Pleasantville

Humans have the choice to do anything they would like to do. There are many explanations as to why humans work this way, but one of them is explained in the Bible. According to the Bible, humans were given the choice to obey or disobey God. In the movie, Pleasantville, directed by Gary Ross, there is a television show named Pleasantville. The show is about people who live in this small, secluded town. They are unable to leave their town, and they are unaware of what is going on. They have not been introduced to free will, so they do not recognize what it is. When two characters, David and Jennifer, become trapped inside Pleasantville, they introduce free will to the town. At first, it is unacceptable, because they do not recognize such freedom. But as they see how wonderful freedom is they cannot resist it. The movie Pleasantville portrays the Bible’s theory of freedom being a part of human nature. The characters in Pleasantville represent Adam and Eve of the Bible. In the movie, before David and Jennifer enter Pleasantville, the residents lived peacefully, but lifelessly. They did not question their motives or their existence. They just lived. This was how Adam and Eve lived before they ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. They did not question, and they just lived. But once David and Jennifer were introduced, the residents of Pleasantville started to see changes happening. Things were not going the way they were supposed to. Soon enough, free will was introduced. The residents had a choice in what they did. Slowly, the whole town began to realize this different way of living. It seemed natural to make the change to freedom. When Adam and Eve ate the fruit, they too realized a different way of living. They lived freely. It is humans’ nature to be curious and be free. The residents of Pleasantville were the first of their kind to understand what it was like to live freely, just like Adam and Eve. The residents of Pleasantville were free