Arciaga, Renier John M.

AB LIACOM 2 April 24, 2010

The Count of Monte Cristo

(A reaction)

The movie delves on a society of conspiracy and injustices. Consequently, it tells

us the price we have to pay for being innocent and uneducated. It made me realize of
the very big importance of education to us. Moreover, it relates to education as source
of man’s liberation. Edmund Dantes, the main character of the movie, is faced with so
much conflict and suffered from grave woes because of his traitor friend and
unconsciously being the carrier of the dangerous letter of Napoleon Bonaparte. The
main character in the movie doesn’t know how to read and write, thus, he wasn’t able to
know the content of the letter which was then a plan of rebellion by Bonaparte. He then
was faced in a situation he never expected to come into his simple living. The situation
faced by Edmund is evident enough to justify the impact of being educated yesterday
and in this contemporary time.

Edmund, being a God-fearing person lost his trust to God after what had
happened to him. He thought that God was never there in those times he needed his
companion and was never a God of justice. Hence, he never believed in God as if God
never existed. As his priest friend said, “God believes in you.” Upon seeing the movie, I
wonder why God would believe in a person who doesn’t believe in himself and in His
divine presence. Did he mean that no matter how we feel weak and oppress and even
lose the spirit of confidence, God still believes that we’ll make it through? But no matter
what the reason would be, I’m happy of this thought. This made me see the world in
rose-colored glasses. This gave me a reason to somehow believe in God’s powerful
presence in my every endeavor and that God is a God of justice and would never
manufacture a lock without a key.

The story of the movie is simply amazing. This gave me a new perspective of
vengeance, which is never meant for self-fulfillment but for the good of everybody. We
need not to put the justice in our hands rather ask for it from God and patiently wait for it
for everything happens with a good purpose and in God’s best times.