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by Samuel Bak
OT00443B1 New Brunswick Theological Seminary
Memorial
by Samuel Bak
Valerie and Doug
ReplyDeleteCoveting is 'cancerous' in effect. It is an unhealthy state of being that becomes more manipulative and dangerous as its strength begins to overpower the individual and the situation. In the film, it led to greed, manipulation, paranoia, doubt and the brothers were well on the path to losing themsleves in desire for the money--the dark side of self began to overshadow. Even the memory of their father seemed to fall away with their obsession on this stamp collection. I focus on them, but t would be easy to focus on the other characters, yet this is only one paragraph.
Carla/Ken
ReplyDeleteTo Covet can be seeing as the ability to master one’s impulses that could violate the “false witness” commandment. The Hebrew verb sometimes refers to having designs on a desired object, perhaps even to scheming or maneuvering to acquire it. So was the case in the movie. The brothers faced with the burden of reclaiming what was stolen from them (the stamp collection) resulted into the only option they b elieve they had in order to reclaim what was theirs in the first place. As a result they broke not only the third Commandment You shall have no other gods before me, the ninth Commandment, you shall not bear false witness and the 10th Commandments as well, you shall not covet.
Still, the nature of converting is humanistic.We all at one point in time want or desire more than what we have. the idea of coveting by definition means desiring what rightfully belongs to someone else. It also means and portrays an image of someone being dissatisfied with life and therefore wanting more. I believe, we've seen this in our recent film where two brothers after experiencing the loss of thier father craved the benefits of a stamp collection. the desire in fact was so great that one brother (oldest) sold his kidney to retrieve the stamps. in this film we see not only a desire for what belongs to someone else, but a desire to steal it. Throughout the film, there is plotting, scheming, and trickery, which demonstrates the effects of covetousness. This sort of desire is not only seen within such films, but from a biblical perspective, we see it in the life of those such as David and Bathsheba. the nautre of coveting, I believe lives in the heart of man (in man's flesh) which causes him to want more, desire more, and as we have seen in the film, no matter what the cost.
Quentin And Danille
ReplyDeleteA strong desire is our definition of coveting. Also in our context coveting can be defined as “got to have it right now”. The film is an excellent example of greed shifting to another level. The film really glorifies impulse with no regard of the other. In order to gain something in this word you do not have to sell your organs. We feel the brothers will become close after the robbery because of their SHAME” what prophet a man to gain the whole wide world and loose his sole. The attitude at the end of the movie was crazy. The assumed robbers were walking around with new clothes and the same watch dog the brothers had. Toward the end of the film the brothers were blaming each other of the robbery behind each other back. A million dollar worth of collectable stamps were stolen and a kidney given up because of desire and greed. Life is funny, the more you desire the more you will loose. The time and energy that went to waste because of the brother desires. Great men, woman, and countries have fallen hard because of coveting over land, sex and oil.
Lisa and Debbi
ReplyDeleteThe coveting was such an issue in the film that it was difficult to know which character was going to act on it. Each main character was hungry for the stamps and the money that came with them. In the end a brotherhood was almost ended, a family was almost broken, and a kidney was lost. I believe all had a turn in the act of coveting, while only 2 were guilty of then committing other crimes due to their desire.
Coveting is never satisfiable. The men could not live their normal lives after they started concentrating on the stamps and it seem as if their father had the same problem with the stamps; they kept him from his life and his sons. The men could not see the bad in seeking out the stamps until their seeking finally consumed their every though to the point where they were willing to give it all up for the stamps.
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