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Jesus is portrayed as the Universal savior in Luke. Romero is similar to Christ because he is a universal savior. He believes that everyone deserves to be loved, and basic rights, just like Jesus. What makes him even more like Jesus is that he is willing to fight for them. His fight, determination, and compassion shows Jesus in him through many different ways, which ends up getting him killed. This paper will show how Romero work with the oppressed through the movie, Romero, is similar to how Jesus worked with the the oppressed of his time.

Jesus cared deeply for everyone, similar to Romero. One significant story of Jesus's that relates to Romero's life is the heeling of the lepers. In this story, Jesus goes to a village of people who are

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