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American History X · 1998 — 第 9 / 17 章 · 2'16" · B1

Derek Apologizes to His Family, Explained：screw up

Derek comes down from a violent outburst and apologizes to the people he just frightened. "I screwed up. I lost control. It's not you," he says, and then offers the promise that the rest of the film keeps testing: "I'd do anything for you." The family half-believes him.

あらすじ

Derek is held back in the middle of a meltdown, then pulls himself together and apologizes to his family: he says he screwed up, lost control, and would never hurt them. One voice says it doesn't believe him; another says, 'I trust you, Derek.' The scene then settles into a quiet evening — a plane ride with his little sister, a talk with his sick mother, and bedtime.

ApologiesSmall talkApologizingPromisingParent & childB1mediumamerican
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このシーンの表現

screw up

mess up badly

Once calm, Derek opens his apology with 'I screwed up', owning the outburst.

I screwed up the order, so let me fix it.

このシーンの他の表現

  • dick

    a jerk (vulgar)

  • going around

    spreading among people

  • let you down

    disappoint someone

  • get sick from

    become ill because of

  • grow back

    grow again

このシーンのメモ一覧

34 行のセリフに 20 件のメモ

表現 · A1be all right

okay

Hey,you all right?
発音Hey,you

Link 'Hey, you' into something like 'hey-ya'.

Hey,you all right?
スラング · B2dick

a jerk — Fine in fights or banter, never in polite speech.

-Take this,you fucking dick! -No. Come here.
表現 · A2let go of someone

release your grip

-Let go of me! -Calm down.
スラング · B2God damn it

damn it — An angry curse; keep it out of formal settings.

Let me go, God damn it!
表現 · A2would never do something

would not ever

I would never hurt you. You know that.
文法 · B1would never hurt

modal promise: 'Would never' makes a promise absolute, stronger than a plain 'I won't'.

I would never hurt you. You know that.
表現 · B1screw up

mess up badly

Once calm, Derek opens his apology with 'I screwed up', owning the outburst.

I screwed up. I lost control. It's not you.
表現 · B1do anything for someone

help someone at any cost

You know that. I'd do anything for you.
発音What are you

In fast speech 'what are you' blurs together.

What are you doing out of bed? Want a plane ride?
表現 · B2something is going around

spreading among people

When his mother says she is just thinking, Derek jokes that a lot of that is going around.

Yeah? There's a lot of that going around.
表現 · B2how we got here

how we ended up here

I don't even know how we got here sometimes.
文法 · B1how we got here

noun clause: The how-clause is the object of 'know', naming the whole situation.

I don't even know how we got here sometimes.
表現 · B1let someone down

disappoint someone

Late at night the mother admits she feels she has let her son down.

I feel like I let you down, only I didn't know when it happened.
表現 · A2no wonder ...

it's no surprise

It's cold in here. No wonder you're sick.
表現 · A2get sick from something

become ill because of

Derek corrects his mother, using parallel lines to say germs, not cold, make you sick.

You don't get sick from cold. You get sick from germs.
発音sick from

Link 'sick from' across the consonant.

You don't get sick from cold. You get sick from germs.
表現 · A2be good for someone

beneficial to you

You ought to quit. It's not good for you.
文法 · B1ought to quit

modal verb: 'Ought to' gives advice with a slightly more formal, moral tone than should.

You ought to quit. It's not good for you.
表現 · B1grow back

grow again

Teasing Derek about his shaved head, his mother asks when he will let his hair grow back.

When are you going to let that beautiful hair grow back?

「Derek Apologizes to His Family」を読み解く

What's really going on

The apology is doing several jobs at once. Derek has just terrified the people closest to him, and the words are meant to repair that: "I would never hurt you. You know that." But the family's answers split, and the split is the point — one person refuses the reassurance outright, another decides to trust him anyway. The second half of the scene shows what is at stake in that trust: a small child, a mother who is clearly ill, and a home that depends on Derek keeping himself together. The lighter beats — the 'plane ride,' the teasing about his hair, the bargain to quit smoking — aren't a change of subject so much as the reason the earlier apology mattered. The quiet is the evidence.

Theme

Family loveDerek's apology and the small bedtime rituals show a family that keeps holding together even after his violence.
GuiltThe mother blames herself for how things turned out, and Derek's promise to never hurt them carries his own guilt.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A real apology names the fault, not just the feeling.
  • Promises here are short and absolute.
  • The mother's trust is a choice, not a fact.
  • Smoking becomes the currency of a family deal.

発音のポイント

  • Hey,you — Link 'Hey, you' into something like 'hey-ya'.
  • What are you — In fast speech 'what are you' blurs together.
  • sick from — Link 'sick from' across the consonant.
I screwed up. I lost control. It's not you.

Derek takes the blame instead of blaming the person he frightened. 'It's not you' is the key move: he insists the problem is his own loss of control.

I would never hurt you. You know that.

A reassurance offered after the outburst. It asks the other person to remember who he usually is, and to trust that the violence wasn't aimed at them.

You know that. I'd do anything for you.

The promise at the end of the apology: whatever he has done, he frames his loyalty to them as absolute. It is comforting and also a little alarming.

I don't even know how we got here sometimes.

A line from the quiet bedside talk, looking back at how the family reached this point without anyone noticing the turn.

I feel like I let you down, only I didn't know when it happened.

The mother's confession: she feels responsible for Derek's path but cannot point to a single moment. It names the guilt the film won't resolve.

When are you going to let that beautiful hair grow back?

Her teasing question about his shaved head — a small test of whether he'll come back to being the boy she remembers. His answer turns it into a bargain.

このシーンについての質問

Why is Derek apologizing to his family?

He has just lost control in a violent moment and frightened them. He admits he screwed up and insists the outburst was about him, not them, trying to repair the trust he broke.

Does the family believe Derek's apology?

They split. One person says flatly, 'I don't believe you,' while another answers, 'I trust you, Derek.' The scene leaves both reactions standing, which is why the moment stays tense.

What is the 'plane ride' in the scene?

It's a game Derek plays with his little sister, lifting her up and pretending to fly. It shows the gentle side of him right after the apology, and the family life the violence threatens.

Why does Derek's mother ask about his hair?

He has shaved his head, and she asks when he will let it grow back. For her the hair stands for the son she remembers, so the question is really about whether he is returning to them.

Why does the scene end with bedtime good nights?

After the confrontation, the family returns to its nightly routine. Saying 'Good night, Mama' and 'Good night, baby' closes the scene on the ordinary life that Derek's anger keeps endangering.

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