Cole's religious figurines he has set up in his man-made red tent of Jesus, Virgin Mary and many angels is a way Cole tries to prevent the ghosts and demons from interfering with him. What is ironic about these figures is the fact that he stole them from a church, a religious building and betraying god's words of "It is wrong to steal". Cole believes that these figures will allow god to protect him from these ghosts who he thinks are trying to kill him, but are really only trying to come to him for help as he thinks he is going to god f

or help with the figurines. Another ironic aspect to this is that Cole is afraid of the ghosts, but the only person he can talk to about his problems is the Doctor, who in turn is a ghost himself, who doesn't realize so. By keeping this distress to himself, Cole feels his life is uncontrollable and can not live a normal childhood like he would like. All of this is too much for a boy of young age to deal with, without the support of a older figure, but his mother still expects him to act like a normal child.

Religion is a major role in many lives today. In the movie "The Sixth Sense" different religious objects, building and prayer's give us good understanding that not everything in life is all "rosy and red" , but many aspects are detrimental to one's comfort ness. Cole is an example of a destroyed childhood, and too this day nobody knows why someone or something would do such destruction to such a young boy's life. The use of religion was a theme carried throughout the movie, and in many different variation

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