sign up for the army
Butch answers Ray's question by saying he wants to enlist at once, earnest and in a hurry.
A couple of things. We wanna enlist, Ray.Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid · 1969 — 第 7 / 12 章 · 2'05" · B2
Butch and Sundance Try to Enlist, Explained：drop the charges
On the surface, two outlaws walk into an army office asking to enlist and fight the Spanish. Underneath, they're begging for a way out of the lives they've run out of time for. "It's too late," they're told — their fame is real, but it can't buy them a clean slate.
あらすじ
Butch and Sundance come to an army man named Ray with a plan: they'll enlist, and he can use the arrest to clear their records. To prove they can be trusted, they stage a fake capture, with Butch trussed and gagged. Ray refuses the whole scheme.
注目の表現
enlisttwo-bitin the first placedrop the charges
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このシーンの表現
drop the charges
withdraw the charges
Butch sells Ray the dream that the government would drop all the charges once they serve.
The company agreed to drop the charges after he paid the fine.
このシーンの他の表現
- enlist
sign up for the army
- two-bit
cheap and second-rate
- in the first place
to begin with
- affable
friendly and easy to talk to
- take the chance
risk it
このシーンのメモ一覧
27 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
immediately
You know, in the army. Right away! Go fight the Spanish.put someone in prison
They'd throw you in jail for a thousand years each!hypothetical would: The 'd marks a hypothetical result, not a past habit.
They'd throw you in jail for a thousand years each!risk it
Butch hurries Sundance along, unwilling to take the chance that someone has seen him.
Here, you've seen these before. Come on! I'm not gonna take the chance someone saw you.Gonna blurs toward gunna and runs straight into take.
Here, you've seen these before. Come on! I'm not gonna take the chance someone saw you.going to — Everyday speech for going to; too casual for formal use.
Here, you've seen these before. Come on! I'm not gonna take the chance someone saw you.genuinely committed to
Ray, we're serious about this.say it to them
You trust us and the government trusts you, so anything you tell 'em, they gotta believe it.Tell and 'em link so tightly they sound like one word.
You trust us and the government trusts you, so anything you tell 'em, they gotta believe it.have got to — Very casual for have got to; avoid it with strangers or in writing.
You trust us and the government trusts you, so anything you tell 'em, they gotta believe it.withdraw the charges
Butch sells Ray the dream that the government would drop all the charges once they serve.
They'd drop all the charges. We'd fight till the war is over.completely forget
I mean, they forget all about the years of thievin' and robbin'?to begin with
Ray points out that the army is what they wanted in the first place, naming their real motive.
They take you into the army, which is what you want in the first place.non-defining clause: The which clause comments on the whole idea instead of limiting it.
They take you into the army, which is what you want in the first place.long ago
Shoulda let yourselves get killed a long time ago while you had the chance.modal perfect: Should have plus a past participle looks back at a missed obligation.
Shoulda let yourselves get killed a long time ago while you had the chance.should have — A casual contraction for should have; keep it out of formal writing.
Shoulda let yourselves get killed a long time ago while you had the chance.cheap and second-rate
Ray lifts their reputation, then drops them with two-bit outlaws, calling them small-time for good.
See, you may be the biggest thing ever hit this area, but you're still two-bit outlaws!cheap, second-rate — Dismissive rather than profane; fine among friends.
See, you may be the biggest thing ever hit this area, but you're still two-bit outlaws!the only thing possible
Your times is over and you're gonna die bloody! And all you can do is choose where.In fast speech gonna die comes out low and rushed.
Your times is over and you're gonna die bloody! And all you can do is choose where.as one grows old
I'm sorry. I'm gettin' mean in my old age. Come on! Shut me up, Sundance.「Butch and Sundance Try to Enlist」を読み解く
What's really going on
This isn't really about joining an army. Butch and Sundance are out of road, and enlisting is less patriotism than a plea to be allowed back into ordinary life. Ray hears it and refuses to pretend otherwise, telling them plainly, 'It's too late.' He grants them their fame and still cuts it down: they may be the biggest thing ever to hit the area, but they're two-bit outlaws on the dodge. He even takes the sting out by apologising for getting mean in his old age. What makes the moment land is that he isn't wrong — he knows them, likes them, and still tells them the truth about how the world sees them. He is delivering a verdict, not an insult.
Theme
IdentityThe pair are famous and still dismissed: fame doesn't change what they are in the eyes of the law.
SurvivalThey come asking for a way to live on the right side of the law, and are told the only choice left is where to die.
このチャプターで学べること
- A warm compliment can be the setup for a harder cut.
- Ray's verdict lands because every sentence gets shorter.
- Two-bit turns fame into small change in one word.
- The scene is a negotiation that was already lost.
発音のポイント
- gonna take — Gonna blurs toward gunna and runs straight into take.
- tell 'em — Tell and 'em link so tightly they sound like one word.
- gonna die — In fast speech gonna die comes out low and rushed.
They'd throw you in jail for a thousand years each!A blunt way of saying the law will never forgive them: their robberies are worth more prison time than they could ever serve, so enlisting won't wipe the slate clean.
See, you may be the biggest thing ever hit this area, but you're still two-bit outlaws!Recognition without respect: they're the most famous men around, and it makes no difference. 'Two-bit' cuts them down to cheap, small-time crooks.
Your times is over and you're gonna die bloody! And all you can do is choose where.A death sentence delivered as advice: their era is finished, a violent end is coming, and the only freedom left is picking the ground they die on.
I'm sorry. I'm gettin' mean in my old age. Come on! Shut me up, Sundance.He apologises for his harshness, then keeps inviting the fight, daring Sundance to shut him up. The kindness and the cruelty come from the same man, at the same moment.
このシーンについての質問
Why do Butch and Sundance stage a fake capture?
To show Ray they can be trusted: if he 'captures' them, it proves they came in on their own and aren't trying to trick him, which makes their offer to enlist easier to sell.
Why does Ray refuse to let them enlist?
He knows the law won't drop the charges against two famous outlaws, whatever the paperwork says. He thinks the offer is a fantasy and says so plainly rather than give them false hope.
What does Ray mean by calling them 'two-bit outlaws'?
It's an insult about status, not wealth: no matter how famous they are, in his eyes they're still small-time criminals on the run, not men a government would take seriously.
Why is Ray so harsh when he clearly likes them?
He calls Sundance affable and fast and still gives him the bad news, because he respects them enough not to lie. His apology for 'gettin' mean' shows the harshness isn't contempt.
Is Ray right that it's too late for them?
He says their times are over and their only choice is where to die. The rest of the film treats that as the truth the pair keep trying to outrun, not a bluff.
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