• George Malley
• Nate Pope
• DOC
• Lace
• Glory and Al
• The townspeople
• Dr Ringold
• FBI Agents
• DR. WELLEN

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• best explains the suffering misunderstood and ridiculed Jesus.
• After George has this experience of light he is struggling to figure out what is happening to him as he truly discovers his identity, mission, purpose in life.
• On this journey, he wants to share his ideas and help as many people as possible.
• However, the members of his own hometown are afraid of George and have made their own conclusions about him and cannot listen to his truth. (MARK: IRONIC TWIST and MESSIANIC SECRET)
• The FBI agents want to silence George because they are threatened by his special abilities.
• After his death the people come to an understanding and appreciate and treasure his memory as his spirit lives on in them.

• Dr. Ringold: insists on being called Doctor; does not want to listen to George until after he sees George’s special abilities
• FBI agents: threatened by George’s knowledge; filled will fear, they want to silence him
• Dr. Wellen: just wants George’s brain; has no interest in the person, or life
• “you are not a scholar”

• The garden: nature, heaven and earth
• The light changes everything,
• Does George really change?
• Increased capacity for learning
• Sees clearly, understands right away
• Concentrates; clarity of thought
• Teaches a parable using symbols
– Aspen trees in Colorado one root system, unity, connected, partnership

• “Full of ideas and you can’t deliver”
– The parking lot, the new mail route,
• George still says “I don’t know” but he shares what he knows and feels; similar to Jesus identity growing into understanding of his human and divine natures
• “Like he is not human”

• Humanity and suffering of Jesus
• Irony in Mark
• Lessons that we can learn from Jesus’ experience of suffering and service
• The messianic secret and mystery
– Nate wants to show off George's ability of telekinesis; George says never mind that
• The Parable of the sower and the seed

• George pays attention to details
• George wants to learn Spanish in order to communicate better
• George is the instrument!!!
• Searching for truth, creates experiments,
• What is happening is the truth
• “I am the way and the truth and the life”
• Nate is in fantasy land; George brings him reality, gives him purpose and a future

• George Malley: Jesus
• Nate Pope: Peter
• DOC: Joseph
• Lace: Mary Magdalene
• Glory and Al: the children
• The townspeople: turn on him
• Dr Ringold: the doubting Thomas
• FBI Agents: the Roman and Jewish Authorities
• DR. WELLEN

• there are many biblical references that you can use to connect the Bible and the movie; here are a few:
• remember you must use 2 biblical quotations from any of the following stories or any of your own and explain them in your reflection paper...............
• Jn 2: the cleansing of the temple
• Lk 22: the last supper Eucharist
• Lk 22: the agony in the garden of Gethsemane
• Jn 12: the anointing at Bethany
• Mt 27: the guards at the tomb
• Jn 15: the vine and the branches
• Jn 21: Jesus and Peter

• The birthday: beginnings, creation
• the light:
• The solar panels: the sun, the Son
• the garden: of Eden and Gethsemane
• lace's wooden chairs: carpentry, sin, the cross
• the grove of aspen trees in Colorado
• George's books
• George’s experiments:
• The corn!!!

• Sight: George sees the light
• Taste: the taste of life
• Touch: feels the prequake activity; telekinesis; feels the pain of others (compassion)
• Hearing: Morse code
• Smell: stops to smell the flowers
• Sense of humor!!!