Greg McCracken- The Jacket

Greg McCracken
The Jacket
The Jacket is a movie about a man who suffers from memory loss and is eventually framed for a murder he did not commit. Once in court, he is found insane and sentenced to a mental institution. Inside the institution, he is treated with a dangerous therapy that gives him the ability to experience the distant future. During this therapy, he discovers that he will die in the coming days from a head trauma. He must continue to experience this treatment so he can go into the future and get help from a woman he helped in the past. Eventually, he realizes that his death is inevitable, but he still has the ability to save the life of the woman, Jackie Price, who he encounters.
The main character in the Jacket, Jack Starks, could easily be seen as a Christ figure during the movie. Once he figures out that his death is inevitable, he becomes a human sacrifice to save the people he loves. The Jacket has many symbols which serve to show Jack's parallel life to Christ. In a scene where Starks is stareing at his grave, it is shown that he was born on Christmas Day and that he will die on New Year's Day. New Year's Day is symbolic because it is a new beginning. In the movie, Jack's death on New Year's signifies the end of his life and the beginning of a new life for the woman he loves. By Jack's death, Jackie will be able to live; just as Christ's death allowed Christ's followers to live.