Searching for Thematic Connections

Searching for Thematic Connections


As opposed to focusing on different movies and connecting their similar themes, I instead am going to focus on the themes and funnel my ideas accordingly. The three themes that got my brain juices flowing the most were as follows; guilty consciences, narcissism to compassion, and symbolic wounds.
The first theme I am going to focus on is guilty consciences. Before I make any connection to any of the movies that we saw in class, I am first going to give a general description of how I feel a guilty conscience tends to affect the psyche a character. A guilty conscience leads to self-punishment either in the form of physical or mental abuse. This can be the root of the characters struggle or journey, or it can be a sacrificing result for the betterment of someone or something else.
The first character I will link to this theme is Jack Lukas. Jack Lukas’ guilty conscience is due to the killing and injuring of innocent people by on...