Thought and Understanding of the film "To Live"

After watching more of the film “To Live,” I was sad to see the Fugui’s son die. He was forced to awake and go to school to melt steel even though he hadn’t slept in three days. I thought this really showed the dedication of the people to strive for the economic growth of China.  Fugui said his son had to go even though his wife wanted him to sleep. Fugui said they “must not be politically backward.” They were afraid if they started slacking and “moving backward,” they would get in trouble. I think people feared getting in trouble so they worked harder. After the reading about the new 10-year plan, I think China really needed. The backyard steel productions and over work of people were in the end not beneficial. Steel was so poorly made that factories couldn’t even use it and many of the workers were tired that it led to accidents in factories just like what happened with Fugui’s son. The new 10-year plan added to the successful growth of modernization of China.