Christianity in Lars and The Real Girl - 2400 Words

Christianity in Lars and The Real Girl When I saw Lars and the Real Girl on the choices of movies for this project, I knew exactly what I wanted to write about. I really enjoyed this movie and its uniqueness. This movie has the most unique plot I have ever witnessed in a film. At the end of the movie, Margo says to Lars, â€Å"There will never be one like her† in reference to Bianca. In reality, there will never be a movie like this one. What I enjoyed most about this film was it was a Christian film but wasn’t a Christian film. What I mean by that is that it didn’t just throw Christianity in your face while watching it. Nothing about this film seemed fake. It never seemed as if the writer was trying to tell you one specific message of the†¦show more content†¦One of the places where this often happens is within a Christian community (Robinson). Lars is going through a tough time in his life where it would be easy for his church community to call him cra zy and not show him the love of Christ. Another message that was extremely evident in the film was the healing power of the community. The church community really reached out to Lars and bought into his â€Å"fantasy† that he was living in. I had a very interesting talk with my mom about this movie after I told her what it was about and that I was writing a paper about it. She asked me the question, â€Å"If Jesus was on Earth, would He buy into Lars’s â€Å"fantasy†? That question really made me think and I had to go look back at situations in the Bible were God helped those who were consider â€Å"crazy†. I found that there were several stories in the Bible where God went to extremes to include all of the people He created, and the church community in this film definitely understood that concept. It’s simple, humans long for love. We, as humans, are built for relationships with other people. Part of the healing process is the ability to let oth ers help. Lars was broken after the loss of his mother, and without the help of the church community he would have never found closure in his mother’s death. The third message was the analogy of the persistent love of God. God never givesShow MoreRelatedassingment 2 Sck 2046 lars and real girl Essay3406 Words   |  14 Pages                      Questions   for   Lars   and   the   real   girl   :          1. My      first   impressions   of   Lars   was   that   he   seems   nervous      and    on   edge   all   the   time.   He   comes   across   as   insecure   and   very    unsure   of   himself   and   his   surroundings.          2. We   can   see   that   Margo   is   interested   in   Lars   because   she   seems    very   uneasy   aroundRead MoreHonour Killing in Pakistan19346 Words   |  78 PagesIslam and Muslims, as Islam is to be misogynist and that fosters this phenomenon of honor killings in the eyes of the West. This un-religious practice comprises the murder of women or girls by family members. Women and girls suffer this because they have been seen as defiling or disobeying their families through real or alleged acts, such as illicit relations, her decisions to choose her life partner, premarital sexual relations or dating with the opposite sex. The fact however is that, the practice