Massiha Last Crusade

Everyone basically knows that the Indiana Jones trilogy shows the stages of knighthood. Temple of Doom shows the stages of the mercenary knight, Raiders of the Lost Ark shows the indentured knight, and the Last Crusade finally showed the Grail knight. Alas, all three types of knights are present in the Last Crusade. Flash to the scene

where Indy steals Coronado’s cross from the goons. He keeps saying, “it belongs in a museum,” but he’s still stealing it. He may be doing it to be the one who discovers it, therefore, getting the fortune and glory. This is Indy as the mercenary knight. He even still is the mercenary knight when he steals the cross again on the Portuguese coast. Fast forward to being approached by Donovan to find the grail. This is Indy as the indentured knight. Granted some motivation is to find his father, but he is in service to finding the grail for Donovan and using his resources including money to find it. Finally, he graduates to becoming the Grail Knight when he has to accomplish the three tasks in order to save his dad. He does it selflessly for a man he feared never loved him as much as he lo

ved everything about the quest for the grail. Above all it restores his faith in a higher being, God. He could have never saved his dad unless he truly believed all that he needed to in order to get the grail. One had to be pure and believe. Another scene that could be his transformation is when he listens to his father and stops reaching for the grail. It shows he doesn’t really need the fortune and glory. He just needed a different kind, the love and recognition of his father.