I admit that I went to watch cartoons again. Although my young bird has shown a materialistic tendency of letting the tiger go back to the mountain and beating the dog with steamed stuffed bun, it is gone forever, but act young's mind has been struggling tenaciously.

Who did Horton hear this time? This story is about Horton, an elephant who lives in the jungle. He is happy and careless. He is a typical honest man in our life. Suddenly one day, because of the elephant's big ears, he heard a scream from the dust flying in front of him and found a tiny microscopic world living on this dust. He put this precious dust on a red flower. In order to fulfill his promise to the little people in the dust country, he avoided the encirclement and suppression of eagles and apes in the jungle, and finally put this small world in the safest place in the jungle-the quiet little hole on the highest peak.

Horton's famous saying in the movie is: A person is a person, no matter how small. Horton's eyes were filled with despair when the eagle playfully threw this precious little flower into the sea of flowers. For the rest of the days, he searched one by one in the vast sea of flowers and asked each flower: Is it you?

When all the animals in the jungle don't believe in Horton's dusty world and want to destroy this flower, the little people in the dusty kingdom get together and honk their horns, making all the voices shout, I am here, I am here.

Yes, at that moment, I couldn't help being moved by the young people's desire for survival. No matter how humble a person is, he has the value of existence and the meaning of being saved.

A flower is the world and a leaf is the Buddha. Horton's flower is a miniature paradise, which carries his destination and is the object he needs to protect carefully.

Buddha said that everything has Buddha nature. No matter who it is, whether it is noble or full of evil, there is a Buddha living in his heart. Everyone's existence needs to be affirmed, and there is also the possibility of his self-realization We can't ignore them because we can't see them, nor can we deny their future because of their origins and past. This is the so-called human rights, which includes tolerance and respect. In this sensitive period, it is indeed a mixed blessing to think of this word from a movie.

Comics are comics after all, and the human rights in them are very simple and emotional. At the end of the story, the differences between the two sides can be forgotten because of a biscuit. But in the real world, how many misunderstandings and interests are divided, and how many different political demands are carried on the word human rights? The reason is simple, but the road is not.

A harbinger of innocence

William Blake

A harbinger of innocence (UK) william blake

To see a world in a grain of sand,

There is a heaven in a wild flower.

Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,

Eternity will melt in an hour.

To see a world in a grain of sand,

There is a heaven in a flower,

Put infinity in your hand,

Eternity is collected in an instant.

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Horton and Anonymous: A Model of Harmonious Society

I really didn't expect this cartoon to be so interesting at first. Although the plot seems simple, it is definitely not made up by technology and stars. Although the original novel of this film satirizes McCarthyism in the United States in the 1950s, those of us who live in China have a different flavor when watching this film today.

In the 1950s, the American government always felt that a handful of bad elements were making trouble and undermining the economic development of the United States. So under McCarthy's leadership, anti-communism and xenophobia rose. At that time, almost everyone had to prove their patriotism, and if they disagreed, they would suffer. In Pasadena, a 3-year-old girl works as an advertising model for a shop. Her mother received a notice that the little girl had to sign an oath of loyalty in order to get paid. School teachers will be expelled if they don't scold the Soviet Union and socialism in class. Even the "miss blind date" should announce Marx's wrong views in the acceptance speech. A large number of books were burned, but the blacklisted books became thicker and thicker. People are constantly being summoned and detained, and there is no voice of opposition in society. Even saying that "I write symphonies, concerts and folk songs all day, and I am not a political thinker" is reactionary. This is a period of white terror and a stain on American history.

Horton and Anonymous was written during that period. Horton is a favorite elephant of children in the forest. He is crazy and maverick, doing something interesting every day. But this makes Mrs. Kangaroo, the ruler of the forest, hate that someone is so arrogant. One day, Horton met a speck of dust where little people lived, but no one else believed that there were really little people there. Originally, everyone thought Horton was a bit odd, and now they think so. Mrs kangaroo especially hates this maverick elephant. Her excitement made other animals in the forest feel that Horton the elephant had destroyed harmony. At the same time, the lilliputian country on earth also has a maverick mayor. What makes him unique is that he always judges things in time and trusts his intuition. Councillors there are always opinionated and always believe that they are right. The most interesting thing is that when the mayor advocated boycotting the centennial celebration, the speaker immediately pressed the switch, a glass cover covered the venue, all the news and comments were blocked and shielded, and people were in a harmonious society. Later, the mayor's opinion was denied, and a machine forced the mayor to smile, symbolizing the fairness and success of the negotiation.

Horton and mayor anonymous are very much like cowboys or knights in westerns. They live happily, have their own lives and pursuits, and do not follow others. They sympathize with the weak and stubbornly stick to their beliefs without losing their sense of humor and innocence. Mrs. Kangaroo and the speaker seem to be centralized rulers and can't tolerate dissidents. The way to deal with the problem is to use power at will and incite the masses. Mouse and Zhou Zhou, the son of Anonymous, are sober, but they can't resist depression and lies generally, and just live in disappointment, but they understand Horton and Anonymous, and they are friends. Other animals in the forest are the silent majority, and their perspective on problems is often one-sided and often used. They often think that what they do is just, and what they do is often the most evil. For example, those little monkeys even want to fry Horton, a bad element who undermines stability and unity, in a frying pan.

Although this fable is not as famous as Animal Farm, it can be seen and understood by more people, whether adults or children, through the media of movies. At the end of the movie, Mrs. Kangaroo realized her mistake. Children should all like to see this ending. But things in real life are often the opposite, leaving us with more disappointment, but this does not prevent some people from still living vigorously. Horton and Anonymous should be an American movie. Equality, freedom, fraternity, democracy, childlike innocence … these are beautiful themes. These should not be the words of the American spirit, but should belong to the whole world. The ugly side of the film seems to reverberate in this good place where we live now, which is chilling. How we wish our kangaroos could admit their mistakes, and our little monkeys and calves could think rationally and allow people like Horton to exist. What a harmonious forest we live in. Of course, this is just hope.

Wei xiaobo

Changsha, May 7, 2008