film review：The last Emperor

After seeingThe Last Emperor，a little tragic feeling emerged with the scene at the end of the film. There is no contrast between black and white or any other political complexion. The movie just focuses on the life of a single role， who was once an emperor in a strange stage. He is a poor child，a lonely teenager and a perplexed man. He doesn't know what he should be or what he should do throughout his whole life. When he was very young，he was chosen to be the emperor and forced to leave his family，that made him trapped in an unfortunate circle. No one cares him in the forbidden city，he merely becamea palerepresentative of a dying empire. When he was uneducated，he was taught to be an emperor.  However，when he was aware of the imperial power，he has no rights at all. He ever wanted to achieve his little ambition by being a puppet which made him accused of treason afterwards. In his old age，he came back to the Palace that he lived in his early years after buying a ticket. He met a kid and sat down the throne chair again，then all the image disappeared without any trace.

How can we truly know a person in history？Like the last emperor，we used to call him“abandoned emperor”，and perhaps heard of something about him，but who really cares about him？ He was pushed by the historical trend and involved in different kinds of political wrestlings，confused and helpless， blankly and hopeless， he struggled but had no chance to escape from the fortune.  After all the glory and shame faded away，he even cannot answer the very simple question“who am I”.

The history has so many possibilities and occasionalities. Everyone is so negligible that no one can control his own life completely. What can we do is to make each day count，such as enjoying sunrise and sunset，spring flowers and autumn moon，summer wind and  winter snow，etc..