Questions to the movie "The Island"

1. I think it’s hard to say the main theme of this film, and if so perhaps also hard to name. But I would say mainly Friendship and a bit love. I think this because after Jordan and Lincoln had escaped they chose to return and save the others, they wanted to help their friends. They could just have sailed away and never look back at what had happened. The question the film raises is if human cloning is OK. I think that depends on how you use this technology. As they did here with killing them to save the ”original”. That would be genocide and murder, but if you treat them as human beings and not some lifeline it would probably be OK. 
2. For what reason do you think Doctor Merrick’s decided to start the facility? What do you think the Island is really saying about human cloning? Are you surprised by this in a Hollywood film?:         I think Merrick started the facility for two reasons. The first is that he wanted to help people to live longer and keep them healthy. the second reason I think is money. He could earn really much by selling clones as a lifeline to keep you alive longer. The Island in this case is to keep the hopes up so the clones just wont give up. It’s a beam of light in their dark view of the world. I am not surprised to see this in a Hollywood film, I wouldn’t be surprised by any movie made by them. Unless it’s a really really bad movie. 
3. What is the message of the film regarding the value of human life? How does this work with the fact that the film also contains a lot of violence?:         I think the message is that every human is of the same value and have the same potential as others. Even though someone is good at football and someone else is good at math. Also that you shouldn’t value others less because they’re different. They might be clones but they are still living, thinking, breathing, understanding, smart humans. I think that Merrick in the end understands their potential and the harm two clones can do if they reached higher authority. Therefore he sent out Albert Laurent and his gang to kill them, because they could crash his entire facility.
4. What does Jordan mean when she says ”the Island is real, it’s us”. What if anything, is this saying about the human hope for some paradise or for heaven:      I think what she means is that if we go really deep, we or each other can be what we are looking for, the paradise. We could also be the start for it if we just stopped fighting each other. What it’s saying about our understanding for a paradise or heaven is that we are all seeking for a place that we can call our paradise. We want to come to a place where we can do what we love and that is like our own paradise.

Die Schildkröte und der Elefant

Schildkröte:

Man findend Schildkröten in den ganzen wellt. Schildkröte frisst Grass. Die Schildkröte sind sehr langsam an Land, aber sehr schnell in Wasser. Die Schildkröte hat eine Schale auf dem Rücke. Schildkröte sehen eigenartig.

Der Elefant:

Der Elefant leben in Afrika und Indien. Er frisst Grass. Der Elefant ganz groß. Er haben ein Rüssel für Nase. Der Elefant sieht matt aus.