Bicycle Thief Essay

Cierra Jacquet period 2
16 September 2014
Bicycle Thief Essay
The action of stealing from others has become a major issue in modern society.
Individuals, including myself, are constantly worried about whether their personal items are being taken from them.Although one of God’s Ten Commandments clearly forbides this action, people continue to do it. Stealing is done in numerous ways and for different reasons, depending on the individual.
In the movie, The Bicycle Thief, stealing plays a major role in the life of Antonio Richie.
From struggling to put food on the table for his family to the difficulty to find a job, Antonio Richie demonstrates some of the difficulties one goes through during a lifetime as well as the solutions one may turn to. Once Antonio Richie finds a job, he immediately sales his personal belongings in order to buy a required item for the job, a bike. On the first day of his new job he gets his bike stolen in the city, which eventually takes away the opportunity of a new life. He then goes to search for his bike and notices a bike on the street and attempts to steal it, but was stopped before he could even make it across the street. Through this film, the audience is able to observe the point of view of Antonio Richie as a victim and a thief. Many people would say that stealing is unacceptable and others would say ifs depends on the circumstances. I believe that every thief has a reason for their actions, in this case Antonio was striving to care for the needs of his family. But from the victims’ point of view, the thief could potentially take away an item that could mean the world to the victim.
All in all, I do not believe stealing is an acceptable action. Although individuals have their personal reasons to perform these actions, they take away from other people who may be going through the same or more difficult hardships.