At my age, when I was a child, I had the experience of standing in front of the TV in the middle of the night, watching the baseball field on the other side of the world and cheering for young baseball players. In this process, when I saw myself behind the numbers, I was anxious and restless; When you see the number in front, the neighbors' cheers and their own shouts can't even seal the wall.
At that time, as a child watching sports, he was concerned about the outcome of the game, but as he grew older, he had a level more similar to reading about sports. A game becomes a text with a plot, and players, like the characters in the story, have difficulties, doubts, awakening and transcendence. The result of the game is no longer winning or losing, but, as a good English game points out, it is a kind of spiritual encouragement.
The first time I felt the change from "watching sports" to "reading sports" did not come from the real experience of watching sports, but began with Chariots of Fire, which was produced by British film company 198 1 and won the best foreign language film Oscar that year. The film is adapted from a true story, two British track and field athletes Harold? Harold Abraham and Ai Keli? Based on the experience of liddell, this paper describes the story that they overcame many challenges to become English and Scottish Olympic athletes from the end of 19 100 to the beginning of 1920, and finally won the gold medal at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games.
The announcement of the film said, "This is the story of two runners. They not only run, but also prove something to the world. They sacrificed a lot for the campaign, except honor. This story is true. Both want to prove their worth by running.
Abraham wanted to prove his superiority by defeating his opponent. Therefore, for Abraham, running is a test, a way to fight against prejudice and a battle that must be won. Riddle, another player in the film, has another motive. He thinks it is a special favor for God to gallop, so he glorifies God by running as a way to spread the gospel and show his strength. Even if you fall, you still insist on running to the finish line and give victory to God.
Ai Keli in the movie? Riddle's classic lines express his belief: "I believe that God has given me a purpose. He makes me run fast. When I run, I can feel his joy! I believe that God created me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. When I run, I feel his happiness. ) And hugh hudson, the director of Chariots of Fire, made me understand the inner desires, beliefs and challenges of two legendary track and field athletes, and the athletes became the existence to show the will and value of life, just like the heroes in ancient mythology.
We will be moved by the story of exercising ourselves on the sports field or silently, because sports can show the deep meaning of life.
Joseph Campbell, a master of mythology, said in his classic work "Heroes with a Thousand Faces" that heroes in all different cultures may have extraordinary existence because of their touching stories, or because they have overcome many difficulties in challenging and taking risks, even exceeding the limits of their hearts. He said: "Heroes are those who can understand, accept and then overcome the challenges of their own destiny."