Ideas only become powerful tools in history once they are transformed into actions. With action come consequences, whether they are good or bad. The interaction between actions and consequences gently mold the society we have today. However, we must always consider that the present ideas, beliefs, and philosophies are the ones which push us into performing those actions. Therefore, ideas are really the ones which drive us into doing something.
The film "Quills" explores the life of Marquis de Sade during his imprisonment in the Cheraton Asylum. I believe that it was Marquis de Sade's ideas that drove the people of asylum to think he was "insane". His idea of fiction was totally different from that of Coulmier's. As opposed to fiction dealing with love and endurance, Sade saw fiction in a different angle. He focused on what he called the "eternal truths" that bind together all man kind, which included those offensive (for some) issues such as fucking for pleasure. …
