A Simple Plan, a not so simple Outcome.

At first this movie struck me as kind of slow paced and nothing like Memento where you constantly had to pay attention and always had something going on that needed a second thought.  The movie shows us that we all have good as well as evil inside of us. A person is capable of anything, this is very evident with the scene where Sarah has the baby in hand while telling Hank to betray his best friend. It is a testament to greed, frailty of a person, and desperation. This movie puts forth some very intense characters such as Billy Bob Thornton's, Jacob who i connected with the most throughout the movie. I firmly believe that when we are born we have traits that destine us to be something and they usually don't go along with our lives or how we look. We can see this from Jacob's love and trust for his brother, he is the innocent in the movie. Sarah is the one who indirectly causes all of the killings and yet she is a small woman who is pregnant. Appearances are very decieving. Jacob is much more intelligent than his appearance makes him seem. It is evident from his understanding of their father's suicide that he is able to face the harsh reality of life. He sees what he has done to people and understands that he cannot live anymore. Even though Mr. Bennett will disagree with me on this one I believe the last scene with the black hole in the side of the house represents an empty shell that once held life. It is symbolic for how a man can destroy his own decency and essentially destroy their soul by killing and decieving the people around him.