... he deserves his forgiveness due to his dishonesty. Sidney's actions and emotions throughout the entire film reflect that of the typical father. He gets upset when John marries Clementine, and doesn't tell him. His care for John and his life are shown as he watches John and Clementines wedding video, a very emotional scene for Sidney. He even pays for John's mother's funeral, something that would normally be handled by family members. He doesn't approve of John's new friend, Jimmy, who is a constant source of Sidney's suspicion. Also, when John finds himself and his new wife in legal trouble, Sidney selflessly sends them out of town, sacrificing his relationship with John for his own happiness with Clementine. This constant theme of father figures fits in with Raymond Bellour's "Oedipus" theory. In Bellour's theory, all stories share some relation to Oedipus. That is, the "father murder" theory, in ...

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