be born into a situation
Someone says the era you are born into does not really matter.
I don't think it really matters what generation you're born into.Before Sunrise · 1995 — Capítulo 7 de 21 · 3'13" · B2
Two People Talk About Parents and Love, Explained: romantic projections
Parents come up as damage: one line describes freedom won and handed down, another says everybody's parents messed them up. The talk turns to marriage, and a hard line lands: "I always saw the world as this place where I really wasn't meant to be." Underneath is a question: can anyone be happy in love?
Qué pasa
Two people talk about the families they grew up in. One line describes parents who rebelled in May '68, with a father who went on to become a successful architect; another says parents give children too much or too little. The conversation moves through marriage, divorce, and a grandmother's lifelong longing for another man, ending with a joke about a romantic voice on the Ferris wheel.
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born intosame old shitstuck aroundthank you very much
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romantic projections
idealized fantasies projected onto someone
Someone says people put romantic projections on things without any basis in reality; the reply asks, "Romantic projections?"
She had romantic projections about the relationship before they even met.
También en esta escena
- born into
be born into a situation
- same old shit
the same old crap
- stuck around
stayed instead of leaving
- thank you very much
a thank-you that often carries irritation or emphasis
- shaped the way I think
formed how I think
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29 notas en 50 frases
subject clause: The what-clause is the real subject; it only holds its place at the front.
I don't think it really matters what generation you're born into.Let born into run together; keep into light and quick.
I don't think it really matters what generation you're born into.fight against something
They were these angry, young May '68 people revolting against everything — the government, their conservative Catholic backgrounds.later became
Then my father went on to become this successful architect and we began to travel all around the world while he built bridges and towers and stuff.have no real complaint about
I mean, I really can't complain about anything.grow up with something
I've been raised with all the freedom they had fought for.handle the same old crap
We still have to deal with the same old shit, but we can't really know who or what the enemy is.embedded question: The embedded question keeps statement order after know: who or what the enemy is.
We still have to deal with the same old shit, but we can't really know who or what the enemy is.messed them up emotionally — Vulgar and casual; avoid it at work or with strangers.
Everybody's parents fucked them up.stayed instead of leaving
Someone lists parental failures: some left, some stayed but taught the wrong things.
They either left them, or they stuck around, taught 'em the wrong things.teach bad lessons
They either left them, or they stuck around, taught 'em the wrong things.Keep 'em very light; do not give them its full form.
They either left them, or they stuck around, taught 'em the wrong things.do as much as possible
And they try their best to be nice to me.stay together
They should've done it a lot sooner, but they stuck together for a while for the well-being of my sister and I, thank you very much.for someone's good
They should've done it a lot sooner, but they stuck together for a while for the well-being of my sister and I, thank you very much.very angry — Casual and mildly vulgar; not for formal or professional settings.
to have me, that he was really pissed off when he found out that she was pregnant with me, that I was this big mistake.formed how I think
After recalling being called a mistake, someone says that moment shaped the way they think.
That really shaped the way I think.view something as
I always saw the world as this place where I really wasn't meant to be.relative clause: The where-clause describes the place and carries the passive idea of not being meant to exist there.
I always saw the world as this place where I really wasn't meant to be.feel proud of it
Well, I mean, I eventually took pride in it, like my life was my own doing or something,caused by oneself
Well, I mean, I eventually took pride in it, like my life was my own doing or something,enter a party uninvited Here it is a metaphor for feeling unwanted in the world.
like I was crashing the big party.accepted what seemed inevitable
Someone sums up a grandmother's life as accepting her fate.
She just accepted her fate. It's so sad.come to know someone
If she'd ever got to know him, I'm sure he would have disappointed her eventually.unreal conditional: Had got to know sets up a past possibility that did not happen; would have gives its imagined result.
If she'd ever got to know him, I'm sure he would have disappointed her eventually.idealized fantasies projected onto someone
Someone says people put romantic projections on things without any basis in reality; the reply asks, "Romantic projections?"
It's just, people have these romantic projections they put on everything that's not based on any kind of reality.grounded in reality
It's just, people have these romantic projections they put on everything that's not based on any kind of reality.Let based on any glide; keep the d soft and the phrase moving.
It's just, people have these romantic projections they put on everything that's not based on any kind of reality.Two People Talk About Parents and Love, explicado
What's really going on
What sounds like a family conversation is really a debate about whether love can be honest. One voice says freedom was handed down: "I've been raised with all the freedom they had fought for," yet the fight has changed: "we can't really know who or what the enemy is." A blunt answer follows: "Everybody's parents fucked them up," and the next lines level every upbringing, rich or poor. When the talk turns to happy couples, the suspicion is that "they lie to each other," and that "People can live their whole life as a lie." Even a grandmother's lifelong longing is described through romantic projections: a picture not based on reality. The lines keep returning to one question: do people fall for an image instead of the person in front of them?
Theme
GenerationsParents are discussed less as people than as damage: too much attention, too little, or a marriage held together for the children's sake.
LiesThe scene tests happy love against divorce, resignation, and the suspicion that couples lie to each other.
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- born into — Let born into run together; keep into light and quick.
- taught 'em — Keep 'em very light; do not give them its full form.
- based on any — Let based on any glide; keep the d soft and the phrase moving.
I don't think it really matters what generation you're born into.One line rejects the idea that the era you are born into decides everything; it says that does not really matter.
Everybody's parents fucked them up.A blunt claim that no upbringing is clean: parents either gave too much, too little, or the wrong lessons.
I always saw the world as this place where I really wasn't meant to be.Growing up as an unwanted child made the world feel like a party the speaker was never invited to.
People can live their whole life as a lie.The line doubts happy couples: a whole marriage can be sustained by mutual pretense.
It's just, people have these romantic projections they put on everything that's not based on any kind of reality.People fall for a fantasy they project onto someone or something, not for what is actually there.
Preguntas sobre esta escena
What does "same old shit" mean in this line?
It means the same old problems, said bluntly with a swear word. The line is "We still have to deal with the same old shit, but we can't really know who or what the enemy is." It is casual and not for formal settings.
What is the difference between "stuck around" and "stuck together"?
In the lines, "They either left them, or they stuck around" means the parents stayed; "they stuck together for a while" means the couple stayed together. Stuck around is about staying in a place, stuck together about staying in a relationship.
What does "accepted her fate" tell us about the grandmother?
The lines say, "She spent her whole life dreaming about another man she was always in love with," then "She just accepted her fate." A later line says "he would have disappointed her eventually"; it is a guess, not a reason given by the grandmother.
Why does the line end with "thank you very much"?
The line is "they stuck together for a while for the well-being of my sister and I, thank you very much." The thank-you comes right after the sacrifice for the children. It can add irritation or emphasis, but the scene does not show whether it is sincere.
How does the speaker describe the effect of being called a mistake?
The next line is "That really shaped the way I think," and then "I always saw the world as this place where I really wasn't meant to be." Shaped means formed over time, as in shaped how I see things or shaped my views.
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