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The terminal
A poor fool
Viktor
Navorski,
a
poor
fool
from
Krakozhia,
met
not
the
democracy
and
freedom in Uncle Sam’s publicity when
he came to United States but rejection.
He was forbidden to come into his dream
state because of the rebellion in his
motherland.
Without
the
passport,
he
couldn’t
come
back
to
Krakozhia
and
come into New York City.
He was trapped
on
the
island
of
politics
and
indifference. Faced with this dilemma,
he must adapt to this environment and
survive
from
it.
He
was
the
modern
Robinson.
The system and the human nature.
In
Chinese
proverb,
we
have
a
saying
that
”
Nothing
can
be
accomplished
without
norms
or
standards.
”
A
family,
a
department, a company and a country all
need
a
system
to
maintain
the
operation.
The
system is the law of doing things,
but
it is not perfect and has a variety
of
flaw.
John
Rawls,
the
famous
political
intellectual,
said:
”
Any
behavior
of
sacrificing
interests
of
few
people
for
the
most
public
is
i
mmoral.”
Although
our
system
is
built
on
the
basis
of safeguarding the interests of most
people and is immoral in the words of
Rawls,
we
couldn
’
t
do
non-compliance
of
the
system
and
blame
our
mistakes
on
imperfection. Let us imagine that what
will
happen
when
the
system
meets
people
’
s
feelings. Our Chinese people
always
say
that
Law
is
no
more
than
human
relationship, is it true? In the movie,
Viktor
helped
this
man
keeping
his
father
’
s
saving
drugs
with
his
wit
when
the
Russian
man
was
detained
by
the
Customs and Border
Protection for some
so-called
illegal
things.
We
all
criticize
the
indifference
of
the
director,
Frank
Dixon
and
praise
Viktor
for
his
wit
and
courage.
But
the
officers
strike
on
their
principles
and
safeguard
the system, are
they wrong? We break a
running
well
system
just
for
one
’
s
adversity,
are
we
right?
In
our
real
life,
most
good system is damaged because of
the
pretence
of
sympathizing
with
others.
So I argue that the
officers do nothing
wrong. We can
sympathize with the week,
but not at
the expense of damaging our
running
well system.
Waiting
The
title
of
this
movie
is
the
terminal,
what
does
it
mean?
Perhaps
it
means
that
Viktor can return to
motherland after
finishing
his
father
’
s
last
wish.
Perhaps
it
means
that
Viktor
and
his
compatriots
have
suffered
their
painful
life.
Perhaps
it
means
the
end
of
Viktor
’
s journey.
Waiting,
the
most
frequent
word
that
Viktor
mentioned
in
the
movie.
When
Frank
Dixon cheated that he could sneak
into
New
York,
Viktor
said
I
would
wait.
When
he
talked
with
the
airhostess,
Amelia
Warren,
Viktor
said
“I
am
waiting
”
.
Waiting
may
be
a
negative
way
to solve one thing, but in some cases
could be the most effective one. Faced
with
unexpected
difficulties,
the
indifference of people around and the
irony
of
the
fate,
Viktor
used
the
approach
of
waiting
to
struggle.
He
warmed
people
’
s
cold
hearts.
He
let
the
lost
people
find
themselves.
He
encouraged
people
who
were
teased
by
the
fate
to
choose
resistance.
He
told
us
the
truth,
“
the
terminal is the starting
point.