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The line in this movie that stuck out to me the most was about 11 minutes in when a man says:
“They learned that it was not God keeping them hungry, but the government and the wealthy institutions.
The only way is for you to organize and together demand your entitlements, your stolen rights”.
Response 1:
This statement shows many important things to me. First, it presents the struggle that many people in this area faced prior to the transformation of the church and arrival of the Archbishop. They thought that their bad fortune was God’s fault. When you blame something on God it is extremely difficult to find a way to change things for yourself, because when they’re in God’s hands, they are usually not in your control. I thought that for these people to make this change in thinking was extremely powerful, and showed how important it was that the church be making changes and have a different approach.
Response 2:
To take this even further, I would say that one of the biggest themes in this movie, which I think I and many people from the first world often overlook, is that helping others in need was a threat on their own lives. Many times people are poor because of bad circumstances or an economy that makes it difficult to prosper. Many times people are needy and go unhelped because those who are able to help do not have the heart to do so. However, in this movie, the compassion is most certainly there, but the fear for one’s own life if they are to help is much more prominent than anything, and that’s extremely scary. The man says “The only way is for you to organize and together demand your entitlements, your stolen rights”, but it’s not that easy. We see during the movie the cost at which that comes.
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