Armada, Jonel C.

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COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO

I had nothing to said about the movie that I have seen, about of mount Cristo. The main character was known as Edmund Dantes. He was the very clever person in his time. The very friendly but he failed to trust anyone. That goes travelled along his journey of life. If you would imagine, when he was a normal person he has no problem but since, the enemy was known about the world that he made in a stone, his life was put into danger. He and his friend were battle with a sword. Until he trapped and the enemy was put him into prison he was a prisoner for a long time. He did not free to go outside, no basic needs at all. Until the old man was quickly entered his life by met him at the same prison. The old man was also prison for a long period of time.

He knew from that old man how to read and how to protect himself in the bad like of people. He learned martial arts and different kind of subject. Until such time there was happened an earthquake in the prison and that time the old man was died. He interchanges from the old man place. Then he escaped from the prison and he got a freedom to his life. He wet also a intelligent friend and these was the gift of god to him because it is a beautiful part of journey of his life. He grab the opportunities those he was being smart was used as the sword of him so that he got a vengeance to his enemies. His friend found so much of a gold in a deep seas and he got these gold and sold to the rich person. He and his friend were go to France and they started the plan that he thought of.

In fact, he succeeded to his plans. He and his girlfriend before was met to each other together with his son. That day was so great, because the beginning of change was happened. The salve before is now a multimillionaire today. On the other hand, the battle of the sword took place between Edmund Dantes and his enemy. After the battle, Dantes was won and he got a free to his life. On the contrary, I compared the life of our national hero, both of them never give up to commit the justice of his life. That is why I believed in both of them, because I learned that even there many changes and trials in life there is not a hindrance to succeed, that is not a barrier to go beyond life. There is no reason to quit.

Borromeo, Fervic Anthony Jen L. Soc. Sci. 13

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The Count of Monte Cristo is a story of a man named Edmund Dantes, a man who was betrayed by his best friend, sent to the prison for a crime he didnt committed, lost his father and especially lost the woman he loved the most. During his time in the prison he lost hope, his reasons to live and lost his belief in God. He suffered tremendously, not only physically but also emotionally. All the sufferings and downs changed when he met an old prisoner who was digging a tunnel to escape from the prison. Eventually, this person taught him many things, how to read, write and count and even taught him swordsmanship. One time when they were both underground digging the tunnel for an escape, an accident occurred, the soil collapsed burying the old man alive, due to a death of a dear friend Edmund once again almost lost his hope, but before the old man died, he gave Edmund a map of an island were hidden treasures was located. He thought then of a plan of how to escape the prison. Upon escaping he immediately returned to his hometown. All in his mind was to have revenge to those people who caused him great despair, who stole his life from him. After knowing that his father had committed suicide and the woman whom she love the most got married to his best friend that betrayed him, he immediately thought of having his vengeance. He immediately went to the island where the treasures were hidden, together with a man whom he met and vowed to serve and protect him.

After he got the treasures in his hand, he immediately bought a mansion and change his name and disguised himself to a new person and called himself Count of Monte Cristo. He searched for those people he wanted his revenge to. He also searched for the woman he loved. He planned his vengeance thoroughly. After some turn of events he found out that he had a son in the woman she loved. He did his revenge and even fought with his best friend and defeated him. He had reunited with the woman she loved and was recognized by his son. Finally Edmund Dantes sets for a new start of life together with his family and his loyal servant and friend.

The story as I reflected and thought of was very similar to DR. Jose Rizals novel, Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. The idea of the story about vengeance and the despair of the main character is almost the same. The main character in Count of Monte Cristo is similar to Crisostomo Ibarra, the main character in Noli Me Tangere. Both of them was accused of crime they didnt commit and after tragic incidents in the characters life, they have the similarity of both of them disguised themselves in the personality of new person. The events in the story and the plan of vengeance was the

same. Also they had the similarity of how they loosed the woman they loved the most. In many angles and way, they have many similarities.

There are also differences between the story of Monte Cristo and Rizals novel, El Filibusterismo has a darker ending and story unlike in movie. The Count of Monte Cristo had a nostalgic and a pleasant ending while in El Filibusterismo, Simoun died and was unable to reunite with the woman she loved the most, Maria Clara. In the movie, Edmund Dantes was able to reunite with Mercedez and even met his only son. As I think of it, Rizals novel have more nationalistic aura, for it depicts and tells the stae of our beloved country and the cancer that is spreading in the country as he stated and one of my favorite lines in the Noli Me Tangere, which Crisostomo Ibarra told. In contrast in the Count of Monte Cristo with the El Filibusterismo, it had a more serious output. And in Rizals novel, there are many characters that piles up the burden the main character was carrying.

Throughout the story of The Count of Monte Cristo I had observed that the plans of the main character went out successfully. It was an amazing thing how he made the person who sent him to prison confessed for the fault he committed. The characters in the story also had shown different kind of emotions that adds the excellency of the movie. The story was clear and how amazing the plans of Edmund Dantes was perfectly done. It was a big difference in Simons plans in El Filibusterismo, it had encountered many hindrances and eventually his plans didnt succeeded until his last breathe. As I was watching the movie, I thought of how the story runs and it was beautifully done. From the happy beginning, a dark story in the climax until the near end, and an happy ending.

As have realized that the novel of Rizals Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo and the Count of Monte Cristo does have many similarities even though it had some differences of how the story progresses and how did it ends. The atmosphere of the stories differ in some ways. But if it was me, I prefer Rizals novels because it tells about our beloved country, how did it suffered from the hands of the tyrants and how did it experienced despair, even though both novels written by DR. Rizal didnt had an happy ending. As I also think on, The Count of Monte Cristo had a one-sided story for only one character was focused on unlike in Rizals work which the story had more several characters that always appear in each chapter of the story that represents the citizens of the country and the Spanish colonizers. More importantly in both different stories I had felt the feelings of all the characters, their hope, despair, happiness, wantings to avenge and the feelings of how to be betrayed, this feelings that every person can experience and feel. Mostly I had concluded to myself that no matter who the person is,

he cannot escape despair and if this despair piles up more and more, the person will have the wanting of making revenge on people who hurt and him and will feel extreme anger. No matter what he will seek payment of what he have felt, he will want others especially those people who caused him despair, to feel and experience of what he also gone through, but one must realize that having revenge will only result to nothing but another despair. Vengeance is not a solution to settle down things and a person had felt. It is not the right answer, like the saying tells, a mistake cannot be corrected with another mistake. We must also think it like this, instead of seeking for revenge, all we need to do is to accept and especially forgive, forgiveness shall we give to those people who had done wrong to us.

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On the other hand, he escaped the prison and started having revenge to his enemies for the reason that he is not at fault. He do things for he had freedom that even himself before he did not experience. After that time, he began to end the life of his enemies. He deeply planned and attacked and wait for them. Then he met a friend that is also a brilliant person. Then he and that frien united to find plenty of gold hidden in the ocean and that wealth made him a very rech person, a multi- millionaire in his time. The party then was held in a property he bought. At some day he met the girl he loved so much as well as his only son from that girl, sadly, he cannot introduced himself to them for the reason of keeping his secret personality for it will be known by his enemies.

Thirdly, Edmund Dantes had finally met and knew to each other. He and him was angry to themselves that is why there is no good thing happened. By the time, enemies of Edmund Dantes had come, he pointed a gun and his son suddenly came therefore there is no such thing happened. Until his enemy was escaping at the back of a horse and then their battle of sword had began. Edmund won the battle. He and his son as well as the woman he loved was reunited to each other and live happily.

Lastly, I learned a moral lesson from the movie that we never regret of how kind a person is to us. I learned that we could never quit because of what we had experienced that is not a hindrance to surpass all the challenges and trials in our life.

I have nothing to say about the movie. He was most brilliant in his generation, the most friendly person in his time. If you imagine his life was not easy to survive because of the challenges that he has experienced to his life. But the gift of God was still exsisting, the gift of God to him which is life was never abused even his friend left and betrayed him. He never quitted instead he continue the journey of his life. Even he was putted to prison, he grabbed the opportunity after he met the old man at the same prison. though he was being smart was used as a shield to protect himself. He knows how to decide properly and wisely. He learned martial arts and different kind of subjects. After that, he used this in a real life and applied in a proper way in his lifestyle.