Indian Jones

This was a great film first of all. Secondly, I did like how Spielberg opened up with a young indy, and he did this for many reasons. He did this to show that the grail is a life long quest, that begins at a young age. Indy is in the boy scouts when his initial quest first begins. This is a good way of showing how the quest can take a lifetime. He also did this to give the viewers a chance to get to know Indy. He is a tough little guy with complete hope and desire for the good. This shows that he may be a knight, metaphorically speaking, who is entitled to the grail. He is out for the good, knowing the thing should be in a museum. This is a selfless act and we begin to know his character early. Also, the grail scene at the end. First, he is the only one able to get through first, the right way. He is a pure person. Not entirely, but the purest, best hearted, not pure like a virgin. He gets through and is able to guess the right grail because it is not for his own good. He loves his father, and much like Harry Potter got the stone for the betterment of everyone and not himself, Indy is able to retreave the grail to help is father. However, it is lost at the end. Indy only gets to use it to help his father. This again signifies that grail quests for forever. It is strategically not destroyed, but lost. Some how, some way, someone else could get it. But only the pure at heart etc etc.

Persse

1)Is Persse's grail ever finally achieved?
No I do not believe that it actually is. He thought that he was in love, when in reality he was in love with the thought of being in love, which we have seen in other works. Basically he lost his virginity and was willing to give it up because he thought he was doing it for love. He wasn't, so he never really met his goal. The sex was to basically land mark the love that he thought he shared with Angelica, but since it was with her sister, their was no actual love involved. Just sex. Lily then goes on to prove to him that he was not actually in love. He couldn't tell the difference between the two sisters, which means that he was never actually in love-soul connecting, deep rooted-love. His grail quest failed because he reached the wrong goal. Sure sex and what not but no love.

Small World: Day 3

1)Again, what is the emphisis on sex?
In this section of the book, one character has sex with his married secretary. Again this is showing how not all knights, metaphorically speaking, are just or good. He is doing this to get his own needs met and his own wants. Nowhere in chivarly is there room for a knight who is constantly having sex with married women. Also, the women is obviously not a very good person because she is ok with cheating on her husband. Obviously neither of these people are worthy of getting any grail or anything that they are working for, based on their morals.
2) What does the end of this section show us?
At the end of this section, phil does not tell his wife about his big news. I wonder why this is, and what significance it has. She is obviously excited about her new prospective job, but is he also? Probably not. He had big news and obviously is a bit upset that she was not more impressed and interested in his stuff. What does this have to do with chivalry? while caring for her, he does not worry about his own needs. Does this make him good? or simply moody?