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The Old Anarchist Talks Revolution, Explained：put into action
An old man in a diner lectures a young visitor on the anarchist who shot McKinley, insisting there was "such a thing as belief put into action" in those days. He claims to have fought in Spain, then declares he has always wanted to blow up the Texas Legislature.
あらすじ
In a small diner, an old man draws a young visitor into his version of history. He introduces the anarchist Leon Czolgosz and mourns a time when belief could be put into action. He says he fought in Catalonia, keeps his union card, and, out on the street, dreams aloud of blowing up the Texas Legislature.
注目の表現
come to the wrong placeput upanarchistput into action
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このシーンの表現
put into action
carry out in practice
He says belief was actually put into action back then, unlike today's talk.
They finally put the rescue plan into action.
このシーンの他の表現
- come to the wrong place
picked the wrong spot
- put up
hang or fix something up
- anarchist
one who rejects state power
- in the saddle
in control
- pull a Guy Fawkes on
stage a Guy Fawkes-style attack on
このシーンのメモ一覧
55 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ
the incorrect spot
If you're here to steal something, you've come to the wrong place.You're here to runs together, with the r linking into to.
If you're here to steal something, you've come to the wrong place.not a lot
Nothing much here.hang or fix something up
Seeing the visitor holding something, the old man offers to put it up for him.
So why don't you let me put that up for you?phone the police
No one's going to call the police or anything.be of any help to someone
Never done me any good.name yourself
So, what do you call yourself?turn out to be
He was an unknown Polish émigré who happened to be an anarchist...subjunctive conditional: Were marks a hypothetical, not a real possibility.
If there were a hundred like him around today...apart from
Well, except for Lincoln, I guess...among that group
was the only anarchist in the bunch.past participle phrase: The participle phrase describes belief as something actually acted on.
There was such a thing as belief put into action in those days.take a walk
Let's go for a walk.fight alongside someone
Fought with Orwell. Didn't know it then, of course.let you see it
Still have my C.N.T. card. I'll show it to you later.an exclamation — A strong exclamation some find irreverent.
Those days in Barcelona. My God.blow it to bits
Just blow the damn thing sky high.one day in the future
I've got maps in my room and I'll do it some day.So full of links up, with full running into of.
Texas is so full of these so-called modern-day libertarians...a heavy curse — A heavy swear; touchy in public.
with all their goddamn selfish individualism.the reverse of
Just the opposite of real anarchism.not care at all
They don't give a damn about improving the world.The t in don't drops and slides straight into give.
They don't give a damn about improving the world.care at all — Casual and rude; say care in formal talk.
They don't give a damn about improving the world.a fair amount of
This town has always had it's share of crazies.eccentric people — Casual teasing; offensive if aimed at patients.
This town has always had it's share of crazies.past unreal conditional: Would have been states an outcome that did not actually happen.
I would have been there too.just outside the front
I had lunch right out front there every day that summer.「The Old Anarchist Talks Revolution」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is a monologue delivered by a man who has outlived the world he believed in, and it is both funny and a little frightening. He starts politely enough, offering coffee, then explains that the great figure of American history is Leon Czolgosz, the man who shot McKinley. What he admires is not the act but the conviction: "There was such a thing as belief put into action in those days." From there he moves through Spain, Orwell, the workers in the saddle, and on to his own plan to blow up the Texas Legislature. The film never undercuts him: the daughter rolls her eyes, but the camera stays with the old man, and his nostalgia for political violence is allowed to be charming, ridiculous and real at once. He is, in the film's terms, one more story being passed along.
Theme
PhilosophyThe old man turns a whole political faith into a set of stories and sayings he passes on to a stranger.
MemoryHe measures the present against the Spain of his youth, and the scene is really about what he has kept and lost.
このチャプターで学べること
- A gentle welcome can disarm an intruder faster than a threat.
- Nostalgia for lost conviction runs through the whole speech.
- Heroes and villains swap places depending on who is telling it.
- The final curse is aimed at people who claim to love freedom.
発音のポイント
- you're here to — You're here to runs together, with the r linking into to.
- so full of — So full of links up, with full running into of.
- don't give — The t in don't drops and slides straight into give.
If you're here to steal something, you've come to the wrong place.His dry welcome to the stranger, making clear there is nothing worth taking.
There was such a thing as belief put into action in those days.The heart of his nostalgia: a time when people acted on what they believed, however violently.
They don't give a damn about improving the world.His attack on modern libertarians, whom he sees as selfish and the opposite of true anarchism.
I've always dreamed of pulling a Guy Fawkes on the Texas Legislature.His confession of a lifelong violent fantasy, offered almost as a hobby.
このシーンについての質問
Who is Leon Czolgosz?
He was the anarchist who assassinated President William McKinley. The old man presents him as a hero because he acted on his beliefs.
Why does the old man admire Czolgosz?
It is not the killing he praises but the conviction behind it. He says a hundred people like him could change the world.
What does the old man say about Spain?
He says he was in Catalonia and fought alongside Orwell during the revolution, and that he still keeps his C.N.T. union card.
What does he want to do to the Texas Legislature?
He says he has always dreamed of blowing it up, like Guy Fawkes and the English parliament, and that he keeps maps in his room.
What does "in the saddle" mean?
It means in control or in power. He uses it to describe the workers during the revolution in Barcelona.
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