One Man War

War:

The movie “The Book of Eli” takes place in a post-war future and presently there’s still some war waging on. Denzel Washington who plays the main character Eli is blind; but yet he has mysterious powers that protect him from danger – it’s later shown that the Bible was protecting him. As he continues to travel west he encounters a man named Carnegie who attempts to steal the bible from him. The whole movie is depicted with war which is waged against one man – Eli. Carnegie is trying to steal the book in order to control his town and have power; but the only person standing in his way is Eli. A war against one man is dangerous; it’s like having the whole world against you. However, Eli is still able to pull everything off whenever he holds the book but because he’s blind it stops him from being able to know what he’s doing and once he loses the book, he’s done for. It’s obvious that no matter how strong one person is or how capable their abilities are they won’t survive in a war filled world by themselves. Since the setting is post-war it indicates that in the past that the world was most likely purged to rid the world of humankind as technology increased. People wanted power and that led to devastation and even in Eli’s world he’s still in a war – a war for the possession of one book. War destroys everything as you can see in the movie trailer, the towns and buildings were all destroyed and it seems like everyone has resorted to becoming bandits – to steal and kill. War leaves nothing and that’s the whole depiction of the movie because war continues to destroy rather than help human population. The movie demonstrates that when people attempt to gain something they will wage war, no matter how terrifying the losses will be they still continue on.

With war will everyone join one side? Is everything going to be destroyed? What kind of weapons will be created in order to combat against one another? How far one people go to obtain something? How far will someone go to protect something? Would war lead to change?

In conclusion, war will destroy mostly everything as when people try to steal or destroy an opposing side will always attempt to protect. In order to win against war – each side creates a more advanced technology in order to fight against the opposing side or the losses will become devastating.