The Mission
The film The Mission is set in 1750 and it depicts hostility between the Jesuits, the Catholic Church, the Guarani Indians, and groups of Portuguese and Spanish slave traders. Yet, as I will demonstrate in this essay, there was good reason for the majority of the conflicts that went on. Although every one of the groups believed that they were right, really only one was following on the right path. The path was one that was built on helping people who were in need-and to me, that is noble.
To me, the Jesuits were very noble. They were noble in a way that was brave and sacrificial. The Jesuits lived to genuinely help those who needed their help. And it was the Guarani Indians who needed them and appreciated them the most. As the Indians were being run down by slave traders, the Jesuits came in to help build them homes. They also helped to build a foundation of knowing the Lord. Before watching this film, I had never learned anything about the Jesuit order. All of those Indians were living a life of hiding and constantly watching behind themselves. They were scared, and they were poor-not to mention starved. But, when the Jesuits came they gave the Indians many of the things they needed. They really began to live. The Indians lived for each other, for the enjoyment of life itself, and most of all they lived for God. It was the Jesuits who taught them about God. These teachings guided them in ways of singing and praising his name. And that, is enough to make any group noble.
On the other hand, the Spanish and Portuguese slave runners believed that they were the ones doing the right thing. They were putting good bodies to work, and at a fraction of the cost. Those people were animals, they said. They had no real right to life! I guess that the slave runners just took it upon themselves to decide the lives of other human beings. And of course, because the Jesuits basically went against what the slavers believed in, both groups totally disagreed. The war began..
As the slave runners began to come after the Jesuits and their Indian friends, things began to go downhill. People were killed.
...ira's descriptions of the order in the New World are very disturbing, because he compares them to a living Hell by giving crucial examples from the Bible. His main goal remains to build a peaceful society between the settlers and the natives. He believes that the slaves are being mistreated and forced to sin by their masters. This complicated war between the settlers and the natives leads to idolization of the Devil and contradicts God and the Bible. Vieira, being a religious man, wants to fulfill his obligations as a man of God and change the order of the New World. He emphasize the idea that a more fair and human treatment of the slaves would benefit them immensely. Most importantly, Padre Antonio Vieira has a divine wisdom and knowledge of the theological virtue of God and wants to share it with the sinners of the New World, creating a more Christian lifestyle.
…their goal was probably not only independence from Spain but also the creation of a new society in which they would fully participate. Blacks rebelled against racism and inequality, landless peasants regardless of race stood up for land, popular cabecillas wanted political power, and orientales in general hoped to gain control of their region’s destiny. The potential for the war to become a social revolution was strong indeed. [57]
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