I watched the movie The Book of Henry (2017) directed by Colin Trevorrow. As you may have heard, unfortunately this movie has bad reviews. They mention this movie is boring and hard to understand, and such. This movie contains some spiritual aspects about the spirit of the past ones.
I personally love this movie. It has some sad and emotional parts, but overall, I think this movie is full of love. The story line was beyond my expectation. Especially I was astonished by the ending.
My most favorite part of this movie is in the main character’s statement. He, 11-year-old boy, tells his mom that apathy is worse than violence. I agree with his statement. I know from my first hand experiences that the majority people prefer to be apathy, in order to protect themselves.
I still remember of my elementary school days. One male classmate was bullied by other male classmates. I wanted to help him out, but I was scared of them. I could not do anything to help me. My not doing anything at that time still tortures me even now.
Some years later when I became a junior high school student, I encountered a similar situation. I witnessed one female classmate was picked on by other female classmates. This time I acted differently. I dared to speak up to them to stop bullying. From next day, their bullying target was changed to me and I had suffered being bullied by them for more than one year. Although I didn’t like being bullied, I think I did the right thing in my junior high school days. I am proud of myself for my right action.
That is why this main character’s statement touched my heart. Not all of us can fight directly with a bad person, but when we see or hear something bad, we should at least do something. Just like a national campaign slogan posted after 9/11, “If You See Something, Say Something™”, each one of us should at least do something to save someone.
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