Masculine Responcibility: To
In his undeserving arrogance he looses everything that defines him as a man. In the film To Live we view as a young man transverses life and experiences male responsibility in a time of social delinquency. With Fugui's life we see that it is possible that we are simply a participant in life, a life which will pass us by in a second if we look away. In To Live along with Tiger Killers, A Moment of Romance, and Butcher's Wife we see men struggling to define and assemble their masculine responsibility. While the antiheros of these stories are finding themselves they are all assisted in some way or another by a strong feminine influence. In this essay we will examine the masculine responsibility in To Live and how it is also found in the other stories. Also we will look at how each of these men has a woman by his side that helps to define him.In To Live we have a man who in the beginning takes everything he has completely for granted. His masculinity was handed to him by his ancestors but not assured. In his undeserving arrogance he looses everything that defines him as a man. His lover leaves him, his father dies knowing his heir is a failure to the family. Throughout the story we see that it is not the choices your make
The responsibility that Wah Dee takes on is more obvious that that of Fugui. In Wah Dees case he never had anything so he had nothing to loose. Fugui quietly accepts this responsibility and knows that he must go on for his family, with his wife by his side to relieve him when he takes time to break down. In The Butcher's Wife Chen gives off the appearance of fulfilling his masculine responsibilities and to everyone except that audience this veneer may never have been lifted to reveal the truth. Throughout the story he is torn between family and his lover. His friend kills his only son, but with that life debt Fugui is able to save his friends life. The unstable times that Fugui went through dictated his values. In A Moment of Romance Wah Dee can also be seen carrying out these examples of masculine responsibility and following the same path to attain masculine values. I see Fugui as more of a hero than our present day Arnold Swarzonagers because he has only the powers of everyday life to draw from to defeat his foes, and conquer his fears. Thus his brother's death is avenged and Jojo can go on to live a good life. In abusing her Chen exceeds the boundaries of masculinity and becomes a villain. Also she is someone whom can witness his acts of responsibility. As the story goes we watch as Fugui grows and catalyses his masculine responsibility. In this chaotic world of gangs and gangsters Wah Dee also has difficulty realizing his masculine responsibility until the very end. Chen fails himself by not having a proper heir, he fails his spouse by not providing love for her, and he fails society by helping to breakdown what is good and righteous, and thus again fails himself by not accepting his masculine responsibility.
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