A thematic analysis of There Will Be Blood. If you have a question please ask below and I will get back to you as soon as possible. If you disagree with my interpretation please be polite and state your case with examples. This is a learning experience for everyone and I am happy to be proven incorrect if that be the case. Thank you!
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Script(formatting is weird, but it facilitates how I work on these):
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Everyone wants to control their lives, though… few end up actually doing so. It’s such a process to get that point. Firstly knowing exactly what it is you want to be, how you plan to accomplish that, and then actually following through. And really, even after accomplishing all that, you still don’t control everything. Especially with certain lingering belief systems.
2 (process of owning business)
If you were to undergo this process, it would start off with career.
It takes copious amounts of dedication to keep climbing that ladder despite how it may hurt you. It takes the know how or ability to innovate your field. If anything it takes time, in most cases, years stacked on years. You’d need power and currency. You need the to know that the tactics you take are always justifiable. I’d say that lastly, you’d need outward respectability and a cold shell to… certain negative outcomes to truly own YOUR business or to corner YOUR market.
3 (perception from others)
Respectability isn’t just in the realm professionalism though, so moving away from owning your career, is owning the perception of others. Or at the very least making all of your decisions look like good decisions whether to peers, or to congregation. If you really want control of your life, and for it to seem positive, you should not fess up to your crimes against man, or God. You should present face whenever possible, and make sure YOU are getting credit, and not anyone else, or anyone else through someone else.
4 (beating/lying to/using other people/God himself)
And with that being said, the last umbrella or section of life that you should control is you’re own pecking order. No one should be above you or in more control, even God himself. No one should have the power to put you down or make you question your choices. No one should be able to make you fess up to the horrible things you’ve done, you own this life of yours. You don’t let anyone get an inch. Especially those just like you, with a focus on control. Even when you actually like someone, someone you see your own deepest ideas in… you don’t let them in, and by God don’t you let them or anyone else use you, or even oppose you. Tear down all competition in your way because controlling your lifes work, your perception, and anyone else trying to have what you have, gives you and you alone, full control… you and you alone…
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