Watching this film on a friday night left me thinking on how a person’s innate talents can be used to a wrong advantage. Ripley was so great at forgery and impersonation that it became very hard for me to even read into his true character for the most part of the film. In the beginning, many students could respect his hardworking mentality but then with all the faking that happened later on in the film it seemed like Ripley was trying to steal Dicke’s lifestyle from him in a dark way using his talents which then made me become much more skeptical of his character. In my opinion, I feel we should use our talents for improving ourselves and the world around us rather than using it to our advantage to steal something from another person.