Sean Jones's Snakes On A Plane

Sean Jones, a surfer in Maui, unexpectedly comes across the brutal murder of a prosecutor. Mobster Eddie Kim and his gang are responsible. After being interrogated by the FBI, Jones refuses to cooperate because he wants to continue to surf instead of testifying in Los Angeles. Frustrated, Jones gets on to plane to travel to LAX. However, Kim realizes that he needs to kill Sean Jones before he is able to testify under a federal judge. Consequently, Kim puts hundreds of snakes in the storage compartment in order to bring the plane down without getting caught. In Snakes on a Plane, protagonist Sean Jones comes to the realization that his comic flaw of selfishness ultimately brings him to guilt, which allows him to put his life on the line to save …show more content…
As the snakes kill of passengers one by one, Jones realizes that he is responsible for their deaths, due to the fact that those snakes wouldn’t be in the plane in the first place if Jones wasn’t on board. The passengers obviously recognize this, and are very enraged. One passenger even pulls a gun out on him. Pointing the gun at Sean and the FBI agent also on board, he says “You put us at risk and you're gonna tell us why...” Jones steps in front and says “Whoa whoa whoa, okay, look. The snakes are on the plane because… I'm supposed to testify tomorrow against Eddie Kim.” This guilt that haunts Sean throughout the film is the fundamental reason why he chooses to forget his importance and do whatever he can to save people on the plane. Ignoring Flynn’s orders, Sean leaves his isolation in first class to help blockade the snakes with the life raft. This change in character is yet another example of how Sean progresses as a character. Due to his guilt, he is able to realize that everyone will die if he isn’t selfless and doesn’t contribute. Therefore, Sean is able to forfeit his selfish tendencies due to his guilt as a