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ORGANIZED RELIGIONIn the movie As Good As It Gets, No one in the movie makes a direct reference to graven image. This is a little odd because all Melvin, Carol, and Simon are all going with very hard times in their life, and at no point in the movie does one of them ask God for dish out or allthing desire that. The reason this is odd is because, normally, when a person is going through a very hard time in their life they will ask God for help and will promise both(prenominal)thing in return, but not these three people. The reason for them to not ask is because they think that they do not need any help and can personate through everything by themselves. This is shown very blatantly at two points in the movie. The first time is when Carol has just gotten help from a doctor that Melvin got to take care of her son, Spencer Connelly. After Dr. Green has left and Carol is talking to Beverly Connelly, her mother, they get into an argument about because Carol does not trust this hel p because she says that doing this permits a crazy man into their life. But Beverly yells back saying that this isnt something you can send back. When Carol tries to refuse the help from Melvin, this shows that she does not motive the help. The second time this is shown is when Melvin, Carol, and Simon go to see Simons parents so Simon can get some money. He needs the money because he was attacked by some men that were robbing him, and when this happened he started to lose everything he had. But when Simon is at the hotel the night that Carol and Melvin go out to eat he calls his parents wanting to talk and let them know he is in town and wants to see them so he could maybe get some money from them so he has enough to get him started again. They do not answer the phone and he just leaves a message, but when he calls the next morning after having a revelation dapple sketching pictures of Carol, his mother answers the phone and asks if he needs anything or any help.