Pleasentville
Pleasantville
The movie Pleasantville had a lot of religious elements and symbols used in the film. One prime evident example was when Bud and his girlfriend were at “Lovers Lane” and ate an apple that was just like Eve in the bible when she ate an apple in the Garden of Eden. Another example was that the town Pleasantville is just like Garden of Eden. Nothing goes wrong in Pleasantville. It is simply, just like in the town’s name itself, pleasant. The Garden of Eden is nothing but perfect and beautiful. The movie didn’t really focus on the religious aspect of people’s lives. Instead it was more so people taking the role of religious figures from the bible. For example, Bud or David was in my opinion considered to be like Jesus. When David entered Pleasantville and became Bud, he walked into a world that was literally and figuratively black and white. People were accustomed to old fashion values and never changed the routine of their lives. In many ways, the people of Pleasantville lived a very nice life, but they needed to learn that their way of life wasn’t the only way to live life. Bud helped the people change in a more positive way. He taught the people that if they didn’t do the same thing every day or in the same order, they could still get the same things done. Or if they didn’t live the perfect world they thought they had to that didn’t mean they were bad people or ruined their life because there is not simple or right way to live. He taught the people that making mistakes was normal and you learn from them to become even a better person. David’s sister, Jennifer who turned to be Mary Lou, started off in the movie as a scandalous trouble maker who only cared about being the cool kid and dating the hottest guy at school. After being in Pleasantville for a couple days, she realized the bigger picture that being the cool girl at school didn’t matter as much as getting in college was. With these actions, Bud is like Jesus because he helped the people
The movie Pleasantville had a lot of religious elements and symbols used in the film. One prime evident example was when Bud and his girlfriend were at “Lovers Lane” and ate an apple that was just like Eve in the bible when she ate an apple in the Garden of Eden. Another example was that the town Pleasantville is just like Garden of Eden. Nothing goes wrong in Pleasantville. It is simply, just like in the town’s name itself, pleasant. The Garden of Eden is nothing but perfect and beautiful. The movie didn’t really focus on the religious aspect of people’s lives. Instead it was more so people taking the role of religious figures from the bible. For example, Bud or David was in my opinion considered to be like Jesus. When David entered Pleasantville and became Bud, he walked into a world that was literally and figuratively black and white. People were accustomed to old fashion values and never changed the routine of their lives. In many ways, the people of Pleasantville lived a very nice life, but they needed to learn that their way of life wasn’t the only way to live life. Bud helped the people change in a more positive way. He taught the people that if they didn’t do the same thing every day or in the same order, they could still get the same things done. Or if they didn’t live the perfect world they thought they had to that didn’t mean they were bad people or ruined their life because there is not simple or right way to live. He taught the people that making mistakes was normal and you learn from them to become even a better person. David’s sister, Jennifer who turned to be Mary Lou, started off in the movie as a scandalous trouble maker who only cared about being the cool kid and dating the hottest guy at school. After being in Pleasantville for a couple days, she realized the bigger picture that being the cool girl at school didn’t matter as much as getting in college was. With these actions, Bud is like Jesus because he helped the people