{"id":95,"date":"2013-09-30T18:06:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T18:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunergoi.com\/?p=95"},"modified":"2016-05-23T09:51:32","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T14:51:32","slug":"five-lessons-we-can-learn-about-sin-from-amcs-breaking-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunergoi.com\/?p=95","title":{"rendered":"Five Lessons We Can Learn about Sin from AMC\u2019s \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

This piece\u00a0<\/a>just ran on the Washington Post’s On Faith blog. \u00a0I wrote it\u00a0after watching the series finale of BB last night. \u00a0I still think the theme of \u201csin\u201d plays a major role in the series, and I try to unpack what that means for the audience without crossing into pedantism.<\/span>
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With Sunday night\u2019s airing of the series finale of AMC\u2019s \u201cBreaking Bad,\u201d the show\u2019s audience finally has a complete work from which we can attempt meaningful interpretation. \u00a0So what was the show was actually about?<\/p>\n

Of course, one of the main elements of the story, perhaps the driving element, was the destructive and ultimate dehumanizing effects of sin. \u00a0This point was obvious from the first season of the show as many critics have pointed out. \u00a0 The popularity of the show was a direct result of how the theme of destruction\/dehumanization was worked out through exceptionally well-done storytelling and characterization.<\/p>\n

Here are five lessons about sin we can learn from the five seasons of the award-winning show.<\/p>\n

1. Self-destructive behavior often stems from old wounds and festering bitterness. \u00a0In the first episode of season one, we meet the character of Walter White, a man deeply embittered by a life that is not the picture of success he had expected in his younger years. \u00a0We see him acting out, yelling at Bogdan, his boss at the car-wash, and assaulting the jerks in the store who make fun of son with special needs. \u00a0These public explosions betray the infection of discontent and jealousy that had festered long before he ever stumbled upon that meth lab during Hank\u2019s ride-along.<\/p>\n

The success of Gray Matters Technologies is a constant reminder throughout the series of \u201cwhat could have been\u201d for Walter, and the sudden reappearance of Gretchen and Elliot on Charlie Rose in the show\u2019s penultimate episode (\u201cGranite State\u201d) initiates a final transition for Walter that leads to the show\u2019s bloody climax. Their appearance reminds us that this whole mess began with what we might think of a common \u201cdomestic\u201d sins stemming from unmet expectations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the rest here\u00a0<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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