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Movie: The Mission


Meena Throngkumpola

The movie, "The Mission," is about how the Spanish in cooperation with
Pourtugal try to get the Jesuits off land negotiated by the two countries. The
Spanish Church sends people into Asuncion, Paraguay to persuade the Jesuits to
get off the land. The film includes spiritual and political activities the are
reflected through the church, natives, and the Jesuits.
What the movie mainly tried to show was that the Church wanted to
maintain control over the Jesuits. To show that control, they went to Paraguay
and tried to persuade the Jesuits to leave. The Spanish allowed them to take
care of the matter to prove that. Spain and Portugal had negotiated the treaty
of Tordesillias. In this treaty the two countries split the western world into
two parts where Spain can have one half and Portugal the other. In the newer
version of the treaty, the line that split the land was moved in favor of
Portugal. On that land, missionaries had already......

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