Thematic Observations I Personally Documented in Writing After Watching The Revenant (January 2016)

- Selfishness vs. altruism

- Honor and integrity vs. sinfulness and deceit

- God as Creator, who gives and takes away, who rewards and punishes, as it is not our duty to enact vengeance

- The beauty and expanse of God's marvelous creation

- Fortitude, man's extraordinary capability and will to survive, even when facing extremely challenging  difficulties

- Falling victim to the role of a savage barbarian or maintaining a conscience and a sense of decency

- Resilience, overcoming even the greatest of odds

- Strength and perseverance, continuing not to surrender even when all hope appears lost

- The guilt that accompanies deliberate abandonment and betrayal

- The inverse relationship between the fear of death and its proximity

- Skepticism in regard to the validity of the "no man left behind" notion

- The proper enforcement of justice

- The sublime nature of the wilderness

- The futility of retribution

- The raw brutality of man's existence

- Both the righteous and the wicked ultimately earn their dues

- Cruelty vs. mercy