Ben-Hur
We watched a video called “ Ben-Hur” in Humanities class, from that movie, I learned Jesus Christ from the Bible, but in this movie, the story of Jesus Christ was in it, which made me feel that I was watching a historical and religious story. From the movie, I saw how Jesus Christ saved and forgave people’s sin. Unfortunately, there was the front scene of Jesus Christ but the back.
Moreover, I realized the features of ancient Roman archetier, costume, and the spectacular of the magnificent Colosseum. More than that, I also learned slavery from this movie. Ancient Roman hold the slavery system, to those slaves, they were simply the property of their owners. They had no freedom, no human right but do whatever their owners told them, which I felt deeply sad for those poor slaves.
There are two main leading characters in this movie, one is Jewish Prince “ Ben-Hur” who lives in Judea with his family. And another one is his childhood friend “ Messala”. Since their close connection, Messala once asked Ben-Hur to persuade his people not to be against with Roman authority, yet, Ben-Hur refused his request, which caused the end of their friendship since after. Consequently, Ben-Hur started his long pain-staking journey as a slave being forced to be away from his homeland, then he came back for revenge in the battle with Messala in the race of Colosseum. At the end, he tasted the fruit of revenge, but I was wondering whether his anger and hatred had been gone after his victory in the Colosseum.
After the great triumph of his revenge, Ben-Hur finally found his mother and sister for reunion. But unfortunately, they lived as lepers. With Ben-Hur’s strong believe on Jesus, and granted the forgiveness from Jesus Christ. Their family eventually reunited again under the bliss and save of Jesus Christ.
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