He, with slender eyebrows and deep and firm eyes, his face was neat and tidy, and the straight bridge of his nose became more and more handsome. He was calm, and few people could see the joy and sorrow on his face. He is silent and silent, easily despised, but in the event of an emergency, the command is resolute, and it is awe-inspiring. He is the second godfather in the American film series "The Godfather" - Mike Corleone.
At the end of the movie "The Godfather 2", Mike Corleone sits alone in the courtyard with yellow autumn leaves and dark sun shadows, his eyes are dark and quiet, and he thinks deeply about his life of pain, helplessness and incomprehension. This meaningful picture foreshadows that men's lives are all the same.
Mike Corleone sits alone in a courtyard with yellowing autumn leaves and a dark shadow
<h1 class= "pgc-h-center-line" >, I was once the hot-blooded teenager</h1>
As a young man, Mike was a passionate, patriotic teenager. He is well aware of his family's underworld background, so he clearly distances himself from the family and refuses to participate in any affairs of the family.
Mike went to college through his own efforts and was the most educated of the brothers. When the whole world fell into the clouds of World War II, he ignored the opposition of his family and took the initiative to sign up for the U.S. Navy and practice the feeling of serving the country with his own actions.
Later, Mike returns from military service and takes his girlfriend Kay to his sister's wedding. At this time, he told Kai about some of his family's past. But he didn't have the slightest pride, just calmly told Kai:
Mike returns from service, dressed in a military uniform
"Kay, that's my family, not me."
At this time, Mike is immersed in a passionate love affair with Kai, and if nothing else, he will marry Kai and form an independent and happy family, without any involvement with his underworld family.
Mike wants to do something more, hoping to achieve something through his own efforts, rather than relying on the support of his own underworld family. At this time, Mike is simple and happy, he has practiced the ideal of serving the country, and he is also moving step by step towards the future he envisions.
Mike has the identity of the rich second generation, and he has the entrepreneurial heart of the rich generation. Once he was a hot-blooded teenager, he never bowed to society and did not change his ideals for reality.
Mike is willing to trade his efforts for the future
<h1 class= "pgc-h-center-line" > second, I choose to have no remorse for the sake of my family</h1>
An assassination changed The fate of Mike Corleone. The mastermind was the drug-trafficking Turk, Sorazzo, and the assassin was Mike's father, the first godfather, Victor Corleone.
Mike is deeply in love with his father, Victor, who in his eyes is a great hero despite his underworld background. Similarly, Victor is deeply in love with his youngest son, Mike, who is calm, determined, and has different ambitions from everyone else, much like his younger self.
The assassination was unsuccessful, and Victor Corleone was shot five times but did not die and was taken to the hospital for treatment. That night, Mike travels to the hospital to visit his father. When he arrived at the hospital, he found that only one nurse was guarding his father, and the other bodyguards had been chased away by the police.
Mike immediately realizes the danger of his father's situation and manages to sabotage the plot and keep him safe.
The first generation of "godfather" Victor Corleone
This personal experience made Mike deeply aware that if he did not participate in the family affairs again, the enemies would never let his father go.
So Mike plotted and personally shot Sorazzo and began to flee. During his escape to Italy, Mike's brother was shot and killed by his new wife, whom he had met. Once again, the Corleone family faced an existential crisis. Eventually, under the compromise and arrangement of a generation of godfathers, Victor Corleone, Mike returned to New York to preside over family affairs.
Mike once fantasized about staying away from the underworld family and realizing his life ideals through legitimate means under his own efforts, but it backfired, and the family's situation of "no one in The DPRK and no general in the country" forced him to come out and preside over the overall situation. For the sake of his family, Mike chose to be righteous.
Mike became the patriarch of the family, and he had no choice but to do so for the sake of the family
<h1 class= "pgc-h-center-line" > third, the world's peace and integrity of the two full law, not to live up to the qing</h1>
Mike became the leader of the family and began to implement the family's revitalization plan. He first retreated to advance, showing the enemy to be weak, paralyzing them while secretly plotting revenge.
After the death of the first godfather, Victor Corleone, Mike did it. In one day, he simultaneously killed the patriarchs of the four major families in New York and eliminated two of his own traitors, including his brother-in-law.
Mike's fierce behavior at a critical moment won the admiration of his family, and his dominance was finally secured.
Mike plots revenge in the auditorium
In the years that followed, Mike devoted himself to the legalization of the Corleone family. But the things that bothered him and made him sad happened again and again: his dearest brother Fredo betrayed him because of restlessness, his most beloved wife, Kay, divorced him because he did not understand him, and his former subordinate Frank betrayed him because of a misunderstanding...
Calm, for the sake of the family's interests, Mike does not hesitate to break with his wife and kill his own brother and other people who betray him. In the eyes of outsiders, Mike, who was once warm-blooded and gentle, has now become so cruel and indifferent!
At the end of the film, there is a scene that shows Mike's helplessness: on the birthday of the godfather of a generation, Victor Corleone, his children are planning birthday surprises for their father. At this time, everyone learns that Mike is going to join the navy and disobeys the family's management, so there is a quarrel.
But this picture of the whole family coming together is very warm, although there is a quarrel, but the brothers and sisters are deeply in love.
In the years that followed, these former siblings either died for various reasons or became estranged from Mike. This was not a situation Mike would have liked to see.
The former Corleone family was in tatters
Cangyang Gyatso has a poem:
"I was worried about the amorous damage to the Brahman, and when I entered the mountains, I was afraid of falling into the city." The world is safe and complete, and it is not as good as it should be. ”
Living a life of innocence and relying on personal efforts to achieve success was originally Mike's ambition. But if he insisted on doing so, his family would face destruction. For the sake of his family, Mike participates in the bloody struggle for murder without hesitation, but in the end he is not understood by his family, so his brother is mutilated, his wife is gone, and he is left alone in the depressed courtyard, elegant and lonely, painful and helpless. This may be a man's inescapable tragic fate.
There are everyone, no small homes
<h1 class= "pgc-h-center-line" > fourth, big men are not easy to do, let it go all the way ups and downs</h1>
Men are born strong, unlike women who are weak. Every man has his own responsibility and mission: the lowly take care of their families, and the high ones help the people of the world. Men never live for themselves, but only to be worthy of the name of a "parent".
So men are not afraid of suffering or tiredness, just to make their families happy. You look at the takeaway brother, the wind and rain, desperately sending a single just to earn money to support the family; you look at the ten yuan fast food restaurant, the food is tasteless and hygienic, but it is crowded with men who are devouring; you look at the bustling shopping mall, all kinds of goods are dazzling, but few men consume...
The suffering of men is not only in this, but also in the loss of the bloody dream they once had in order to support their families, and they sold their souls and bodies for their families in exchange for complaints and incomprehension.
Support your family, rain or shine
Many men have also fantasized about traveling all over China to see the world, and have also indulged in the basketball court, and have also thought of burying their heads in the game to release their lives, but unfortunately for the happiness of their families, these have been abandoned little by little, just like Mike Corleone gave up his personal ideals.
If you get something out of it, it's a blessing. But more often, it is myself who is struggling outside, full of scars and fatigue, and when I return home, I still have to face the reprimand and incomprehension of my family.
"You're so incompetent!" You make so little money! ”
These words are like sharp knives piercing the hearts of men, and when they are physically and mentally exhausted, men can only lie on their beds in the dark and watch the moon by the window, just like Mike Corleone sits alone in the autumn courtyard.
Loneliness is a man's tragic fate
But so what? Life never stops with men scarred, and men must move on.
Helplessly living for the pain of his family is a tragic fate that men will never escape. Men are born to bear it like this, to withstand pressure, to endure hardships, is a real man's posture.
Tengger sang very well in "Big Man":
"Big men are not easy to do, no matter how hard they are, they don't say anything, lie down and touch their sorrows; big men are not easy to do, they are still persistent in risk, and their children's feelings are hidden in their hearts, let it go all the way ups and downs!"
May all men be worthy of the title of "head of the family", and may all men be encouraged by it!
Generations move forward, and the old and new godfathers are handed over