Movie: The Mission

Movie: The Mission

The movie, "The Mission," is about how the Spanish in cooperation with

Pourtugal try to get the Jesuits off land negotiated by the two countries. The

Spanish Church sends people into Asuncion, Paraguay to persuade the Jesuits to

get off the land. The film includes spiritual and political activities the are

reflected through the church, natives, and the Jesuits.

What the movie mainly tried to show was that the Church wanted to

maintain control over the Jesuits. To show that control, they went to Paraguay

and tried to persuade the Jesuits to leave. The Spanish allowed them to take

care of the matter to prove that. Spain and Portugal had negotiated the treaty

of Tordesillias. In this treaty the two countries split the western world into

two parts where Spain can have one half and Portugal the other. In the newer

version of the treaty, the line that split the land was moved in favor of

Portugal. On that land, missionaries had already set up missions. To better

the economy for Portugal, the Spanish Church was sent in to get the Jesuits out.

The would be effected by the continuation of the Jesuits because of the slave

trade. If the Jesuits stayed, the Indians would have a spiritual leader . To

brake their faith the Jesuits would have to be removed.

Near the end of the movie, the Spanish do try to break the faith of the

Indians. Father John is ...