My Best Friend Is A Monster

Hey fellow classmates! I was very interested in what we discussed in lecture this week. The idea that vampires, mummies, or any type of monster is a symbol of humanity seeking redemption. It opened my eyes up to villains also seeking this, whether it be in a film or our lives, they can fight for love and forgiveness. 

In the Christian faith it is known that we are all sinners but if one tries to do good and is sorry for their actions, God will always forgive them. I would like to bring up Edward Cullen from Twilight as a great model of this Christian virtue because he understand he is a monster but tries extremely hard to not kill humans but instead to feed off animals. Edward is a monster but a monster trying to be an angel. 

      

This is true for Sloth in The Goonies as well because he tries to be better then the monster his family and the young kids think he is. He helps others and seeks redemption by freeing the kids from the cave as the true villains were after them. 

In both these cases the monsters have best friends who believe in them - believe in their goodness and stick with them through it all. Christians are called to do this with our neighbours and these partners do it with their so called "monsters".

Therefore, I am trying to point out that even though monsters may be scary or posses life threatening powers, it doesn't mean that they cannot show emotion, love, or remorse.