Wilson Good

I believe the movie was entitled "Good" because of the main character's (John) struggle to be a good person. He is torn right from the beginning by two women and he wants to be good to each of them, but can only maintain one. In his mind, he may have been doing the right thing, the good thing, but the picture presents an example of when he is no longer viewed as good. John's ex-father in law attends the same party as him and his new wife anna, and his father in law condemns him for his divorce of his daughter. Another example of John's desire to appear good is when his friend asks him to buy him a train ticket to Paris. He is confronted by fellow nazi officers at the train station, and he needs to do the right thing and he is torn by the desire to buy the ticket and the desire to stay in good standing with the Nazi Party. He breaks from this desire to by held high in the party when he goes to the prison camp to look for his friend. John chooses right over wrong in this case friendship over naziism and in the end, although clad in a nazi uniform, tries to overcome evil and do good.