Reconciliation is a very important theme in The Mission. The most significant part of the movie that shows reconciliation is when Mendoza, after struggling up the waterfall, collapses at the top. A few of the Guarani cut off his heavy bag for him, and Mendoza can't control his tears. This is significant for reconciliation because earlier in The Mission we see Mendoza capturing Guarani for the slave trade. After Mendoza comes back to the mission we see the Guarani accept him into their community. Eventually, Mendoza even gives his life protecting the Guarani against the Portuguese. Reconciliation is an important theme to me because it involves taking something that is broken or separated or different and bringing it together. I think that there are a lot of broken things in this world and reconciliation for these things should be a major goal for all of us. Louis Riel was a leader of the Metis people in their protests against the Canadian gov