The Last Journey of Oscar Romers

Actual Text 1: “Kingdom of god is not in heaven but here on earth”

Actual Response 1: The Last Journey of Oscar Romero was an incredibly powerful film filled with genuine, faithful and passionate civilians. Although Salvadorian people were constantly threatened, discriminated, abused etc. they would turn to Romero for the truth. When Romero would speak to the people on Sunday morning at 8:00 on the dot, hundreds of people would sit and absorb every last word he spoke. This quote above is from one morning when he really got through to the people. One woman said listening to him was so different from anything she ever heard because of how he changed the gospels to touch people. He made the lower class feel worthy of happiness and gave them hope.

Actual Text 2: “Father, now that we know its not god that keeps us hungry buy the rich people from our city and the government that is their instrument. But the question is what can we do?”

Actual Response 2: A woman says this quote in the second half of the movie after our eyes have been open up to the horrors of the regime in El Salvador. She is speaking in response to one of the truths that Romero brought to light. The injustice in El Salvador is overwhelming, disgusting and all too real after hearing the civilians speak their minds. She ends the claim with questioning what we can do to change the inequalities and injustice, leaving the question unanswered. If we take this question and apply it to greater context, we are still left without an answer. So my question is now what…?

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