 | Baptism
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Derek in the shower
toward the end of the movie remembering his brother as a child, and then
covering his swastika tattoo with regret. Possibly also the earlier
shower scene where Derek is raped in prison. Are baptisms always
positive experiences? |
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| Brothers
| Derek's "conversion" compels him to seek to
save his brother. |
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| Conversion
| Derek's conversion from being a
skinhead figurehead. |
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| Courage
| Dereks' courage to confront Cameron (and the ghost of
his father) and leave his former life. Danny's courage to make the
change with Derek. |
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| Covenant
| between Derek and
Sweeney, and between Derek and Danny. Negative covenant between Derek
and Cameron. |
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| Father Types
| In a flashback
scene, Derek realizes that his father had influenced his entry into
the skinhead movement. (Evil passed on through generations.) |
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| Guilt/Regret
| Derek covers the swastika tattoo in regret for his former
life. |
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| Reconciliation
| Reconciliation between Derek and
Sweeney. |
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| Repentance
| Derek turns from being a skinhead -
stands up to his former community and leader, despite his father/son
relationship with Cameron, his standing in that community and the
risk of turning from it. |
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