The Opportunity Of Redemption In The Play Our Country Is Good

In the play “Our Country is Good,” a familiar theme arises, the famous controversy that deep inside of each person there is always the potential of becoming into anything they propose themselves to be. In this specific case the metamorphosis attempted was from a convict to a law abiding citizen. As always, there are people who believe that anything is possible with the right amount of effort, and there is also the ones that condemn those who offer the opportunity of redemption. In “Our Country is Good,” it was clearly shown that it is possible for people, once accepted the opportunity, to seize it and show the best on them. I not only agree with this, but live by it since everything in the world is a product of our actions, and if negative people are always opposing to it, no one will ever get the chance to show what they are really made off and change for a greater good.

In the play, two characters come to live to create the main conflict. Representing the protagonist, 2nd Lieutenant Clark does an incredible effort to make a convict’s play into reality, therefore showing hope and the sign that everyone deserves a second chance. In the opposite end of the balance, Major Ross does everything in his power to annihilate the remains of dignity or any other signs of humanity left in the convicts. He opposed to every single act of graciousness and benignity. In his mind the convicts were not anything more than putrid souls that deserved nothing better than death itself. Of course, without the existence of these two-face coin, there would not be a chance to demonstrate what really happens in our world where human life is constantly downgraded by egoistic maniacs who think they are superior to others. Without the opposition of an anta...

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...ism, unfolded in front of my eyes. This way of thinking, not wanting others to have what you have, which is present at large in everyone’s can make you feel superior, but in the end it only causes destruction. The sad thing is that there has been too many Major Ross in this world and they will keep existing. As their hate consumes all that is around them, and their perception of superiority destroys everyone, it shows me that in fact, only those who are capable of loving the undeserving, are the ones that rise above normal people. Anyone can hate, but few go through the trouble of deciding to love.

As every scene went by, my mind was blown little by little. By the end of the play my brain was loaded with an adrenalin, oxytocin and dopamine cocktail that only a masterpiece is capable of summoning. I felt, I heard, I breathed, I tasted and I saw “Our Country is Good.”