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The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ |
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TheGoodManJesusAndTheScoundrelChrist |
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The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ is a 2010 novel by Philip Pullman. It tells the story of Jesus as if he were two people, "Jesus" and "Christ", with contrasting personalities; Jesus being a moral and godly man, and his brother Christ a calculating figure who wishes to use Jesus' legacy to found a powerful Church. |
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DBTropes |
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Humans Are Flawed |
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Humans Are Flawed: The Stranger claims that this is the reason why Jesus' teachings will never work. |
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The Man Behind the Man |
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The Man Behind the Man - The Stranger/Angel to Christ. |
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The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ / int_3a1c2171 |
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Downer Ending |
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Downer Ending - Christ got his powerful church but the things he had to do to create it and the manner in which he sugar-coated Jesus' life in his texts and all that entails for everything leave him a bitter man |
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Corrupt Church |
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Corrupt Church / Saintly Church: Both are presented as visions for the future that Christ will be responsible for, with the implication being that both versions will have some truth to them. |
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Alternative Character Interpretation |
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Alternative Character Interpretation - invoked Presents two interpretations of Jesus Christ side-by-side as if they coexisted. Also used straight. Was Jesus a righteous man whose teachings and sacrifice were perverted by Christ's cowardice and cynicism? Or was Jesus a stubborn curmudgeon demanding the impossible, and Christ his unappreciated Psycho Supporter who made sure some practical good came from his life? The ending implies that even Christ himself isn't sure. |
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The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ / int_5e7163c9 |
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Psycho Supporter |
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Also used straight. Was Jesus a righteous man whose teachings and sacrifice were perverted by Christ's cowardice and cynicism? Or was Jesus a stubborn curmudgeon demanding the impossible, and Christ his unappreciated Psycho Supporter who made sure some practical good came from his life? The ending implies that even Christ himself isn't sure. |
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Jesus Was Way Cool |
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Jesus Was Way Cool: It's just too bad about how the hype took over... |
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The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ / int_64b2ff00 |
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Unwitting Pawn |
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Unwitting Pawn: Christ |
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The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ / int_733e007a |
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My God, What Have I Done? |
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My God, What Have I Done?: Christ gets a massive dose of this at the end. |
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Only Known by Their Nickname |
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Only Known by Their Nickname: Mary gave her second son a common name (which is never revealed), but always called him Christ (Greek for Messiah), which is also the name used in narration. |
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The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ / int_a7850fbf |
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FanFiction |
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Fan Fiction - Sort of. |
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The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ / int_c2475826 |
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Composite Character |
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Composite Character: Christ fills in some of the roles of Satan as he tempts his brother in the desert and Judas Iscariot as he does the betrayal. |
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The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ / int_e4965307 |
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Decomposite Character |
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Decomposite Character: Jesus and Christ. |
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Twin Switch |
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Twin Switch: Christ pretends to be the resurrected Jesus who died on the cross. |
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Never Trust a Title |
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Never Trust a Title: The characters' motivations are nowhere near as black-and-white as the title suggests. "The ineffectual idealist Jesus and the reluctant pragmatic Christ would have been an equally valid title. |
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