Sully’s journey is not one of conquest but of awakening to his and his people’s true relationship to others: “What am I, the bad guy?” he laughs at first, as if that were impossible. In the end, however, he tries to warn his own imperialist team of the futility of their brutal approach: “What do we have to offer them?
苏利的历程不是一次侵略的过程，而是对他以及他的同胞们与其他国家人民的关系的一次唤醒。一开始，他笑着说“我是谁，是坏人吗？”，仿佛在说着个天大的笑话。但到了最后，他努力警告他所带领的帝国军队，他们所使用的暴行最终只会是徒劳的，他说：“我们究竟要给他们些什么？啤酒？牛仔裤？他们永远不会离开他们树上的家〔他们神圣的土地〕。我们没有他们想要的东西。”