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Both violent and non-violent resistance are major themes in the movie The Mission. Even tough the Jesuits are peaceful of God they used both violent and non-violent resistance in this story to stand for what they believe in. Violent protest is aggressive and commanding while non-violent resistance is truly standing up for something. While both methods are effective and prove a point, only one form of resistance proved to be most effective in this film. …

…people in the crowd. But, that was not the case in the mission when 2 of 3 Jesuits decided that violent resistance would be most effective while the head of Jesuits decided to choose non-violent resistance. He truly stood for what he believed in and that was God, he prayed with the community while the others killed each other. He died himself but with the cross in hands, and died doing what God truly intended for him.