Before Adam arrived, it was calm here. Although there were some bad times, the old Nazis, fat people and Pakistanis all obeyed the pastor, and the pastor managed the church and this small group of people in his own way. God exists firmly in his heart, and he treats everything in the world with tolerance. The arrival of Adam changed all of this. Adam has a strong tendency to violence, and his philosophy of life is a fist. In the church, he has beaten pastors and fat people. He reluctantly came to this church for social service, and the priest also set a goal for him to make an apple cake for everyone when the apple tree matured. In this regard, he disagrees very much, he still cares about the Nazis, Hitler's portrait, he always hangs on the bedroom wall, although the portrait always falls off.
The pastor had a painful experience. His mother died when he was born, but his father raped him and his sister; his sister later died tragically; he married a wife and gave birth to a son, but the son was born His wife committed suicide because of cerebral palsy; he had a tumor in his head, and he died soon. His life is full of tribulations, and God seems to be unfair to him. But he saw all this as a test of the devil, and his love for God was even more fierce. He can think from the good side of all problems, and he is full of tolerance to others. He adheres to the principle of "slap you on the left cheek, then turn to him on the right cheek". He always laughed at Adam's beatings and insults, and he still cared for Adam. This is a standard saint, so he can make fat people and Pakistanis receptive, be obedience to him, and make old Nazis repent in front of him, and finally make Adam his most pious assistant.
Adam is a wise man. He saw the pastor's suffering, so he desperately tried to destroy his beliefs. He considers himself a bad person, and he does not want to live in the shadow of a holy person. He beat the pastor several times and knocked the pastor's nose crooked; he inquired about the pastor's privacy from various places, and targeted him with insults and sarcasm. In response to the pastor's claim that his suffering was caused by the devil, he constantly pointed out to the pastor that all this was done by God, and he was abandoned by God, just like Job. The priest's heart also shook, his ears bleed, and he fainted to the ground. He began to lose faith in everything and the joy of living. The faith in God collapsed in his heart. However, he is still desperately sticking to his beliefs, and years of cultivation have filled his humanity with brilliance.
God exists after all, and he shows his existence to people in his way, to those who believe in him, and to those who do not believe in him. When Adam defeated the pastor, God was angry and thunderstorms in the sky. The wind blew the church door open and closed, and violent lightning struck the apple tree and burned it. Seeing the situation in front of him, Adam's faith was also shaken. He never believed in God until he began to respect God, and his humanity was also revived in his heart. Of course, Adam’s humanity was actually recovered earlier. The pastor’s selfless conduct and belief in God are like a seed that has long been planted in his heart that still has a trace of conscience. And the old Nazis whom he admired finally confessed their crimes to the pastor, which also made him alert. Without the guidance of the priest, the fat man and the Pakistani also began to relapse wildly. And Adam's repentance made things not so bad.
God’s miracles are also everywhere. His test makes the life of a pious servant full of misery, and he also makes people feel his love at critical moments. The pastor, who had only a few days of life, was already extremely frustrated with life, but out of inner justice, he came out to stop the neo-Nazi gang who came to the door to provocation, but was shot in the head with a pistol. The doctor has given up hope, but God has performed a miraculous hand. The bullet smashed the tumor in the brain, and the priest miraculously survived because of a blessing in disguise, and became a healthy person, continuing to serve God. Adam remembered the goal the pastor had set for him, and it was also his own promise. He used the only apple he had left, and made a small apple cake for the pastor from the oven specially carried from the gas station robbery. They shared this piece together. The cake, the cake has their common memories, mutual beliefs, and the existence of God.
The film title "Adam's Apple" is also full of religious connotations. Adam is the ancestor of mankind, and apples let the devil tempt their objects. The image of Apple runs through the entire movie. The original apple tree grew lush and full of fruits in front of the white church. This is the Garden of Eden given to mankind by God. When they were expecting the apples to mature, the devil imposed various measures to show them their existence. One would be the bird pecking, and the other would be the insect damage, so that their hope was always obscured by disappointment. The wrath of God completely destroys the apple tree, which not only shows the existence of God, but also removes the temptation of the devil. The last apple cake marks Adam’s transformation. He has gone from being a doubter of God to a pious servant of God. Here, the apple is a promise and faith. He witnesses the holiness of the pastor and symbolizes that Adam’s sins have been eliminated. . God loves everyone, not only in those who believe in him, but also in sinful people. As long as you put down the butcher knife, you can enjoy the glory of God.
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