To : Orcs
“What makes a man a man? Is it his
origins? The way he comes to life? I don't think so. It's the choices he makes.
Not how he starts things, but how he decides to end them.”
(agent John Myers in Hellboy movie)
I’ve done an analysis of this
movie by using Post-Structuralism perspective. The standard concept of social
life may disapprove with this fiction story. The main character (hero) of this
movie is a devil, you will agree with this if you focus on his (I will start
calling this creature “his”) physical appearance. Covered by red skin, we will
automatically judge him as a “devil”. It is compounded by a couple of horns on
his forehead that will make you agree if I categorize him into a kind of
monster. His appearance is worsened by the fact that his eyes are yellow and he
has a tail. Now, let me talk about his attitude. In this movie, he is portrayed
as a hero, an infant boy born in hell, but nurtured by a
human, Prof. Broom (if I’m not mistaken). He is growing to be an adult, but
still people call him Hell-Boy. Set to be a hero, he often seems to come and
rescue people with his power and ability destroying monster. Ah, I forget to
mention this part, one of his arms is a stone-made function to open a portal to
connect this earth to other dimension inhabited by monsters.
Is he a man then? Let me discuss
his attitude. Nurtured by a kind man, he becomes more likely a human. He treats
Prof. Broom respectfully, even though he has an appetite for doing some
child-like deeds. He has a fonder heart about a girl. He is able to turn his
face jealously when his girl enjoying her time with other man.
Is he a man then? He chooses not
to open the portal though forced by Rasputin by torturing his lover. He decides
to save the earth and his lover. He is so humane.
I’m not going to compare this
Hellboy to a man. I’m trying to share my experience during my existence in this
mental world, I mean this real world. The most recent experience, been shouted by
an old-man, not because of my wrongdoing, but his bad temper. I don’t want to
put my finger of blame on him. Some people often prefer shouting to speaking
though my body is not far enough to make him shouting. I am not angry at all about
his bad temper. But I have an objection with his mental quality. He shouted at
me about having too many jobs to be handled. Yes, I see, and listen, you are
always telling me about this, and you are always shouting at me again. Does he have a brain inside his head? Perhaps
he is too busy to think about others' heart. May be he is too dumb to hear my
explanation. Only a couple of sentences may be enough to prevent him
from losing his energy to shout. Oh man, your age is more than double of
mine. Do I have to teach you about moral? How to treat other? How to avoid your
habitual deed of embarrassing others? I am not a perfect one to teach this, but
I am more humane than you I guess.
Is he a monster than? He is always
shouting at others with irritating words and he is always begging others' for help. His feeling of superiority destroys his humanity. Oh man… I feel sorry
about it.
Nevertheless, I’m going to thank him for these happy memories. He makes me realize that possibly I
have a chance to be a monster because of my confidence of being right
sometimes. He reminds me to always consider others’ feelings. He makes me
understand how important giving others a chance to explain is.
What makes a monster a monster? Is
it his origins? The way he comes to life? I don't think so. It's the choices he
makes. Not how he starts things, but how he decides to end them.
Sincerely
Me - a human being
