Bloo - Witness and Mosquito Coast

By witnessing a murder, Samuel's innocence is lost as Samuel tells his grandfather Eli that he is willing to kill a bad man, because he has witnessed ''the evil.'' Eli, who is portrayed as the wise and old traditional patriarch, takes over the role of the father figure by letting Samuel sitting on his lap and teaches him about the dangers of the gun and tells Samuel that the Amish believe that killing someone is wrong. He mentions to Samuel, '' the gun of the hand is for the taking of human life.'' The camera zooms to encompass an eyelevel close-up of Samuel looking into the worried expression of Eli. Eli asks him ''Will you kill?'' Samuel replies '' I would only kill the bad men.'' This shows how Samuel's Amish morals and values are corrupted. This does not fit into the morals and values of the Amish. Eli tries to explain that violence is not the answer to all of men's problems, but Samuel knows that this does not work in the ''real world'' since he has witnessed ''evil'' with his own eyes. Although, Samuel is very young, he has experienced and seen evil which his grandfather probably hasn't. In this particular scene, the dominant are Eli and Samuel which is passed over to the gun on the table which is slightly light emphasizing the importance of the discussion between the grandfather and the boy and that the gun is the reason why the two are emotionally distanced from each other.

'' I grew up with the belief that the world belonged to him and that everything he said was true.'' This is what Charlie Fox says about his father at the beginning of Mosquito Coast. This quote shows that Charlie idolized his father and that he believed in his father's dreams. Initially, Charlie obeyed his father without a question, but as the story develops Charlie comes to question his father's methods and loses his belief in him especially when Allie locks up the armed bandits in ''Fat Boy'' in an attempt to freeze them alive. The idea backfires when the men begin shooting in ''Fat Boy'' and as a result set themselves, along with the rest of the village in flames. We see Allie's face lightened up by the fire. His glasses reflect the flames which make him look like a mad men. Together with ''Fat Boy'', his sanity and utopian ideals goes up into flames as well. In the next shot, the dominant is again Allie who is sitting on the ground looking at his destroyed dream. His family sits behind him and Charlie sits close next to him, but he looks angry at his father. This shows that he questions his father. Even though, the proxemics are personal, there is a gap between father and son. Just like Samuel, Charlie has lost his innocence, because the person who he trusted and idolized destroyed his world and has put his family in danger. Charlie realizes he needs to grow up in order to save his family.