F2F Class Notes (Nemo) [W]

Vocabulary

ordeal (n): 1-a very unpleasant and painful or difficult experience:
E.g.: The hostages‘ ordeal came to an end when soldiers stormed the building.
E.g.: Couple of years of my life were real ordeal
E.g.: It was such an ordeal to gather all of the documents necessary for job application.

hostage (n)-人质

aristocratic (adj): 贵族的

aristocracy (n): 1-a class of people who hold high social rank:
E.g.: members of the aristocracy
E.g.: an aristocrat

deprive (v): 1-to take something, especially something necessary or pleasant, away from someone:
E.g.: He claimed that he had been deprived of his freedom/rights.
E.g.: You can’t function properly when you’re deprived of sleep.

foster (adj): used to refer to someone or something connected with the care of children, usually for a limited time, by someone who is not the child’s legal parent:
E.g.: a foster care/home/child/mother
E.g.: The neglected child was removed from her home and placed with a foster family.
E.g.: her foster father/mother

Grammar

eat medicine–take a medicine

capable of doing to him (something bad)-capable of doing for him (something good)

Set in the Second Sino-Japanese War, this movie which is called Empire of the Sun describes the Jimmys were dispersed by the crowd when they were fleeing, causing Jimmy to be in the Japanese concentration camp. The movie is not intended to tell history, it is being about people. Through the eyes of a British aristocratic child, the movie brings the joys and sorrow of the concentration camp to the audience, showing the relationship between idealism and realism in human nature.The war in his eyes was not the one we knew. He was passionate about fighters and appreciated the Japanese. He didn’t know the war was cruel and what the enemy was for him. He just felt terrified and shouted that he surrendered. He could bent his knees and beg the Japanese to forgive him. There was not much more morals burden on him. It didn’t mean that he was a immoral person.Especially after living in a concentration camp,his aristocratic habits were washed away, he even ate all the bugs in the meal and called that was protein.
If the war is to interrupt and rewrite the destiny of mankind through the merciless and brutal means.It brutally deprives people of the possibility of survival.
On the contrary, it is possible to survive tenaciously in this horrible haze until the end of the war is a confrontation and a great victory.
At the end of the movie, many parents came to the dilapidated rescue to find their children.When Jimmy’s father walked past him,completely ignoring him.Fortunately,his mother recognized him. He touched her lips, clothes, hair and face. He quietly embraced his mother, but he couldn’t go back and even cry out. He has faced too many deaths and misfortunes and he has forgotten the face of his parent and familial affection.The vicissitudes of life in his eyes, and he was helpless to the world. He was no longer the old boy.
No matter how you think of war, the trauma caused by war is indelible to the victims. In war, there is no equality and understanding, and just discrimination and anger.So we should cherish the peace now.

Set in the Second Sino-Japanese War, this movie which is, called Empire of the Sun describes the ordeal of a boy called Jimmy. At the beginning of the war  the crowds were dispersed while trying to escape from Japanese forces  causing Jimmy to be separated from his parents and eventually finishing  in the Japanese concentration camp. The movie is not intended to tell history, it is being about people-personal stories of some people. Through the eyes of a British aristocratic child, the movie brings the joys and sorrows of the concentration camp to the audience, showing the relationship between idealism and realism in human nature.The war in his eyes was not the one we knew. He was passionate about fighter planes and appreciated the Japanese and their planes. He didn’t know that the war was cruel and what the enemy is capable of doing to him. He just felt terrified and shouted that he surrendered. He could bend his knees and beg the Japanese to forgive him. There was not much more morals burden on him. It didn’t mean that he was an immoral person. Especially after living in a concentration camp, his aristocratic habits were washed away, he even ate all the bugs in the meal and called that a protein.
If the war is to interrupt and rewrite the destiny of  the mankind through the merciless and brutal means It brutally deprives people of the possibility of survival/their dignity.
On the contrary, it is possible to survive tenaciously in this horrible haze until the end of the war and that could be  a personal confrontation and the great victory.
At the end of the movie, many parents came to the dilapidated foster home/orphanage to find their children.When Jimmy’s father walked past him, completely ignoring him. Fortunately,his mother recognized him. He touched her lips, clothes, hair and face. He quietly embraced his mother, but he couldn’t go back to his old-self or even cry out. He has faced too many deaths and misfortunes and he has forgotten the face of his parents and familial affection. The vicissitudes/hardships of life in his eyes, and he was helpless to the world and He was no longer the old same boy he once was.
No matter 1how/2what you 1feel/2think of war, the trauma caused by war is indelible to the victims. In war, there is no equality and understanding, and just discrimination and anger. So we should cherish the peace now.