In the 1981
classic, “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” we meet our protagonist, Henry “Indiana”
Jones in the first scene of the film. While navigating his way through booby
trapped caves and caverns, Indy tries to steal a relic which belongs to a tribe
of Hovitos warriors. Little does he know, he is outsmarted by our antagonist in
the film, Dr. Rene Belloq, who is an
arrogant French archaeologist and Indy's rival and nemesis. Dr. Belloq soon
leads a Nazi regime, trying to find the lost ark in Egypt.
In
the beginning of the film, Indiana Jones is physically and emotionally
unstable, due to losing the relic he traveled to South America to get. Upon his
arrival back to the United States, he is then asked by several colleagues to
embark on a journey to Cairo, to find this “Lost Ark.” Metaphorically you can
say that Indiana Jones is an adventurous work horse; giving up limbs to save
the people and things he loves. Now, what stands in Indiana Jones way of
returning back to California with the ark sooner, is Dr. Belloq himself, and
his Nazi henchmen. Jones has to get through obstacles, and hundreds of his men,
with little help from his woman, and Egyptian friend.
At
the end of “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” Indiana Jones and his woman were
successful in acquiring the ark, without losing their lives in the process. As
for everyone else; they turned to dust. Now, the way Indy embarked on this
journey is an amazing one. The journey to me, was a ‘road trip with adventures.’
By day, Indiana Jones is an archaeological studies professor, but by night,
turns into a tomb raiding super hero so to speak. At each point in the film,
there was either a fight, argument, or some detour for Harrison Ford to
overcome, which shows he was willing to risk his life for the greater good.
Personally, if I was one of his students I would brag that he was my teacher!