The Book Of Eli: Movie Analysis

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While watching the movie “The Book Of Eli” it became abundantly clear that the movie was based upon the struggles of a man with a Christian world view. The movie follows the path of the main character, Eli, through his struggle to get the Bible into safe hands so that all may have the words of God once more. Throughout this movie we are able to see: the Christian worldview, Eli's struggle with his faith and worldview, and our own faith throwing questions of right and wrong (good vs evil) at us.
The Christian worldview of the main character is evident by the fact that he holds the Holy Bible in such high esteem. Eli is seen reading the Bible often and his only mission in life is to get the bible out west so that it may be saved. Eli told the …show more content…

By wanting to use the Bible for his own selfish means he showed that he was a true non believer. While Carnegie was a non-believer, Eli was a true believer in God. We see that Eli believed in doing God's work, but we also see that Eli lost sight of what was truly important. Eli was so concerned with saving the Bible he forget to try to save the people along the way. He tried to stay out of the fight but if he had to be involved he killed. If Eli had spread God's word as he made his journey west, he would have had a greater impact and he would had saved many lives instead of killing them. In Exodus 20:13 it states, “thou shall not kill,” (Bible). Eli went against his worldview every time he took another person's life. The biggest obstacles that Eli had to face was the post-apocalyptic world that they lived in. There was not enough food or water to go around. The people who managed to survive were desperate and many would do anything to get what they needed to survive. I believe that Eli would not have killed anyone if they had not tried to kill him first. If the times were different and he was making his journey in a more peaceful age, he could have made a journey that agreed 100% with his

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