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Cognitive dissonance: humanity or profits?

Cognitive dissonance

Narcissist


 

"Why is he guilty when he desire life?"


Dying to survive

The film tells the story of Cheng Yong, a poverty-stricken man in Shanghai in 2002, who travels to India to buy "Lenin" drugs at low prices and supply them to leukemia patients. At first, he helped others passively for making money and profits, and then he helped others actively at the expense of personal interests, which reappeared a full and real, ordinary, and great personality characteristics, and showed the lofty humanitarian spirit.

This movie lets us see people's desire for fame and money, but also shows people's kindness. At the same time, it also throws a lot of problems the society. When law and morality are opposed when money and conscience are opposed, what should we do? This is society and this is life.

Cheng Yong experiences cognitive dissonance: On one hand, he hates those narcissist who raises prices of "Lenin", the only medicine can cure leukemia back in 2002 in Shanghai, They are selfish and lack of empathy because no patients can afford such price; on the other hand, it is hard to give up huge profits he gets selling "Lenin " makes it harder when it is illegal for him to help ship those medicine from India. But he still chooses to do the right thing even it breaks the law but his humanitarian spirit moves me.

As young people in the new era, we should forge ahead and make every effort to do our part. We should feel deeply happy and admire those who have made contributions to medical treatment. What would happen if there were no pioneering research drugs and no one dared to raise the question of drug price, how could we have a wonderful life now? We should pay attention to medical treatment and health, take good care of ourselves, and understand that ordinary people can do extraordinary things.

Dying to survive shapes my personality to be an upright man, I should not afraid of people with greater power who do evil things. Be a great man who is full of kindness and makes the world a better place.




 

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