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Review of National Treasure

The Liberalism in National Treasure

The movie National Treasure has a liberalism that captures the passion of the founding fathers of the United States, specifically their pursuit of life, liberty, and the pursuit ***** happiness. The Declaration of Independence, the symbol of American freedom and in many countries, the model of democracy and human rights, is the focus of the entire movie. Th***** symbol of American *****, and its liberation from be*****g static ***** lifeless to being alive again is a strong undercurrent in th***** move. Ben Gates' many exploits dur*****g the ***** ironically mirrors the same progression of events for Benjamin Franklin and his pivotal role in ***** writ*****g of the Declaration of Independence.

***** allegorical link of Ben Gate to Ben Franklin is made complete with the analysis of the Silence Dogood Letters a young ***** ***** wrote as a joke ***** play on his bro*****r. This symbolic tie-in is excellently done in both the script and the actual production by having ***** words of Benjamin Franklin make the Declaration of Independence come alive, and re-invigorate even the most jaded and sarcastic critics of ***** idea of the ***** ***** any true message. Th***** is exemplified in Ben's fa*****r eventually becoming a believer **********. There are many other instances of this re-invigoration ***** the Declaration in ***** movie.

This concept of freedom being liberated by a common m*****n, Ben Gates, anchors the film and serves as its foundation. Building on top of this premise, ***** film c*****tinues to define the many ********** ***** liberalism.

First, ********** is the legacy of the Knights Templar from the Middle Ages, one of the more well-known military orders that participated in the Crusades and credited with creating the first ********** of ***** banking, are mentioned as the initia*****rs of the fortune. Over the centuries the Templar's fortune gets transferred to the United *****, ***** as the nation is on the gold standard at that time, forms ***** bas***** of the collateral ***** begin ***** government. Why the film shows liberalism at this point is in its definition of the secret order ***** the ***** Templar being inter-related to the beginnings of the U.S. It ***** common knowledge ***** in colonial England and ***** colonies (including the US) and France that the most influential ***** elite members of society belonged to these ***** societies.

***** fact ***** Ben ***** even knows about the Knights Templar ***** ***** accumulators and transferors of the fortune happens by accident ***** before. What this chain of ***** supports in the film is the fact that it was *****evitable that ***** fortune would be discovered by a common man, not a mem*****r of the elite. In ***** eventual discovery of the treasure ***** the closing scene where its sh*****d ***** the artifacts have been distributed among museums of the world, the cycle comes complete. Instead of having ***** sold for only personal gain, the ***** itself is ***** ***** ***** outside world to use