Sacrifice

A woman, Ann McKay, survives a traumatic crash landing on an unknown planet. All her crew is dead. Luckily, she stumbles upon a remote village plagued with fear and misery. A monster has been hunting the villagers for years, making all the villagers fear everything. John Masters takes Ann McKay into his home since the other villagers are suspicious of her. John Masters is a heavy drunk who wants to marry Ann. Yet even though John tried to protect Ann from the villagers, they were upset that no marines had come to aid the colony from the monster. So Ann stands up as a priest for the village to the shock of the people for in this time the religious are hard to find after the plague of aliens on Earth.  One night, Ann sees a group of villagers sneak out into the forest and perform a ritual of sorts. Once they leave Ann notices that they left a baby on the alter. It did not take long to learn that it was a sacrifice for the alien nearby, as Ann learned when it attacked her. As she runs away the alien attacks the village, killing many. Meanwhile Ann loses the child in the forest after falling down a waterfall. Returning to the village, Ann is attack for her treason in stopping the sacrifice. John takes the blame for her and decides to show her the town secret: an artificial human reproduction machine. Using genetic creations that only last a few hours they can sacrifice to keep the alien fed so it does not attack the village. Ann does not like this waste of life, no matter how it is created. Therefore, she takes the place of the next sacrificed armed and ready to single-handily defeat the alien. Luckily her bravery shock the town just when the fight turned sour the villagers came to help out by luring the alien into a pitfall trap. But as the alien falls into the spikes it pulls Ann down with its tail. But Ann does not fear it, instead she pulls out a frag grenade to kill the alien and almost herself. In the darkness she remembered the alien that kill her mother years ago that lead her to hide in the church and become a priest. She awakes blind, and John Master promises to take her hand in marriage and lead her through the darkness.

Analysis:
In a time a trial, faith in God is tested. Most people have given up on God in a feeling that he has left them to suffer the wrath of the alien. The few left that believe in God believe that the aliens are the divine punishment sent to punish the wicked. Ann saw the alien as the devil and evil in the world. That devil turned the village into a wreck. They sunk into sacrificing human lives to appease that devil. Ann refused to sacrifice another's live when she could use her own and in the end she saved the village.
Similar this story speaks on many aspect on today. While it does show the evil that could come from cloning and genetic modification it is not trying to argue against this in this particular instance. Instead this story points that giving up any human life for another is wrong. Ann takes actions for her own sake. Likewise, each man should bare the responsibility for his own actions, not stand and allow others to bare your cross. Stand up for what you believe in.