After the finale, a variety of "extremely fearful" reviews of the show came in, analyzing the show in all its aspects, roughly divided into two factions, "fairy tale and reality". So in this article, I will not introduce the plot, let's talk about the good and evil, crime and punishment behind it.
In the play, Zhang Dongsheng asked the question: "Do I still have a chance?" before he took on his parents-in-law and his wife.
In fact, he already has an answer in his heart, but he still wants to ask, because it is not only to give each other a chance, but also to give himself a chance.
At first, I just thought the text was well written, showing the inner tangle of Zhang Dongsheng when he faced the crime. But it wasn't until I watched the last episode that I realized that this line doesn't just belong to Zhang Dongsheng alone, but to every character in the drama, and even to you and me in reality!
Let's start with the three "bad kids", Zhu Chaoyang, Yan Liang, and Pu Pu.
Zhu Chaoyang, the first in every exam, is the school bully in the mouth of parents and teachers, but he is a prude and alien in the mouth of his classmates.
He was raised by his controlling mother, who taught him how to study.
His father, who has a new family, treats him with indifference and indifference.
A long, depressing and boring life has made him more mature than other children, and made him more understanding and obedient than others.
However, in his heart, there has always been a question: Do I still have a chance? I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get back to the time when I was a kid, when my parents were in love, when my family was happy, when my dad was taking him out for a swim, but I don't know.
Because of this, Zhu Jingjing's death made him think that his chance has come.
But those who have seen it know that even so, this opportunity, again, no one gave him. The father's skepticism after Zhu Jingjing's death made all the expectations in his heart come to naught.
And Yan Liang, Yan Liang from the whole episode, his mind is relatively simple.
In order to cure Pupu's brother, he escapes from the orphanage with Pupu. He naively went to find someone to borrow money, but he was almost caught by the police. After getting the money, he thought of copying a card and then making Zhang Dongsheng pay for his behavior, but he was set up by Zhu Chaoyang.
Witnessing his father's arrest since he was a child, he grew up under the kind of environment of the orphanage, and his heart is actually secretly asking: do I still have a chance? He still has a chance to see his father?
The first time I saw my father, I was able to see him, and I was able to see him.
With the help of Chen, he meets his father and decides to report the murderer, Zhang Dongsheng, and return to the orphanage after helping Pu Pu get the money.
However, the meticulous Zhu Chaoyang is afraid that his affair will be leaked, so he gives him an empty card. And this empty card puts Pu Pu in danger, and he steps into the whirlpool of the whole incident again!
Plus, Pupu, what chance does she want?
From the episode's point of view, the contrast between a young girl, 300,000 dollars, and her naivety is especially evident as she asks: "Do I still have a chance? Can I still save the only family in the world, my brother Xinxin?
Pupu, as the driving force of the plot, plays an important role throughout the story, at every point. Many people say she's very scheming, but she's not. At best, she is precocious due to her upbringing since childhood.
In my opinion, many of her behaviors actually represent a childlike innocence. For example, in details such as borrowing money, writing a warning letter, finding Zhu Jingjing to take the heat for Zhu Chaoyang, and trusting Zhang Dongsheng.
Many netizens speculate that the "heart", in fact, is the face of life is careful.
However, after Zhu Chaoyang's "empty card program" was exposed, due to asthma attacks, although Zhang Dongsheng heart sympathy, but he still heard the address at the moment, hesitation.
The three people who seem to be different actually have an unknown side inside. The intertwining of fates brings them a brief warmth. But in this story, none of them win the opportunity that their hearts expect!
In fact, this drama, the portrayal of Zhang Dongsheng is still relatively perfect. We can clearly see the good and evil shown in him, and at the same time witness his sin and punishment.
At the beginning of the first episode, it is the very hot "mountain climbing", which is the "root of all evil" of the whole story. As some netizens have quipped, "Are you going to climb the mountain? No! （
Zhang Dongsheng is an untenured math teacher who teaches at the Children's Palace. As a result, his in-laws don't treat him very well, and he's not well received by his relatives and is often mocked.
Many metaphors in the play imply that he has a bad waist, his wife is cheating on him, and he wants a divorce. But his obsession lies in the fact that in his world, he has nothing left but his wife.
But how can you force a relationship?
Under the multiple blows, he gradually twisted his mind and killed his parents-in-law and his wife. However, every time before he kills, he will ask a question: do I still have a chance? In fact, he already had the answer in his heart, so they were bound to die.
Subsequently, in the midst of maneuvering with the three children, he actually had only one thought in his heart: do I still have a chance? Go back to the Children's Palace to teach, not to be caught by the police, and be safe and sound.
However, he was played by these three children, and later became Zhu Chaoyang's "tool" to kill many people, yes, he is a murderer, but it does not mean that he completely lost his humanity.
For these children, he did not want to kill, just want to get the video, let everything hurry up past. That includes him giving Poo Poo at KFC to come back and get enough toys.
But there's no way, even though Pupu's life hangs in the balance, he can't let the police go to the in-laws' house, and the cat's behavior suggests there are secrets there that haven't surfaced yet. Coupled with the highlights, the scene of Zhang Dongsheng eating KFC alone is actually enough to show that Pupu is gone.
At that point, he probably already knew that he, himself, couldn't go back.
So in the end, he died under the police gun, defeated by reality.
So he died at the hands of the police, defeated by the reality, while Zhu Chaoyang, without any worries, can be reborn, can believe in fairy tales.
Therefore, his death is a kind of fulfillment, for the theme, but also a kind of sublimation, but also break the "sunrise will rise" possible!
Other characters, in fact, can not escape this doubt.
For Officer Chen, the consequences of his impartiality in law enforcement, he has always had regrets.
Therefore, he takes great care of Yan Liang, and after his retirement, he decides to adopt him. His question is: do I still have a chance? To make up for the regrets of that year, and to put Yanliang on the right track, so that he will not repeat his father's mistakes.
In the finale, although he saved Yan Liang, Yan Liang also decided to become a police officer in the future. However, behind all the beautiful scenes, there is a great tragedy.
1. Lao Chen's wound bled when he went to save Yan Liang, and he was unharmed when he saved him.
2. At Zhu Chaoyang's commencement ceremony, Yan Liang, dressed in white, enters the auditorium so that only Zhu Chaoyang can see him.
3. When Lao Chen was dancing in the square dance, Yan Liang whistled, but only Lao Chen could hear him.
The above three points, in fact, implicitly expresses that in fact, at the end, both Lao Chen and Yan Liang are dead.
Therefore, the expectations of Lao Chen's heart, also failed. The good thing is that his goodness has touched Yan Liang, and he didn't let him leave with the "bad".
And Zhu Chaoyang's father, his inner tangle is, after Zhu Jingjing's death, for his son's defense.
He knew that Zhu Jingjing's death had something to do with Zhu Chaoyang through the zipper sound in the recording, but he also knew that the reason why Zhu Chaoyang was like this was because of his own long time of favoritism and the lack of fatherly love for Zhu Chaoyang.
So he was thinking: "Do I still have a chance? Let your son live well!
So for Wang Li to bully Zhu Chaoyang, he directly punched over, without mercy. At the same time, he also wanted to try to make up for the love owed to Zhu Chaoyang, often take him swimming, all to complete the redemption.
Unfortunately, he was not able to witness the metamorphosis of Zhu Chaoyang after all, and finally he and his wife both died at the hands of Zhang Dongsheng, in the dying moment, said to Zhu Chaoyang to live well, representing the deepest thoughts of his heart.
Besides, Zhu Zhaoyang's mother, a tough woman, brought Zhu Zhaoyang to live by herself, and was strict with him, hoping that one day, Zhu Zhaoyang would grow up to be a good man. But the love of paranoia will eventually have a negative impact.
Her question is: Do I still have a chance? My son is the only one I have, and I can't afford to lose!
The poor parents, just sometimes, education must not be a sticking point. The first place or the second place. The first place or the second place, compared to a child can grow up healthy, are nothing!
In the end, between him and Zhu Chaoyang, also produced friction. Although the ending does not explain, she and Zhu Chaoyang future direction, but from the previous plot, it is not difficult to see, the two already have a divide.
Perhaps, as someone said: "Lucky people, childhood can be healed for a lifetime, unfortunate people are healed for a lifetime".
All in all, this rare masterpiece is full of emotions. In the world, there are few things that are not black and white, and good and evil are just a thought away. The first time I saw this movie, I was able to see that it was a good one. But more often than not, you have to learn to give yourself a chance. Sometimes, let yourself go, will usher in a broader life!