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The Dawn Wall · 2017 — 第 14 / 24 章 · 2'55" · B2

Tommy Chooses the Wall Over Love, Explained：beat your head against a wall

Away from the wall, Tommy lives alone in Colorado and trains, and he admits, "I was really lonely, honestly." He meets Becca and they start dating, but she sees from the start that his mind is fully occupied by the Dawn Wall. Someone finally asks the question the film keeps circling: "where are the lines between dedication and obsession?"

あらすじ

When Tommy is not on the Dawn Wall, he lives by himself in Colorado, training and obsessing. He admits he was really lonely, and he meets a woman named Becca. They start dating, but she quickly sees that his mind is entirely occupied by the wall. He disappears to Yosemite for months, and the relationship struggles under the weight of his pursuit.

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注目の表現

beat your head against a wallbit off more than he could chewon holdcheck in on

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このシーンの表現

beat your head against a wall

keep trying hopelessly

Watching Kevin fail and return, Becca asks why he keeps hitting a wall that is both real and figurative.

Arguing with that system feels like beating your head against a wall.

このシーンの他の表現

  • bit off more than he could chew

    take on too much

  • on hold

    paused for now

  • check in on

    visit to see how someone is

  • in pursuit of

    in search of

  • gut wrenching

    deeply painful

このシーンのメモ一覧

39 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · B1check in on someone

visit to see how someone is

Off the wall, both men go home to look after the people they care about.

check in on loved ones.
発音the oil on

Link the oil on into one smooth run.

It's gross. I can see the oil on your hair.
スラング · A2gross

disgusting — Casual word for disgusting; fine among friends.

It's gross. I can see the oil on your hair.
表現 · A2get some rest

rest well

Try to get some good rest and find motivation for the next round of attempts.
表現 · B1find motivation for something

get motivated

Try to get some good rest and find motivation for the next round of attempts.
表現 · B1live by oneself

live alone

When I wasn't on the Dawn Wall, I was living by myself in Colorado, training and obsessing.
文法 · B2training and obsessing

participial phrase: The -ing phrase adds what filled his time while he lived alone.

When I wasn't on the Dawn Wall, I was living by myself in Colorado, training and obsessing.
発音really lonely

Link really and lonely so the two l sounds join.

I was really lonely, honestly.
表現 · A2a girl named ...

a girl called ...

I met this girl named Becca.
表現 · A2from the beginning

right from the start

He was thoughtful and considerate, but from the beginning,
表現 · B2be occupied by something

filled by

it was pretty obvious his mind was completely occupied by the Dawn Wall.
表現 · B2build a relationship

develop a bond

We were trying to build a relationship.
表現 · B2for months at a time

in one stretch

But he would go out to Yosemite for months at a time, giving everything to the Dawn Wall.
表現 · B2put something on hold

paused for now

Tommy's life, and Becca's patience, are paused while every ounce goes into the climb.

For years, Tommy put his whole life on hold so he could give every last ounce of his body and soul
表現 · C1every last ounce of something

the very last bit

For years, Tommy put his whole life on hold so he could give every last ounce of his body and soul
文法 · B2so he could give

purpose clause: The so-clause names the purpose behind shelving his whole life.

For years, Tommy put his whole life on hold so he could give every last ounce of his body and soul
表現 · C1in pursuit of something

in search of

Becca cannot decide whether the years are wasted or spent chasing something grand.

I could never tell if we were wasting our time or we were in pursuit of something grand.
文法 · B2if we were wasting our time or we were in pursuit of something grand

noun clause: The if-clause is the object of tell, and or weighs two opposite readings.

I could never tell if we were wasting our time or we were in pursuit of something grand.
スラング · A2shoot

darn — A mild stand-in for stronger swearing.

Ah, shoot.
表現 · C1go through agony

deep suffering

He was going through emotional agony.
表現 · C1gut-wrenching something

deeply painful

Watching Tommy fall again, Becca describes the whole climb as emotionally wrenching.

This climb has been gut wrenching.
表現 · B1fail on something

not succeed at

Man. I mean, you've failed on this thing 800 times.
スラング · A2Man

dude, wow — Spoken opener for feeling; used with people you know.

Man. I mean, you've failed on this thing 800 times.
表現 · C1beat one's head against a wall

keep trying hopelessly

How can you continue to beat your head against this wall?
表現 · C1bite off more than one can chew

take on too much

As Tommy stakes his life on the route, Becca suspects the goal is simply too big for one person.

This makes me wonder if he bit off more than he could chew.

「Tommy Chooses the Wall Over Love」を読み解く

What's really going on

The chapter is where the film stops admiring Tommy and starts questioning him. It sets his single-mindedness beside the life it costs: the loneliness in Colorado, the girlfriend who watches him from the meadow, and the years that go by without visible progress. "I was really lonely, honestly," he says, and the admission complicates the hero story rather than confirming it. Becca's voice supplies the doubt he cannot voice: she sees that his mind is completely occupied by the wall and that the climb is all consuming. The film's central question is asked out loud — where are the lines between dedication and obsession? — and it refuses to answer. After all the failure, even Tommy wonders whether the climb is impossible and whether he is good enough, which is what makes the pursuit heroic and troubling at once.

Theme

AmbitionTommy puts his whole life on hold for the Dawn Wall, letting the pursuit consume his time, energy and relationships.
LonelinessEven with a new girlfriend, he admits he is really lonely, and the wall keeps pulling him away from people.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Dedication can quietly crowd out the people who wait.
  • A question can carry the whole theme of a film.
  • Long effort without progress is its own kind of pain.
  • The film never settles whether the climb was worth it.

発音のポイント

  • the oil on — Link the oil on into one smooth run.
  • really lonely — Link really and lonely so the two l sounds join.
I was really lonely, honestly.

The admission that undercuts the heroics: chasing the dream left Tommy isolated, and he says so plainly.

But at some point, you start to wonder, where are the lines between dedication and obsession?

The chapter's central question, framed by an observer: at what point does admirable commitment become something else?

How can you continue to beat your head against this wall?

A friend's disbelief at the repetition: after so many failures, staying with it looks less like courage than compulsion.

After years of effort, it didn't feel like we were any closer to our dream.

The emotional cost of the timeline: years of work with no visible progress, which is where doubt sets in.

This makes me wonder if he bit off more than he could chew.

The fear that the goal is simply beyond him, spoken by someone watching rather than climbing.

After all this failure, I started to wonder if maybe this climb really was impossible.

Tommy's own doubt arriving late in the process, the point where belief has to be chosen rather than felt.

このシーンについての質問

Who is Becca?

Becca is the woman Tommy starts dating while living in Colorado. She says he was thoughtful, but she quickly notices that his mind is completely occupied by the Dawn Wall.

Why did the relationship struggle?

Because Tommy kept putting the climb first. He would go to Yosemite for months at a time, giving everything to the Dawn Wall while they tried to build a relationship.

What does 'on hold' mean here?

It means paused or set aside. For years Tommy put his whole life on hold for the climb, delaying everything else so he could give it all his body and soul.

Did Tommy ever doubt the climb?

Yes. After years of failure he wondered whether it was really impossible, and whether he was good enough, even as the people around him kept watching and hoping.

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