"Each and every step of the way, ask yourself, “What’s in it for me?” As a code for life..." As you have pointed out, this quote can be extrapolated and related to our personal lives also. This line from the movie stuck with me the most. In my mind, it does not necessarily have to have a negative or selfish connotation or meaning. I took it as potentially having a positive, constructive, and pragmatic point and instruction to offer on how to navigate relationship situations in our personal lives. In other words, if a relationship with an individual or group of individuals is simply not serving us, or providing any significant benefit anymore, then we could or maybe should reflect on this and consider removing ourselves from that negative or toxic environment completely. This is something that I have found myself subsequently reflecting on in regards to my own personal life, and I believe that everyone would benefit from reflecting on. I can also see how this "philosophy/way of life" is acted out, excuse the pun, by Michael Fassbender's character in the movie, through his personal life choices, such as living with his wife in the seclusion of their home, surrounded by beautiful nature. Great article. Thanks.
Wow, yes, there's more in that quotation than I had noticed! Thanks for bringing forward a constructive insight embedded there. I like how you put it, "consider removing ourselves from that negative or toxic environment"--yes, that's wisdom. I'm mindful--or I try to be--that this film offers a complicated text, and I offered a rather slim reading of it. So, good on you for extending the analysis from your own story.
"Each and every step of the way, ask yourself, “What’s in it for me?” As a code for life..." As you have pointed out, this quote can be extrapolated and related to our personal lives also. This line from the movie stuck with me the most. In my mind, it does not necessarily have to have a negative or selfish connotation or meaning. I took it as potentially having a positive, constructive, and pragmatic point and instruction to offer on how to navigate relationship situations in our personal lives. In other words, if a relationship with an individual or group of individuals is simply not serving us, or providing any significant benefit anymore, then we could or maybe should reflect on this and consider removing ourselves from that negative or toxic environment completely. This is something that I have found myself subsequently reflecting on in regards to my own personal life, and I believe that everyone would benefit from reflecting on. I can also see how this "philosophy/way of life" is acted out, excuse the pun, by Michael Fassbender's character in the movie, through his personal life choices, such as living with his wife in the seclusion of their home, surrounded by beautiful nature. Great article. Thanks.
Wow, yes, there's more in that quotation than I had noticed! Thanks for bringing forward a constructive insight embedded there. I like how you put it, "consider removing ourselves from that negative or toxic environment"--yes, that's wisdom. I'm mindful--or I try to be--that this film offers a complicated text, and I offered a rather slim reading of it. So, good on you for extending the analysis from your own story.