ultimate purpose of education is not to impart existing things, but to induce human power and awaken the sense of life and value.
In this way, XiaoShu's grandfather inspired Xiaoshu to explore the laws of survival in nature, so that he could personally experience the truth of things, rather than preparing everything for him, and growth for everyone needs to experience it themselves to understand the principles.
Xiao Shu's grandparents' love for Xiao Shu did not spoil the little tree too much, it was to let him dare to explore, only after experiencing the wind and rain can he see the rainbow, so xiao shu harvested surprises and his secret base on the way to growth.
If we always want to protect our children well and keep them from being harmed, in fact, this is the biggest harm to them, the flowers in the greenhouse have not been affected by the wind and rain of the outside world for a long time, and they will become more and more delicate and unable to withstand the harsh environment. One day in a storm, it will slowly wither and decay, because it has no ability to adapt to the outside world, and once it moves out, it will not be able to survive.
The love that parents give to their children is encouragement and support, not overprotective, not to let him be hurt, and eventually deprive them of the ability to survive, excessive protection, and their ability to resist pressure will also become weaker. In the process of growing up, learning to be independent and learning to overcome every difficulty on the road of life is our greatest gain.