Signs By M Night Shyamalan Analysis

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In the movie “Signs” by M. Night Shyamalan I believe the author’s message is that everything happens for a reason. And the author presents this message by faith. Graham used to be a pastor. He had 2 kids with a woman named colleen, Boa and Morgan. ”. Morgan has asthma and always making comments about the water “tasting funny” and it being “contaminated”. When his wife died in a tragic car accident with a town local who feel asleep at the wheel. His beliefs changes, he no longer believes in God anymore because he felt that God killed her on purpose and he couldn’t get over that fact. He quit the priesthood and became a farmer, trying his best to raise his two children.
Graham starts to notice weird things happening in his house (signs), a
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This is when he believes they won’t live to see another day, so they have their “last supper” when they start to heal and hug they hear sounds coming from the baby monitor. They wait and see if they can get in, they eventually do so they go down stairs in the cellar and lock the door. This is when an alien touches Morgan and he has an asthma attack, he didn’t have his inhaler so Graham helped Morgan regulate his breathing. Graham speaks to God saying “don’t do this to me again” “I hate you”. Morning comes and they believe the aliens are gone. They proceed upstairs to save Morgan. But they were wrong, the aliens didn’t leave. He grabbed Morgan and this is where everything comes together his flashbacks to when his wife says to “see” and for Merrill to “swing away” And Merrill’s skills at the farthest strike. The alien then sprays a type of gas into Morgan’s nose. Merrill takes the bat that was on the wall and swings at the alien as hard as he could. Once he did that the alien fell and the glasses of water that was laying around the house because of boa burns the alien. So once all the water falls on him they kill him. Graham takes Morgan outside saying “that’s why he had asthma” “his lungs were closed” “it can’t be luck” praying that he is alive. Morgan wakes up saying “Dad, what happened?’ “Did someone save me?” Graham responds “yes I think

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