In the film ‘The Witness’ we explore numerous ideas in which validates John Donne’s observation which leads us into trusting the statement that is “No man is an island, Entire of itself, Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main.”
Every individual is a puzzle piece which fits flawlessly into a much bigger picture. In this Instance it is an Amish community. Peter Weir expressed his opinion on what belonging means to us as humans through his film which works in sync with the ideology’s of John Donne. He portrays his views by a variety of techniques such as camera angels, symbolism, lightening, music, dialogue etc. to truly capture humanity in a new light meanwhile, highlighting the truth behind belonging. By the end we can see that it may or may not be possible to withdraw from mainstream society and belong to a closed community considering the individual.
Everyman has the opportunity to become a part of the ‘main’ as John Donne stated, and you can’t remain an ‘island’ for long. As individuals it is possible to drift from communities but we either go back to them or develop into a new one without consciously doing so. Peter Weir demonstrated this idea to us through a the ‘barn building’ scene in which we can see the development of John Book from an outsider to a community member. John Book is made to be isolated from the other men in the Amish community by his costume, a white shirt which stands out compared …show more content…
We witness in witness the struggles of both John Book and Rachel Lapp had with their sense of belonging and conclude that we are able to belong to anywhere and anyone but in the long run we always tend to go back to what we have always known, but through out this journey we are never drifting as an island alone but always we belong to a
Every individual is a puzzle piece which fits flawlessly into a much bigger picture. In this Instance it is an Amish community. Peter Weir expressed his opinion on what belonging means to us as humans through his film which works in sync with the ideology’s of John Donne. He portrays his views by a variety of techniques such as camera angels, symbolism, lightening, music, dialogue etc. to truly capture humanity in a new light meanwhile, highlighting the truth behind belonging. By the end we can see that it may or may not be possible to withdraw from mainstream society and belong to a closed community considering the individual.
Everyman has the opportunity to become a part of the ‘main’ as John Donne stated, and you can’t remain an ‘island’ for long. As individuals it is possible to drift from communities but we either go back to them or develop into a new one without consciously doing so. Peter Weir demonstrated this idea to us through a the ‘barn building’ scene in which we can see the development of John Book from an outsider to a community member. John Book is made to be isolated from the other men in the Amish community by his costume, a white shirt which stands out compared …show more content…
We witness in witness the struggles of both John Book and Rachel Lapp had with their sense of belonging and conclude that we are able to belong to anywhere and anyone but in the long run we always tend to go back to what we have always known, but through out this journey we are never drifting as an island alone but always we belong to a