How to evaluate Tide and Dead Poets Society?

Wave is based on a true story. Today, modern science and technology are highly developed. It only takes a week to organize neo-fascism.

In the film, Mr. China Geer originally wanted to let students know the essence of autocratic fascism through such an experiment. But the minds of these students who just wanted to mix credits at first were quickly formatted by powerful spiritual forces. They immediately fell into a powerful collective unconscious state. They named their organization "Tide" and spontaneously unified their uniforms. More and more students brainwash them quickly. They set up their own website, drew unified icons and unified the gesture of greeting each other with their right hands on their chests. Enthusiastic students occupied the playground and refused to let others in. A student named Tim also bought a pistol from the Internet and never left Mr. Venger, saying that he wanted to protect the "leader". ...

Things got out of hand. Mr. Venger discovered the seriousness of the situation in the handball match and decided to stop the wave, but the situation got out of hand. Finally, at the rally, he announced the wave of dissolution and told the students that this was the origin of fascism. At this time, tragedy inevitably happened. Enthusiastic Tim didn't want to see the waves disperse, so he shot at his classmates and killed himself. ...

Dead Poets Society tells the story that Wilton Preparatory College has always taught students in a traditional and conservative way, but Keating, a new literature teacher who came to the school in the new semester, changed the routine of the school and let the students in his class emancipate their minds and give full play to their abilities. He told the students to "grasp the present" and act according to this principle. In the first class of teaching, Keating didn't attend class in the classroom, but showed the students the photos in the school history building, so that they could listen to the voice of the dead and understand the true meaning of life. Keating even asked students to tear up the old content in textbooks, and the free teaching method allowed students to begin to understand their interests, hobbies, future and goals. His students even rebelled against the school's ban and re-established the Dead Poets Society, a secret group that Keating had participated in when he was studying at school, and discussed poetry and life in a cave far from the school. But it didn't take long for the school to find this group, and the school was very opposed to Mr. Keating's education method.

Neil, a student of Keating, loves acting and achieved great success in one performance. But his father resolutely opposed it, took him home and decided to transfer him to another school the next day. Neil was in great pain but unable to speak, and committed suicide that night. Cameron, one of the team members, betrayed them. The school forced the players to sign the statement, put the blame on Keating and expelled him from the school. When the teacher was about to finish school, the students stood on the table and said, "Oh, captain, my captain!" " "

At the end of both films, the teacher left sadly with a scapegoat. "Dead Poets Society" tells how students in elite private schools began to think independently under the influence of teachers, trying to get rid of the shackles of school autocracy and conservatism. Wave describes how students who have been advocating freedom and individuality in public schools today have entered the fascist collective unconscious in a dictatorship experiment initiated by a teacher on a whim.

These two films, separated by 20 years, seem to be a beginning and an end. The bell of hope rang 20 years ago, but the warning echoed 20 years later. The theme of Dead Poets Society's pursuit of personality independence and spiritual freedom is relatively simple, and how the middle school students in Tide actively change from a free anarchist tendency to a radical and highly collectivist group is even more thought-provoking.

True spiritual freedom always needs reason, not passion. The students in both films are full of passion. They are rich in personality and versatile. They are willing to change and try boldly, so when a different teacher appears around them to guide them, they will listen to the teacher, agree with the teacher's practice and even worship him blindly. In order to let students know the emergence of fascism, Mr. Polly himself became a dictator. At first, his thinking was clear, and he tried to create such an atmosphere. But three days later, the teacher slowly became a dictator. He enjoys the feeling of being above ten thousand people. He had an argument with his wife and said something very hurtful. Fortunately, he finally turned the corner and avoided a bigger tragedy.

The school in "Dead Poets Society" is a bit like our current high school, with emphasis on enrollment rate and subjects. Discipline means rejecting diversity, rejecting different opinions and seeking unity by rigid means. Teachers exist as agitators of knowledge. At this moment, an English teacher appeared. His slogan is to enjoy life, and his belief is to let students think for themselves and choose for themselves. I don't object to the teacher's idea, but his educational idea conflicts with the educational goal of the school, and the outcome is doomed.

Especially the part of tearing books, I think it's not authentic. First, he asked the students to tear up the book and tell them the specific reasons. Therefore, when a child tears a book, the excited expression on his face is not because he knows something, but because of the increase in hormones caused by this pure "rebellious behavior." Of course, this can also be said to be a strategy of Keating. First, they are told to take action, and then they will get a common emotional support when they preach the theory. Secondly, on the surface, this behavior causes children to think freely and is not bound by rules. But from another point of view, he forced all students to tear up his introduction just because he didn't agree with another doctor's teaching philosophy-isn't this another autocratic thought? If you teach yourself, it is understandable to disagree with others' understanding. But Keating is a teacher. When he forces everyone to accept his thinking, whether his thinking requires freedom or bondage-this has nothing to do with the content of thinking-this practice itself has the color of his criticism.

Both films are caused by teachers' excessive educational methods and one-sided educational thoughts, which lead to negative feelings. For young students, a special group who are easy to be emotional and eager for pioneering thinking, teachers have failed to grasp the "degree" of education.

The contents of the two films can be said to be opposite or the same. The idea of "freedom and independence" in Dead Poets Society is just the opposite of totalitarianism in Tide, with the opposite content but almost the same educational route. The final tragic ending is also strikingly similar to this movie. A child committed suicide by swallowing a gun, and several students who kept their heads clear failed to save the tragedy. Although I prefer to consider Tide in an irrational way, its focus is not on education, but it does not prevent a slight comparison from this aspect. People who don't obey themselves will obey others. There will always be some stages in a person's life when he needs to "listen to others". And whether this "other" is worth listening to, how to listen and what to listen to is really important.