Eli From Belief

Demarcus 2021-10-20 17:28:53

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Dear Lord, thank you for giving me the strength and the conviction to complete the task you entrusted to me.

Thank you for guiding me, straight and true, through the many obstacles in my path, and for keeping me resolute when all around seemed lost.

Thank you for your protection and for your many signs along the way.
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A book runs through the whole movie, and what the director wants to show is not the seemingly unfamiliar and artificial fights.

The male protagonist in the film has walked from east to west for 30 years in a harsh environment. In addition, the war has caused great damage to his eyes due to solar radiation and ultraviolet rays. The director’s intention is also in this. Eli said to Solara: “In fact, whether it’s going west or east, it’s better to remember the light in your mind than living in the filthy and bleak doomsday scene.” The director gave Eli’s eyes a close-up at the end of the film. In conveying to the world, although Avery is blind, but relying on his belief in God, Avery sees the light and the way forward, so that at the last moment of life, the "Bible" is extended to mankind.

Eli is different from the role of Will Smith in "I Am A Legend". Eli himself has no ability to create anything to solve the crisis of mankind, but he has a selfless spirit of dedication. When he knew there was such a book When he appears and can save mankind, he will embark on a journey and head toward the crisis-ridden America without hesitation.

Eli is that book. Human beliefs are always extremely powerful. In a devastated world, human civilization will support and continue the human spirit.

This book is a weapon that can make the heart and mind no longer weak and desperate.

This book is faith.

Eli comes from three bytes in Belief.

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Extended Reading

The Book of Eli quotes

  • Eli: They say the war tore a hole in the sky, you've probably heard the stories.

    Solara: Yeah.

    Eli: The war tore a hole in the sky, the sun came down, burnt everything, everyone, I wandered, I didn't really know what I should do or where I was going. I was just moving from place to place, trying to stay alive. And then one day I heard this voice. I don't know how to explain it, it's like it was coming from inside me. But I could hear it clear as day. Clear as I can hear you talking to me now. It told me to carry the book west, it told me that a path would be laid out before me, that I'd be led to a place where the book would be safe. It told me I'd be protected, against anyone or anything that tried to stand in my way. If only I would have faith. That was thirty years ago and I've been walking ever since.

    Solara: And you did all this because a voice told you to?

    Eli: I know what I hear, I know what I heard, I know I'm not crazy, I didn't imagine it

  • Hoyt: [seeing two dead hijackers] It's like he's protected somehow. Like there's nothing that can touch him

    Carnegie: Oh, he's just a fucking man. You put a bullet in him, he'll go down like any other.