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It's A Wonderful Life and the Battle for the Soul of the City

”Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?” – Clarence What is the basic plot of It’s a Wonderful Life? The main plot of It’s a Wonderful Life takes place in the 1930s in Bedford Falls, NY, a fictional town so small that everyone knows everyone, yet big enough to have many thriving businesses including a theatre, an emporium, several restaurants and local stores, and a local bank and savings and loan institution This quaint town has a not so quaint robber baron named Mister Potter. Driven by greed and selfish ambition, he won’t stop until he owns every square inch of Bedford Falls and remakes it into his own image, an image of corruption, where every vice would be common However, the equally ambitious, yet pure and innocent George Bailey inherits his father’s saving and loan institution, the town’s last refuge against the growing tentacles of Mister Potter George had big dreams to travel t...

Batman Begins and the Savior of Gotham

  What is the basic plot of Batman Begins? The main plot of Batman Begins takes place in Gotham City, a massive city like New York City that has been extremely prosperous but also has quickly become extremely corrupt, dangerous, full of crime, and decadent The city’s corruption is rampant throughout the culture and among its leaders and politicians   The main antagonist Ra’s al Ghul, is a mentor to Bruce Wayne in the beginning of the film and trains him in the fighting techniques that become critical to his success as a Superhero   Bruce Wayne, uses Ra’s training and his company’s cutting-edge technology to invent the Batman character to strike fear into and to fight the criminals plaguing Gotham   The level of wickedness and corruption in Gotham becomes so great that Ra’s al Ghul must take action to destroy Gotham. Him and his secret clan vow to execute justice against the evil city as they have done to previous cities and empires like Rome ...

The Giver and the True Giver of Abundant Life

 “It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.” -CS Lewis The Giver and the True Giver of Abundant Life What is the basic plot of The Giver? The main plot of the Giver takes place in a small town in the distant future that is designed to eliminate danger of any kind   Life in the town is extremely safe, efficient, and predictable. The technology of the town is extremely advanced The cost for safety and predictability is a severe lack of personal freedom through a system of rules that maintain sameness and control Another major cost is that human emotions have been removed including love and joy because human emotions are unpredictable and can lead to painful ...

Willy Wonka, Chocolate, Christ, and the Kingdom of God

Willy Wonka : “I can't go on forever, and I don't really want to try. So who can I trust to run the factory when I leave and take care of the Oompa Loompas for me? Not a grown up . A grown up would want to do everything his own way, not mine . So that's why I decided a long time ago that I had to find a child . A very honest, loving child, to whom I could tell all my most precious candy making secrets. ”          Luke 12:32 ESV “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”   What is the basic plot of Willy Wonka? The eccentric owner and founder of the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory, one of the largest makers of confectionaries in the world, sends out five golden tickets hidden inside his world-famous Willy Wonka chocolate bars. The lucky five children who find the tickets will be given the once in a lifetime opportunity to take a tour of the chocolate factory, with Willy Wonka personally. The tour is full...