American History X · 1998 — 第 10 / 17 章 · 3'21" · B2

Derek Quits the Movement, Explained:done with it

At a party full of old faces, Derek keeps telling Stacey he's finished with the movement. "I'm done with it. I'm through with this," he says, asking her to leave with him. She can't believe it — "They worship you. You're like a god to them" — while the old crowd talks about scaring people and letting a few die.

あらすじ

At a party, Derek runs into the old crowd and his girlfriend Stacey. The men are still trading the same ideology, but Derek has changed: he tells Stacey he's done with all of it and wants her to leave with him. Stacey insists the people around them see him as a leader, and the scene ends with the old group casually discussing violence.

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good olda pat on the headdone with itbullshit

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このシーンの表現

done with it

finished with it

Derek says he no longer wants that life, declaring with 'I'm done with it' that he is out.

I'm done with it and moving on.

このシーンの他の表現

  • good old

    ironic fond nickname

  • a pat on the head

    a token reward

  • bullshit

    nonsense (vulgar)

  • you're nuts

    you're crazy

  • so be it

    let it be

このシーンのメモ一覧

60 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · B2turn someone in

report someone

I did. Now fucking Murray turned me in...
表現 · B1make someone do something

force someone to do

so Sweeney's making me write another one.
表現 · B1never stop doing something

keeps doing it

Good old Sweeney. He never stops trying.
スラング · C1nigger

a racist slur for a Black person — A severe racist slur; recognize it, never use it.

He's one of those "proud to be nigger" people.
表現 · B1feel guilty about something

feel bad about

He's making you feel guilty about writing on Adolf Hitler.
スラング · C1spic

a racist slur for a Latino person — A racist slur; never use it, only recognize it.

Some nigger, some spic writes about Martin Luther King...
表現 · B2the hypocrisy in something

the double standard there

You can see the hypocrisy in that, can't you?
表現 · A2take care of something

deal with something

I do, but I gotta take care of something tonight.
発音gotta take

'Gotta' swallows the 'of' and runs into 'take'.

I do, but I gotta take care of something tonight.
表現 · A1come with someone

accompany me

Leave here. Leave all this. Just come with me.
発音come with

Link 'come with' with a weak 'with'.

Leave here. Leave all this. Just come with me.
表現 · B2be like a god to someone

idolized by someone

They worship you. You're like a god to them.
表現 · B1wait till you see ...

just wait and see

If we had it good before,wait till you see what it's like now.
文法 · B1what it's like now

noun clause: The what-clause is the object of 'see'.

If we had it good before,wait till you see what it's like now.
表現 · B2just get out

just released

I understand you just got out, but no one's gonna hurt you.
文法 · B1you just got out

omitted that: The conjunction 'that' is dropped before the clause.

I understand you just got out, but no one's gonna hurt you.
スラング · C1spooks

a racist slur for Black people — A racist slur; never use it, only recognize it.

We're not gonna let a bunch of spooks kick us out.
表現 · B1be done with something

finished with it

Derek says he no longer wants that life, declaring with 'I'm done with it' that he is out.

I'm done with it. I'm through with this.
スラング · B2bullshit

nonsense — Vulgar; fine when venting, not in formal talk.

It's bullshit, Stacey.
文法 · B2what's been going on here

noun clause: The clause is the object of 'realize' and uses present perfect continuous.

I don't think you realize what's been going on here.
発音No way

Stress both words to make the denial strong.

You're nuts. You are nuts. No way.
スラング · B1nuts

crazy — Casual; fine among friends, too loose for formal talk.

You're nuts. You are nuts. No way.
表現 · B1this isn't you

this is not who you are

This isn't you. I know you.
表現 · B2grab for something

scramble for the spoils

We'll let the niggers, kikes, and spics grab for the pie.
スラング · C1kikes

a racist slur for Jewish people — A racist slur; never use it, only recognize it.

We'll let the niggers, kikes, and spics grab for the pie.
表現 · B1in the process

while doing that

and a few people get killed in the process, so be it.

「Derek Quits the Movement」を読み解く

What's really going on

This is a reunion scene, and the reunion is a test. The old friends want Derek back as a leader; Stacey wants him back as a boyfriend; and Derek wants out of both roles. 'I'm done with it. I'm through with this,' he tells her, but she hears it as another of his moods — 'This isn't you. I know you.' The tragedy is that she's wrong and right at once: the old Derek is still recognizable, which is exactly why leaving is so hard. Around them, the men calmly talk about threats and casualties — 'a few people get killed in the process, so be it' — showing the movement's everyday face, not a slogan. By the end, the party has done its work: it has shown Derek how much of his old life is still waiting for him, and how little of it he wants.

Theme

RedemptionDerek tells Stacey he's finished with the movement and wants to leave, choosing to walk away from who he was.
IdentityStacey insists 'This isn't you,' but Derek answers, 'You don't know anything about me' — the old self and the new one can't agree.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Persuasion here sounds like a plea, not a lecture.
  • Hate is spoken casually, which makes it worse.
  • Old loyalties die hard at this party.
  • 'So be it' hides chilling indifference.

発音のポイント

  • gotta take — 'Gotta' swallows the 'of' and runs into 'take'.
  • come with — Link 'come with' with a weak 'with'.
  • No way — Stress both words to make the denial strong.
Good old Sweeney. He never stops trying.

Said with a sneer, not affection: 'good old' turns the teacher into a nag who won't give up. It's a small lesson in how the same words can flatter or mock.

Leave here. Leave all this. Just come with me.

Derek's plea to Stacey: not just leave the party, but leave the whole world they've built. The repetition shows how badly he wants a clean break.

They worship you. You're like a god to them.

Stacey's reason to stay: Derek is a leader to this crowd, almost untouchable. The line also shows she values that status more than he now does.

I don't want all that. I don't want my family involved.

Derek draws his line: he refuses both the status and the danger, especially for his family. It's the first time the movement sounds like a burden rather than a cause.

I'm done with it. I'm through with this.

The scene's clearest statement of change. Two ways to say 'finished' back to back, because he wants no ambiguity: the cause, the violence and the role are all over for him.

This isn't you. I know you.

Stacey's attempt to hold on to the Derek she knew. For her it's a plea; for him it's the past refusing to let go.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Derek say he's done with the movement?

Prison changed him. At the party he no longer wants the status, the violence or the people, and he tells Stacey, 'I don't want all that. I don't want my family involved.'

Why doesn't Stacey believe Derek has changed?

She still sees the leader the crowd worships and treats his change as a mood. She tells him, 'This isn't you. I know you,' which is exactly the version of him he's trying to leave behind.

What does 'a pat on the head' mean?

A token, dismissive bit of praise — like patting a child. The men use it with sarcasm, suggesting that people they resent get empty approval while they get nothing.

Who is Stacey?

Derek's girlfriend. She appears at the party and asks him to stay, telling him the crowd sees him 'like a god' and that leaving would be a mistake.

What do the old friends talk about at the party?

Violence, in calm practical terms. One says if scaring people doesn't work and a few die 'in the process, so be it' — showing how routine the cruelty has become.

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