Lions for Lambs อีกครั้ง

Study Questions

• Lions for Lambs presents us with four distinct, current archetypes: a hawkish conservative, an antiwar liberal, an idealistic intellectual and a disaffected, “slacker” youth. How true to type was each character? Did any one of them surprise you?
• Who did you identify with most in the film? Who was the most unlike you?
• Why do you think Arian and Ernest made the choice they did? Do you agree or, like Malley, do you admire their commitment while deploring their choice?
• The film functioned as a series of debates. Who do you think best stated his or her case? How were you swayed or moved to think differently?
• How did Arian and Ernest's real life struggle for survival serve as commentary on the “abstractions” of the debates? Are war and peace moral issues or strictly political?
• Where would you place Jesus in these debates? We ascribe the title, "Prince of Peace" (Isa. 9:6), to Jesus. Discuss whether you think this means that Jesus would be on the side of peace.
• The Senator believes that the question, “Do you want to win the war on terror?” is the ultimate “yes or no” question of our time. Do you agree? Are things that black and white? Why or why not?
• What would Jesus say about commitment? (See Rev. 3:16.) Does Jesus want us to “stand for something”? To what things should we commit and put our faith in? (See 1 Timothy 4:10.)
• Malley quotes a remark by a WWI German General: “Never have I seen such lions led by such lambs.” How do you interpret that? Is this a quote you would expect to come from Senator Irving? How does this relate to the title of the film?
• Was this an antiwar film or not? How did you feel about the fate of Arian and Ernest? Do you believe you can support the troops, but not the war they fight? (Consider this metaphor: “We all love firemen, but hate fires.”)

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