Good vs Evil
So as I'm sure you've gathered, my favorite TV show is Lost. I mentioned in my previous post that I enjoy the character development that occurs. But there is something very interesting I have noticed lately about the show that fascinates me.
In the beginning, they were the good guys. The main characters, I mean. They were good. Someone (Ethan) infiltrated their camp and kidnapped the pregnant girl (Claire). He was bad. So just like in every other show on TV, you have your good guys and your bad guys. Your good vs. evil.
But lately I've noticed that the good guys aren't so good anymore, and maybe the bad guys aren't as bad as we think.
Ok, so generally speaking the good guys aren't completely evil. But in last weeks episode, Sayid tortured a guy for information. It doesn't exactly draw feelings of roses and cute fluffy bunnies. In fact, every week it seems the lines between good and evil, black and white, are being blurred into a murky shade of gray.
Of course, there are those of you out there who don't watch the show and have no idea what I'm talking about. Let me sum up for you: the moral of today's story is that in this world, there's not always a clear cut line between what is right and wrong, good and evil. Sometimes you have to search. But if you look hard enough, you do eventually find that point. The point where you go from doing what is morally right, to doing what is wrong for the right reasons.
So as I'm sure you've gathered, my favorite TV show is Lost. I mentioned in my previous post that I enjoy the character development that occurs. But there is something very interesting I have noticed lately about the show that fascinates me.
In the beginning, they were the good guys. The main characters, I mean. They were good. Someone (Ethan) infiltrated their camp and kidnapped the pregnant girl (Claire). He was bad. So just like in every other show on TV, you have your good guys and your bad guys. Your good vs. evil.
But lately I've noticed that the good guys aren't so good anymore, and maybe the bad guys aren't as bad as we think.
Ok, so generally speaking the good guys aren't completely evil. But in last weeks episode, Sayid tortured a guy for information. It doesn't exactly draw feelings of roses and cute fluffy bunnies. In fact, every week it seems the lines between good and evil, black and white, are being blurred into a murky shade of gray.
Of course, there are those of you out there who don't watch the show and have no idea what I'm talking about. Let me sum up for you: the moral of today's story is that in this world, there's not always a clear cut line between what is right and wrong, good and evil. Sometimes you have to search. But if you look hard enough, you do eventually find that point. The point where you go from doing what is morally right, to doing what is wrong for the right reasons.
posted by the Cynical student @ 8:49 AM
2 Comments:
At 2:10 PM,
Anonymous said…
It also depends on what side of the fence you are on.
According to many Americans, a suicide bomber that kills US troops in Iraq is an "evil coward" but a Us soldier that dies killing people with his machine gun is a "good hero".
At 5:32 PM,
Anonymous said…
I believe we become what we do. Therein lies the danger for a good person who lets the ends justify the means used to reach that end. You can't sell you principles for the sake of expediency. "Lost" explores this dilemma.
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