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الحرية أو الموت
by نيكوس كازانتزاكيس, Nikos Kazantzakis
The story of a land — a land as old as people itself, with all the history of the region failing to live as neighbor. I'm reminded of Akira Kurosawa's quote when asked to find a common theme in his films: "Why can't people be happier together?".
Hate festers in everyone, whether Christian or Muslim. Religion becomes less a creed and faith, instead turning into a tool of tribalism. No one's hands are clean here, no one gets out unscathed. Hate leads to its inevitable end for Captain Michaels and everyone else here. A choice of hate over a choice of love goes only one way.
Much like "The Last Temptation of Christ", Kazantzakis expresses the contradiction of the divine and the human. We seek something out of something greater than us, but our material insecurities and fears drive us to do things that push away. Beautiful in the somber reality it paints. A struggle for external freedom born out of a projection of a need for internal balance. Slow roll to the end times because no one can let go of their identity and ascend into something new.
Hate festers in everyone, whether Christian or Muslim. Religion becomes less a creed and faith, instead turning into a tool of tribalism. No one's hands are clean here, no one gets out unscathed. Hate leads to its inevitable end for Captain Michaels and everyone else here. A choice of hate over a choice of love goes only one way.
Much like "The Last Temptation of Christ", Kazantzakis expresses the contradiction of the divine and the human. We seek something out of something greater than us, but our material insecurities and fears drive us to do things that push away. Beautiful in the somber reality it paints. A struggle for external freedom born out of a projection of a need for internal balance. Slow roll to the end times because no one can let go of their identity and ascend into something new.