Chapter 2726 Reading Comprehension
Asuka's performance in class was a mess, so she stayed in class for training. Although she looked reluctant, she still stayed. It was obvious that she was not good at resisting authority. She found that Shinji Ikari's expression was disgusting, as if he was an idiot, as if he had been waiting for a long time and finally something was coming back.
But isn't it? The long-lost jeep pursuit training is about to begin again, and it's time to run wildly under the sunset of New Tokyo City and spend your youth.
start running.
When Asuka didn't react at all, with the engine roaring, Duran transformed into a Jeep Demon and started training.
Shinji Ikari's two friends were cheering them on.
"Run." Shinji Ikari said to Asuka who was still confused.
Asuka had already seen a jeep rushing straight towards her. Although she didn't understand what Kan Erdai said, she couldn't help but follow Shinji Ikari and asked confusedly: "What on earth is going on?"
"It's Teacher Dulan's special training that can improve our driver's physical fitness."
Is this training? Why does Asuka feel like this is killing her? This isn't training, it's murder. She got tired after running for a while, so she jumped sideways and separated from Shinji Ikari. The girl thought that this would leave Duran with no choice but to choose one or the other. The possibility of chasing Shinji Ikari was 50-50 compared to the possibility of chasing herself.
However, this was to underestimate Duran. He saw Duran shoot out a rope to tie up the girl, and pulled her to continue running. One in front of the car and one behind the car, the effect was the same.
Asuka felt that her lungs were on fire and she was about to vomit blood. If she had known this, she might as well have fooled the teacher in class. Just when she thought she was going to die, the car finally stopped.
"That's it for today."
Shinji Ikari was still unfinished, but seeing the girl's dying expression, he knew that Asuka was not familiar with her yet. He walked up to Dulan and asked, "Teacher, where have you been recently?"
"I went to investigate Seele's affairs and found that they are conducting various shady human experiments. I also said before that EVA is actually the body of the apostle. I found that Seele is trying to create an EVA that can awaken without a driver. "Obviously they will need these artificial apostles to do things in the future."
"No need for a driver?" Shinji Ikari said. Does that mean he is about to be abandoned? His mood was very complicated, and he couldn't help but said: "Teacher, you let us find what we believe in in class, hoping that we can think and act on our own. Even if the teacher leaves, we can continue to fight. "He looked at Duran and thought to himself.
Not bad, not bad. Learning to do reading comprehension is the first step to self-thinking. Although the effect is small, it is of great significance: "It is true, but it is not just that, because our enemies believe in incredible things, so we must also have something to believe in order to fight against them. Otherwise, they will do whatever it takes, and We couldn’t do our best.”
"Enemy?" This was the first time that the boy had heard Duran put forward the concept of enemy so clearly. He knew that the enemy must be Seele and its neurons: "Is his father an enemy?" This was something he had never thought about. We can’t help but ask: “What does my father want? What does he believe?”
Of course, I believe that I want to build a world where I can sleep and fly together with my wife, and I will do whatever it takes to do so.
"Then have you found something you believe in?" Duran answered the question with a question.
Naturally, the young man didn't think of it. If he thought of it, he wouldn't have to hesitate so much. Things like saving the world don't really resonate with him. If it's a beautiful girl and a big sister, although it is realistic, it doesn't feel like he has to give everything. Is it for the sake of the public that we sacrifice private life for the sake of public service, or is it for the sake of the people around us that we sacrifice private life for the sake of public service? I don't know what to choose at all.
"Teacher, it's really difficult. I don't know what I should believe. I really envy those who have faith. No matter how absurd the faith is, they believe in it at all costs. I used to know a person in a backward area, No matter how hungry he is, once he has food, he will leave a small piece for the gods. I thought he was stupid at the time, but now I know that this is the power of faith. Although the gods never help him, he does not ask for anything in return. He believed in God and would not hesitate to starve to death. There was also an uncle who would rather be killed than help others without any regrets, because he believed that the world would eventually restore order." The young man thought of the various people he met on the road to survival. People like this couldn't understand these behaviors before and thought they were stupid. They were about to starve to death but they still had to sacrifice to gods. They couldn't protect themselves but they still had to help others. Now I think about it, this is faith. They are not stupid and they know it. Your actions are not good for you, but faith itself means doing it even though you know you will die.
If you ask for something in return, it's not faith, it's transaction. Shinji Ikari recalled that during the previous battle at Twin Mountains, a large number of workers risked their lives to assist in the battle. He was sitting in Unit 1 and protected by a force field, but they were mortal bodies, standing in the high temperature, and endured being struck by lightning. The risk of angel evaporation is working hard to smoothly transport electricity across the country.
They all have faith, so they risk their lives. But during the battle with Thunder Angel, he doubted whether he would take the blame, and worried whether he would fail. He didn't even believe in himself, so what kind of faith was there? Therefore, the young man could only ask the teacher what the correct belief was.
In fact, there is no right belief. After all, the content of belief itself may not be realized. After all, it is not a transaction. You must get a little reward if you believe a little. Belief is even if you lose your life, or it may be empty talk, just because you believe, so you will do whatever it takes. It is both funny and tragic.
"It seems that you have realized that you have seen many different beliefs, and some beliefs are even contradictory." Duran said and saw the boy nodded. He did see contradictory beliefs.
For example, believing in a good life and believing that integration is happiness are contradictory.
At the same time, Duran thought of many two-dimensional universes. The story is more childish, and the protagonist is bullied alone, and then pretends to be awesome and slaps his face. The story is a little more complicated, that is, the oppression of the collective on the group, usually the oppression of the marginalized group by the public force, and this public force is basically a violent agency, such as the samurai group that maintains social order, and these groups will take the blame at critical moments and will be betrayed. The final outcome is often that both the marginalized group and the samurai group lose.
In fact, the third new Tokyo city also fully conforms to this routine. Seele is the top, the neuron is the samurai group, and the apostle is the marginalized person. The apostles were suppressed through neurons, but in the end the neurons were also abandoned. The EVA universe feels miserable because the protagonist is a member of the samurai group.
If the protagonist is replaced by a marginal person, the samurai group will feel too hateful and the top leaders are too despicable, such as Luffy in "One Piece". But in all universes, there are very few direct confrontations with the top leaders. Generally, the samurai group and the marginal people are in conflict. If the marginal people gain an advantage, the top leaders will directly betray the samurai group and let them bear all the consequences. They will use the samurai's head to calm everything down, and finally everyone will just pretend that nothing happened. The marginal people may all sacrifice themselves, or they may replace the samurai.
In the works, the attitude of the top leaders towards the samurai is often very ruthless. They obviously need them to buy their lives, but they don't treat them as human beings at all. Although the samurai have their own thoughts, they will eventually go to the battlefield. After all, they are also people in the altar. Although they are not the core, they have to fight against the enemies outside the altar together.
So the basic routine of many works is like this. The top leaders are mysterious and strict, and command their armed groups to suppress the marginal people inhumanely. When marginalized people start to resist and the armed group is about to fail, the top leaders will unceremoniously abandon the armed group and reach an agreement with the marginalized people.
Of course, there are also some armed groups that overthrow the top leaders, but they basically will not eliminate the top leaders, but use them as puppets.
These two forms reflect the political ecology of the island country. The first is to sell out the soldiers to maintain stability, and the second is for the soldiers to overthrow the top leaders. Now Shinji Ikari is in the first path, and he can be betrayed at any time. He has noticed that the beliefs that are full of contradictions show that his understanding of the world is becoming more comprehensive, which will help him take the second path, or take the third path that he has never imagined.