The story tells a family who moved from the city to the countryside, where the husband believes that he will have a better job prospect in the countryside. Alex, the patriach, thought that he had moved to a place where he finds it his garden of Eden. The beautiful dream shatters into pieces when his wife, Vera, told him a piece of news:
'I am pregnant. But, the child's father is not you.'
Alex was given 2 choices: to forgive Vera and live with humilation, or to get his mobster brother, Mark, to teach Vera a lesson.
The idea of The Banishment is all about the banishment of man from the garden of Eden, and how he faced the life after being banished.
Somehow, I had the kind of feeling of being banished right now. I experienced it twice: once in KL, and once in Singapore. And what is all about? Being stood up for an appointment arranged with friends who I could really trusted, twice.
It's sad to been stood up in a place you are familiar with, but even worst when you are stood up in a place where strangers surrounds you.
I read a story not long ago, and it was a fable from Arabia.
Two bestfriends, who are businessmens, went to a faraway place to hitch a deal. They had to walk pass deserts, mountains, forests and long winding road, before they could reach the destination.
There were no transport back them, so they had to walk for miles. After days of walking, one of the guy was really tired and frustrated. At the desert, he vent his anger on his friend, and beats him up. His friend was upset for what he did, so he written the following on the sand:
'My bestfriend beats me up today.'
At night, the sandstorm came. The fella who beats his friend during the day wakes him up, and told him to run for their life. They hide behind a small mountain, and his friend carved the following words on the mountain:
'My bestfriend saves me today.'
The businessman who beats his friend up was puzzled. He asked: Why did you write your feelings when I beat you up on the sand, and carved the words when I saved you?
His friend replied: One feels angry when his friend do something bad to him. But, by writing on the sand, you just the sand gets blown, and forget everything. When your friend do something to help you, you must never forget the kindness that he gave you. That explains why I carved the words on the stone.
The story sounds simple, yet it has a deep meaning behind the story.
Do we kill our friends or forgive them, when they do something to your disadvantage?