things like that
how they're going to eat, all these things.The Thin Blue Line · 1988 — 第 20 / 20 章 · 4'19" · B2
David Harris Confesses in the Bayou, Explained：point-blank range
A police officer describes the runaway David Harris: caught, shot, and lying about how. Cornered with what the police already know, David gives in — "Okay, I killed him" — then shows no remorse as he helps recover the pistol from a bayou, joking in handcuffs while the officer wades in. The officer calls the kid frightening.
あらすじ
A Vidor police officer recalls the David Harris case. Woken at 3:30 a.m., he is told a boy who refuses to give his name — and who has been shot — wants to talk. The officer confronts David with what he knows until David admits, "Okay, I killed him," then takes him to the bayou to find the gun.
注目の表現
took offroof over their headstomach growlingat fault
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このシーンの表現
point-blank range
from very close
The detective says the last shots were fired from very close, almost touching.
The shot was fired at point-blank range.
このシーンの他の表現
- took off
left suddenly
- roof over their head
somewhere to live
- stomach growling
very hungry
- at fault
responsible for a mistake
- dude
guy
このシーンのメモ一覧
67 行のセリフに 30 件のメモ
consider
They don't really think about those things...go out into the world
till you get out there and you say, "My stomach's growling now."quite fast
I remember there was a car coming pretty fast up the road behind me...attempted to block me
and tried to stop me. He went off the side of the road.state his name
"and he won't even tell us his name. He said he wants to talk to you."Wants to is weakened and talk to links into talk-tu.
"and he won't even tell us his name. He said he wants to talk to you."caught my attention
They told me something that really made me interested. He'd been shot.relative clause: The that-clause describes which thing caught his attention.
They told me something that really made me interested. He'd been shot.chatting someone up
and was flirting with a young lady and her boyfriend became upset...drove him out
and chased him out with a pistol, shooting at him.constantly
"We go through this all the time, all my dealings with you in the past.participle with relative clause: A participle adds the circumstance, and a relative clause modifies something.
"I know you were shot doing something that you shouldn't have been...driving while drunk
"we know you burglarized a gun shop. We know you were driving drunk.be honest
I said, "You're caught. So tell the truth."You're caught blurs into yer-cot with a soft t.
I said, "You're caught. So tell the truth."the house was broken into — Formal police and legal phrasing for a break-in.
Their home was entered while he and his girlfriend were there alone.under threat of a gun
The man was sent into the bathroom at gunpoint and told to stay there.dropped to the ground
The man fell to the ground, or near the ground...entered by force
I told him, "David, you'd broken into his house...be supposed to question: Be supposed to asks what was expected or reasonable here.
"you abducted his girlfriend, what was he supposed to do?"Supposed to often reduces to suppos-ta in speech.
"you abducted his girlfriend, what was he supposed to do?"guy — Casual; common among friends, too loose for formal talk.
"That dude's crazy. He should have been killed."search for
but David enjoyed watching me have to go down there and look for the gun.pointing me toward
directing me to where he thought that the gun had landed in the water.shout at
and show them his handcuffs and holler at them, "Help me!shout at — Colloquial or regional; fine in casual settings only.
and show them his handcuffs and holler at them, "Help me!throw me in
"The officials will throw me in this water and drown me."tell a joke
Just anything he could do to make a joke and cut up out there.moving freely in public
To think that he could actually be out there, walking the streets...「David Harris Confesses in the Bayou」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is a police officer's memory of a teenager who scared him. David Harris, a runaway, is brought in after being shot, and his first story — a bar fight in Houston — is a lie. The officer lays out what they already have: a burglary, drunk driving, witnesses who know him and his truck. 'I said, "You're caught. So tell the truth."' David's answer is flat: 'Okay, I killed him.' What unsettles the officer is everything after: David insists the man he shot was 'at fault,' that 'that dude's crazy ... he should have been killed,' and then treats the gun's recovery as entertainment, handcuffed on a bridge, hollering to passing drivers that the officials mean to drown him. The officer's summary is not rage but fear: 'The kid scares me.' And then the case is handed elsewhere — 'Dallas County let him go' — while 'the kid had seven crimes coming down on him.'
Theme
GuiltDavid confesses to a killing without regret, blames the dead man, and jokes through the search for the gun.
JusticeThe officer who recovers the murder weapon calls the boy frightening, yet Dallas County sets him loose with seven crimes against him.
このチャプターで学べること
- A child's confidence in a roof disappears fast outdoors.
- Evidence, not shouting, unlocks the confession.
- The boy jokes while the gun is fished from the water.
- Seven crimes and a deal let him walk.
発音のポイント
- wants to talk — Wants to is weakened and talk to links into talk-tu.
- You're caught — You're caught blurs into yer-cot with a soft t.
- supposed to do — Supposed to often reduces to suppos-ta in speech.
They had that roof over their head all their lives.A line about the runaways: they never had to think about food or shelter because a home was always there — until it wasn't.
till you get out there and you say, "My stomach's growling now."The moment the fantasy of running away meets the body: hunger and cold arrive, and the imagined freedom turns into a growling stomach.
They told me something that really made me interested. He'd been shot.The detail that changes the case for the officer: the boy he is asked to question has a gunshot wound, and that fact makes him worth a 3:30 a.m. trip.
I said, "You're caught. So tell the truth."The line the officer uses to break the story open: the case is closed around David, so the only remaining move is to admit what happened.
And David said, "Okay, I killed him."The flat confession in three words, offered without emotion: no denial, no detail, just the admission.
"you abducted his girlfriend, what was he supposed to do?"The officer's challenge to David's self-justification: whatever the victim did, it followed a break-in and an abduction, so the blame does not sit where David puts it.
The kid had seven crimes coming down on him.The officer's parting note of dread: a teenager he thinks is dangerous, released with a stack of unresolved crimes behind him.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the officer go to question David Harris?
A patrolman calls him at 3:30 a.m.: they have arrested a boy who won't give his name and who asks to speak to him. The detail that interests the officer is that David has been shot.
How does David Harris finally confess?
The officer lays out what they already know — the burglary, the drunk driving, witnesses who can identify him and his truck — and tells him, "You're caught. So tell the truth." David answers simply, "Okay, I killed him."
Why does the officer find David frightening?
Not because of the killing alone but because of what comes after: David blames the dead man, says he deserved it, and jokes in handcuffs while the officer wades into the bayou to recover the gun.
What happens to David Harris after the confession?
The officer notes that "Dallas County let him go," even though "the kid had seven crimes coming down on him." Meanwhile the case against Randall Adams moves forward.
The Thin Blue Line · 全 20 章
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第 1 章meant to beRandall Meets David at the Gas Station
第 2 章give a damnDetective Forces Adams to Sign
第 3 章graveyard shiftOfficer Wood Shot at Traffic Stop
第 4 章swear up and downDavid Harris Brags About the Killing
第 5 章come to find outRecounting the Night of the Shooting
第 6 章acting strangeRandall Recounts the Motel Night
第 7 章went blankAdams's Statement Labeled a Confession
第 8 章under the impressionThe Car With No Bullet Marks
第 9 章scot-freeDavid Harris Gets Off Scot-Free
第 10 章cover forWhy the Story Was Two Hours Late
第 11 章refreshed her memoryMrs. Miller Changes Her Story
第 12 章hinge onA Couple Witnesses the Shooting
第 13 章wheels start rollingWitnesses Testify for Money
第 14 章without remorseDr. Grigson's Prison Test
第 15 章put food on the tableDr. Death Takes the Stand
第 16 章hard-nosedRandall Adams on Death Row
第 17 章set the wheels of justice in motionThe Case the Supreme Court Reversed
第 18 章came over meDavid Harris's Same M.O.
第 19 章tore my head offThe Scales Are Not Balanced
再生中 · 第 20 章point-blank rangeDavid Harris Confesses in the Bayouこの作品の 20 章はここまでです