In Inception's films, it is controversial whether Xiaolizi finally returns to reality. Because of the director's handling of the ending, even the same person may have diametrically opposite answers before and after. My point of view is that the small returns to reality, which will be explained by Freud's psychoanalysis.

Freud's psychoanalytic theory is divided into four parts: unconscious theory, dream theory, sexual instinct theory and personality theory. Among them, unconscious theory is the foundation, and on this basis, dream theory, sexual instinct theory and personality theory are established.

Freud believed that human consciousness includes consciousness and unconsciousness. Consciousness is a collection of ideas that can be recognized by everyone; The unconscious lurks under the consciousness and is unknown. Unconsciousness can be divided into: pre-consciousness that can be transformed into consciousness, and unconsciousness (also called subconscious) that cannot be transformed into consciousness because of deep depression. According to Freud, the unconscious is the real driving force behind human behavior! As the movie says, "once an idea occupies the brain, it is almost impossible to eradicate it."

Freud explained: "Dreams are not groundless, meaningless and absurd; It is not a part of conscious lethargy as some people say, but only a small part of the product of waking up at first. Dreams are completely meaningful spiritual phenomena; In fact, it is the realization of the dreamer's wish; It can be seen as a continuation of mental activities in a awake state. " In a word, "there is a moldy dream hidden in the pillow, and there are people who can't touch it."

So who is Xiao's "unreachable dreamer"? There is no doubt that besides his dead wife, there are also his two children. Being able to drop the lawsuit and dream of going home is the fundamental starting point of all his dream stealing and dream planting behaviors.

After combing, we will find that these two children appear as many as eleven times in the whole movie. This is because when Xiaolizi was forced to leave home, she wanted to say goodbye to her child at last, but the child happened to be called away by her grandmother. The child left a small back and became an indelible "idea" in care.

Through observation, it is not difficult to find that Xiao Lizi has never seen the child's face in the scene where the child appeared in front of him. All he can see is the back of the child and the picture of the child running away, because that is the "indelible idea" in the mind of Xiaolizi, which is what Freud said earlier. "Dream is the realization of the dreamer's wish; It can be seen as a continuation of mental activities in a awake state. " Almost indistinguishable.

But the last time, at the end, it was different. Xiao Lizi clearly saw the child's face, which is different from the past and is a scene that Xiao Lizi did not have in his mind. It can be concluded that Xiao has returned to reality.

Of course, in addition to this logic, there are other explanations that can prove that the small operator returns to reality, such as using the deviation angle of gyro rotation to prove that the gyro will stop; Even careful netizens found the details of the two actors before and after the two children in the cast list, which means that the children grew up by two years, which is consistent with the time of the small escape.

Freud's theory is vividly reflected in this film. In addition to the above, there are multiple dreams, dreams don't know when to start, and the "defense" generated by mapping. It can be described as a perfect paper on dream interpretation.