 | Baptism
 | (DVD ch 13) Mel baptizes Bleakie with bourbon after
Bleakie has had the experience with Sarah. |
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| Call
| Bleakie is influenced toward morality and
relationship with God through the lives of Fertig and Mel as
much as through their words/preaching. |
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| Confession
| Fertig's confession (ch 6) |
| Sarah's confession (ch 9) |
| Bleakie's confession (ch 19) |
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| Confrontation with Evil
| Bleakie must continually make decisions about good
and evil - must make decisions which move him away from evil and
toward good. |
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| Forgiveness/Reconciliation
| Bleakie tells Sarah that she is not responsible for
the death of her child. |
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| Grief
| (DVD ch 3) Stevie's death drives Fertig to kill, as
a moral/immoral act. He does what he feels he "must" and
then he knows that he must suffer the consequences. |
| (DVD ch 14) "We go through life hoping for one
thing - that we do not come up against something we cannot put
behind us. I cannot put this behind me." |
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| Honor/Integrity
| The honor of Fertig (an "insane"
murderer) and the honor of the disbarred lawyer (Mel) who baptizes
Bleakie. Both are mentors for the socially admired yet immoral
Bleakie. |
| (DVD ch 6) Bleakie - who pretends to be moral and
honorable - confronts Fertig - who is the "real thing". |
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| Institutional Evil
| The conspiracy about the water - political
"buying of others" - joy over others' misfortunes. (DVD ch
5) |
| The death of Stevie because of institutional
malpractice, not individual immorality. |
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| Journey/Spiritual Growth
| Bleakie becomes a moral man by giving away all that
he wants. |
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| Judgment/Guilt,
| Fertig knows that he is guilty under God's law
whether man's law finds him guilty of not. |
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| Law Written on Our Hearts
| Fertig knows that he is guilty under God's law
whether man's law finds him guilty of not. |
| (DVD ch 3) Stevie's death drives Fertig to kill, as
a moral/immoral act. He does what he feels he "must" and
then he knows that he must suffer the consequences. |
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| Liberation
| Bleakie's liberation as he sacrifices himself and
all he has obtained through his immorality. |
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| Moral Ambiguity, Recognizing Evil
| "It's not difficult to do the right thing.
It's difficult to know what is the right thing to do. Once you know,
it's easy to do it." (DVD ch 8) |
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| Prayer
| Fertig praying in prison (DVD ch 6). Resolves to
take responsibility for his actions as a strong act. |
| Bleakie at cemetery (DVD ch 16) |
| Sabbath prayers at beginning of movie. |
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| Repentance
| Bleakie hands away the election to an enemy because
it is the right thing to do. |
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| Sacrifice, Rebirth, Redemption
| Bleakie "self-destructs" - sacrifices his
career and all he's lived for, in order to find himself and be
regenerated as a moral man. |
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| Temptation
| Bleakie is taken to the top of New York City and
shown all that he can have as D.A. if only he sells his soul. |
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| Truth/Untruth
| "People who merely tell the truth are
understood to be insane." |
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| Vengeance
| Fertig kills those who didn't care - who
contributed to the death of his son - in order to force them
to care. |
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