The Croods: That big-chested, brainless melon brother is the protagonist.

staying in one place for a long time will make people afraid of change.

The Gollum family, a primitive man in The Croods, is like this, especially the elder brother Gua.

In the film, Guage, Guage's wife, mother-in-law and three children live together in a cave, stealing birds' eggs under Guage's unified command during the day, hiding in a dark cave as soon as the sun goes down, and sleeping in a pyramid-shaped posture until dawn. Guage's daughter, Xiaoyi, was tired of life day after day, eager to see the outside world, and accidentally met a nomadic tribe boy, Gai. Due to the sudden end of the world, the Gollum family had to leave their "old nest" and follow Gai to find a new home.

For most people, Xiao Yi and Xin Xin Gai, who are seeking a breakthrough, are the protagonists of the film, symbolizing the positive energy of the film. But I think, Brother Gua, the focus of contradictions and conflicts in the film, is the protagonist of the film, a great father who has brute strength, big chest and no brain, refuses to change for family safety, and accepts change for family safety.

The film reaches its climax when Brother Gua rushes to the other side of the cliff in a man-eating bird and brandishes a bone to save his family. At this time, it is also the moment when the protagonist of Brother Gua shines most brightly. This feeling is just like at the end of the film "Summer of Kijiro", when the little boy asks the name of Uncle Sloppy, Uncle Sloppy says, "Kikujiro."

the same epiphany: it turns out that you are the protagonist!

Guage's pursuit of life: just don't die.

In the film, the Gulu family stole birds' eggs in a thrilling and exciting way, which not only brought visual impact to the audience, but also showed us the primitive society of the jungle. Facing the crisis-ridden living environment, Guage groped for a set of his own survival rules, that is, living in a cave and repeating the same thing every day, killing all curiosity. Facts have proved that Guage's survival rule is very strong. When the neighbors died for various reasons, the Gulu family survived in a cruel and primitive environment. In Guage's view, seeing the sun rise every day is the greatest success.

Unlike Yi, who is eager for change, Guage, as a decision-maker, knows very well that if any small attempt in an unknown field may bring life danger to his family, the most reliable way is to do nothing, because it won't be wrong.

What is certain is that if that cave exists forever, the Guage family will never leave the cave, live a duplicated life forever, and there will never be a story of The Croods.

however, the end is coming.

When the mountain collapses and the earth cracks, the original indestructible habitat disappears instantly. Forced, Brother Gua, with his family, followed the cover of longing for the sun and embarked on an unpredictable escape journey.

Guage and Gai are the collision of conservatism and innovation. Facing the helpless doomsday, Guage's solution is still to find a new cave, but Gai clearly knows that they must climb the highest mountain and head for the other side of the sea of clouds in the direction of the sun.

Facing the unknown, Gai is a veritable treasure boy. With the knowledge and wisdom of nomadic tribesmen, he easily solved various problems, and passed on the thinking mode of "solving difficulties, you can't escape" to everyone in the Gollum family. The Gollum family denied Guage's survival rule, and the crazy Guage rolled down the cliff with Gai regardless of the consequences. The two people trapped in asphalt talked about Xiaoyi and touched the softness that Guage hid in his heart. So Guage accepted Gai and took his family to the sun and the hope of living.

When the sudden landslide cut off their path to the sun, Guage, who was trapped on the doomsday side, gave full play to his own advantages and threw others over the cliff and into the light with a brute force.

Brother Gua waved to his relatives, and the light of the sun slipped through his fingertips mercilessly, and his lonely back gradually disappeared into the darkness. The spiritual support and savage and ignorant big guy of the Gollum family were only left with little tenderness for his family: it is good that they are alive.

Guage's life creed is simple, that is, to live. The cave is there, he can be a stubborn elm knot in one's heart, and when the cave is gone, he can make changes in order to find a way to live. Many people think that Guage is partial and has no pursuit, and the changes he has made are all because he is forced to help. So how many changes in the world are not due to being forced to help? Ma Yun's entrepreneurship is also the result of being forced to find a job.

Although we have the wisdom that primitive people can't match, the "one-sided corner" is an instinct that we inherited from our primitive ancestors and went deep into our bones, and it is a vital dormant in some stages of life. If Brother Gua didn't have the brute force, the affection and the belief to live when he lived in a cave, how could he have the ability to adapt and change when the end came? I'm afraid I've already been buried in the landslide. Therefore, it is an understandable way to survive, an opportunity to wait for your strength, and a blockbuster after your wings are growing.

Guage's advanced road: breaking through

Guage, who bid farewell to his family, returned to the cave and painted the Gollum family on the wall with volcanic ash, ready to accept his death. However, Xiao Yi blew the conch, and the sound reached Guage's ears through the roar of the earth shaking, and Guage took it as a distress signal.

no one can die!

In order to save his family, Brother Gua gave up the brute force that he had always been proud of, and used his head with the smallest body proportion to think about the solution. "If it was Guy, what would he do?" In the end, Brother Gua put what he had learned into practice, lured a man-eating bird as bait, and sent himself to the bright shore with parrot tigers, crocodile dogs, even-tailed monkeys and so on.

If Brother Gua took everyone to the top of the mountain and threw everyone over the cliff because of the passive change of survival, then he actively thought that it was an active breakthrough to drive a cannibal to the new life with wisdom.

Brother Gua's active breakthrough is inseparable from Yi's rebellion and Gai's inspiration.

In the film, Xiaoyi once said something to Brother Gua: You are not alive, but not dead!

Xiao Yi and Guage are completely opposite personalities. Guage thinks that living is enough, while Xiao Yi pursues a more wonderful life. Before the end of the day, Guage has been suppressing Xiaoyi's curiosity, which has caused a gap with Xiaoyi. After getting stuck in asphalt, Gai's words made Guage really understand Xiaoyi's desire for new things. As a father, he knew that he could not only deprive Xiaoyi of the right to pursue a new life, but also protect her during the pursuit. As a result, Guage ushered in the most shining moment in his life, and the film also entered a climax.

American writer Dreiser said, "Life is not to surpass others, but to surpass ourselves." Active breakthrough is the pursuit of a higher level of self-worth. Once climbing to the top of the peek, one would see, to the other mountains all appear dwarfs under the sky., but before climbing the peak, we must first take the initiative to raise our heads and appreciate the unknown.

Brother Gua's advanced road is something we all have to go through. At the same time of passive change, we should pursue active breakthrough, because passive change is for survival and active breakthrough is for life.

Guage's philosophy of life: Don't forget fear at any time

Being afraid is one of Guage's life beliefs and his valuable experience in teaching his children. However, the "fear" in the film is criticized, which is an obstacle for the Gollum family, especially Guage, to rush out of the cave and pursue new life.

fear, to a certain extent, is a lack of confidence in new things and new environments, and it is also an inevitable weakness of human nature. Therefore, breaking through fear has always been the spirit of freedom and openness that Hollywood films actively admire. Mainstream thinking will also advocate everyone to overcome their fears and move forward bravely towards the unknown. However, is it necessarily right to blindly overcome fear and ignore it?

At the beginning of the film, the neighbors of Gulu's family are introduced by simple drawing. Among them, Gunda's family was trampled to death by mammoths, Woda's family was swallowed by a Sand Snakes, Er Hu's family was bitten to death by mosquitoes, and Suoluo's family died of a cold. Imagine, the dangerous primitive world, if Guage ignored his fears and was not careful about his living environment, I'm afraid it would have become a dish for the cat-headed beast. It is fear that keeps Brother Gua alert to everything around him and keeps the Gollum family alive.

Therefore, fear also represents human's awe of nature and the unknown world.

I remember that when I was traveling to Mauritius, there was an experience activity called "Lion Walk" in casella Bird Park. Choose a lioness or kindergarten teacher in the park, so that visitors can walk with the lion for a while. In addition, they can pose in various poses and take photos with the lion as a souvenir. Looking at the king of the forest being manipulated by human beings, I feel inexplicably lost. That's a lion galloping through the jungle! Why can't we keep their majestic image in our hearts?

As the top of the food chain, we human beings have made extraordinary achievements. We want to dominate the earth, but an COVID-19 epidemic has given us a blow. It reminds us that the world and the earth are far beyond our knowledge. There may be microorganisms that destroy all mankind hidden under polar glaciers and plateau ground breaking, and there may be human threats hidden in tropical rainforests, Wan Li under the sea and distant galaxies.

Gorky wrote in his book On Earth: "If people have no fear, everything will be over! Everything is ruined! Everything is falling apart! It is said that the world is maintained by people's fear! "

So, don't forget fear at any time, which is the survival instinct left by our primitive ancestors. Only by keeping fear can we abide by the proper boundaries, and we will not break the boundaries because of ignorance, arrogance, desire and greed, which will harm mankind itself.

As the real protagonist of the film, Guage's growth trajectory tells us a truth-breakthrough is an eternal topic.

Life is a process of continuous breakthrough. When we are used to seeing the old life at a glance, please bend your head to the left and listen to your true heart. Maybe it is longing for famous mountains and rivers and surging passion. Breakthrough is a rational exploration, emphasizing the right time, the right place and the right people. Although sometimes, our breakthrough is because we are forced to be helpless, as long as we break through, it is an improvement. If we can ride the wind and step on the waves, we will gain a broader life by making a further breakthrough in passivity. However, the breakthrough should not be impatient, blind or conceited. Everything in the world has its own laws, and the long future requires us to carefully choose every road and take every step.

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