Catfish, a week later. . .

            In class we watched the film, Catfish; although, there were many psychological themes throughout this film, there were also many philosophical themes as well. As we spoke in class, there were many things that appeared to be morally wrong and upsetting. One theme was the relationship between Angela and her husband, and if what she did constitutes as cheating. I believe cheating in any way or form is when an individual is unfaithful to their significant other. Since Angela was seeking happiness and pleasure elsewhere and lied to her husband as to why she was contacting this other male, I believe this was her being unfaithful to her husband. Lying to her husband not only breaks the trust between the two of them, but their communication was disrupted as well; a solid relationship is built on these two principles. Even though one could say Angela wasn’t in the right state of mind and she was caught up so deep in this false identity, she still was unfaithful to her husband.

            Another disturbing theme was the fact that Angela got her young daughter involved. It seemed like Angela had a pathological lying issue and would do whatever she could to keep this false identity alive. It’s really unfortunate to keep this false life going she had to use her 9 year old daughter and potentially get her harmed. It was not wise to let a complete stranger into her life and put her daughter in danger. It was asked in class after watching the movie if we felt like what the mother did was morally wrong? I would say yes, because not only did she do the things I mentioned above but she also manipulated and disregarded another’s feelings and emotions. I remember the question arose in class, “Do y’all feel bad for her, due to what she has to deal with?” Like many I said yes; then the next question was, “Does this change your mind if this is morally wrong?” Although she was dealt many hardships, just because we feel bad for all she has to go through; nonetheless what she did was wrong in my eyes.