The God must be CRAZY!

In the beginning, it shows the life in the natural and how the African bushman lives. It talks about their lifestyle and it sound just like the Leavers in Ishmael. They show total respect to all sorts of lives in the natural, take only what they need, don’t own any of the lands and this is just like the peace-keeping law. Then the movie starts showing the Takers’ lifestyle. Busy cities, works, educations, entertainment and these are just like a routine for them. Day by day, they follow what they considered to be the law, not the peace-keeping law, but a law they must follow to stay alive in their own world. Then the movie went back to the African family, as they are living their ordinary life, one major event happened. A pilot passing their village threw a coke bottle out and landed right next to an African bushman. This bottle totally changed this family’s life. First they don’t know how to use the bottle. They thought this is a gift from the gods and they believe this bottle should be in good use. Then they start to discover new uses of this bottle. They use it to smooth the skin of a snake, smash roots, print paints on cloths and even as musical instrument. But the problem is, there is only one bottle and there are over 15 members in that family. So a feeling of ownership starts to spread. Everyone in the family wants that bottle. So, the adults fight over it when they want to use it as a tool and the kids fight over it when they want to play with it. This is just like what Ishmael is trying to tell us. The takers fight over power. They know this power can help them to complete works more easily and also bring fun to them. But one big difference between the Leavers and the Takers is, Leavers can give up certain things which they believe is going to ruin their life. Takers can’t even admit their mistake and they will continue whatever they are doing. So, the family begins to understand how evil this bottle is and the person who brought it back decided to throw it to the end of earth. He left this family and begins him journey to the end of the world with this bottle. Then the movie went to another scene, some rebels who disagree with its government assassinated some politicians. After the assassination, some rebels got caught and gave the police their hide place which result in a big war between rebels and polices. This is a perfect example of what the Takers are doing. They fight over power and wealth. They have greed in themselves and want to have the power to rule over the others. Then the movie went on talking about how Steyn is making a fool out of himself in front of Kate Thompsons and how Kate goes to the little village and teach students. This is when the African bushman entered the Takers’ world. He saw all kind of civilized things such as cars, guns…etc. Even though he entered the Taker’s world, he still lives like a Leaver. He shot a goat which is owned by someone because he is hungry. Then the police came and first he grabbed the goat and put it in his car. This mad the bushman angry. He think the police is really greedy and selfish, but he didn’t argue with him. He turned and tries to hunt another goat. Unfortunately, the police thought he is running away and shot him in the leg. Later he ended up in jail for 3 months. When his translator knows this, he got really angry because he knows the depression will end the bushman’s life. So he went and brought him out of the jail to work with him. In that time, he taught him how to drive. Then the movie went on talking about how the rebels used Kate and her students as hostage and tries to leave the country. Steyn, bushman and his translator saw them and used sleeping darts to rescue them. After all these incidents, the bushman decided to leave his friends, Steyn and the translator and continue his journey. Not knowing how long he walked, he reached a cliff. It is above the clouds and it looked very much like the end of the world. So the bushman threw the bottle into the cloud without any hesitate. This journey is like an example which the Leavers must take. There are more things that are hindering them from living the way there are now, If they wants to live like a Leaver, they will have to travel a similar journey to quit some bad habits. But they are willing to do that. This is also like a good example Ishmael’s ABC theory. He risk his life not because the bottle is troubling him, but because the bottle is bringing doom to him family. This is like how A cook for B, they don’t think about themselves first. They always think about how this will affect the other and what they can do to create a better life for others. And this what I felt after watching this movie.