Analysis Of George Bailey 's ' It 's A Wonderful Life '

During life, birth, and death, a family is one of the few natures of life that are present throughout. Often times, the value of family is taken for granted, and people tend to disregard the importance it carries. Due to the power present in the nature of a man, often times it is challenging for women to establish a firm independence, in distinction of the common norms inaugurated in society and in family. In both A Thousand Splendid Suns and Pride and Prejudice, men are the dominant figures in all households, as they have control over their financial status, who their children marry, where they live, and create means in which the females of the family must follow. The inferiority that women face leads to an inquiry of an immense pride

George Bailey is a man with goals, ambitions - a man of courage, integrity and pride. But all he has ever done his whole life is assist those in need, never for a second thinking about himself. Wanting to see the world before he sets off to college for an architect degree, he finds that he can't let his town crumble against the miserable, hateful, greedy and powerful 'Potter' and so he decides to stay. His father passes away, so he must find a way to run the 'Loans' business that his father has kept from the mad man 'Potter'. All goes well for Bailey - a beautiful wife, several children and a lot of friends. Although still handing out loans like his father before him, he pursues his dream of building and constructs a home village with affordable

After George saves Clarence from drowning, Clarence reveals to George and the Tollkeeper that he tricked George into saving him: “I didn’t fall in. I jumped in to save George” (Capra, It’s a Wonderful Life). Clarence’s assertion confirms his awareness of George’s ethical value, knowing George would save him and this would prevent him from suicide. Soon after, George wishes he had never been born and Bedford Falls transforms into Pottersville. Now in Pottersville, people do not know George Bailey and they treat him poorly, unable to perceive his ethical value. Stopping by what was Martini’s and is now Nick’s Place, Nick does not recognize George when he calls him by his name: “What’s that got to do with it? I don’t know you from Adam’s off ox” (Capra, It’s a Wonderful Life). Nick does not know George and this contributes to his and Clarence’s being tossed from the bar. Walking through the streets, George takes in all that Bedford Falls becomes without him and the Building and Loan. The ethics of the small town has been replaced with flashy lights, pawnshops, glitzy theaters, and crude people to fill it. On his ride with Bert in his police car, George learns what has come of Bert’s life: “I live in a shack in Potter's Field and my wife ran away three years ago and took the kid...And I ain't never seen you before in my life, see?” (Capra, It’s a Wonderful Life). Without the Building and Loan, people like Bert do not get homes and are forced to live in “Potter’s Field,” making him crass and unprincipled, as evidenced by his firing his gun into an open crowd. Like the others, Bert does not recognize George nor understand his ethics; he wishes to put George in a mental

In It’s a Wonderful Life, the main character, George Bailey, is a good, giving man who faces a rough patch in his life. I think that this story teaches us a great lesson on being thankful. I liked the part when, at the end, Clarence finishes his job and earns his wings. The part I didn’t like was when George said that he wishes that he was never born. The lesson that It’s a Wonderful Life teaches us about thankfulness is that you need to appreciate how blessed you really are and not to take it for granted. To apply this message to our daily lives, you can focus more on the little things and not so much on the big things. You can do this by focusing more on the house you have and the food that is being provided, rather than focusing on if it’s what you like or not or wanting to own more. George Bailey never got the opportunity to travel the world and build skyscrapers liked he hoped because he feels tied down to the family company he never wanted to own and work for. As George Bailey got older, he began to see everyone grow up to be what they wanted, and he sees all of his youth and opportunities go right past him. George decides to end his life because he believes he is worth more dead than alive. When Clarence, his guardian angel, sees this, he decides to show George what life would be like if he had never existed.

George started to impact the lives of the townspeople greatly without even knowing it at an extremely young age by saving others. He did this when he saved his brother from drowning at a young age and when he stopped his boss from accidentally poisoning a bottle of pills after being overtaken by grief at his son’s death. Even though these were already incredibly impactful events, later Clarence shows George truly how much these events would affect the lives of others. For example, during the war, Harry ends up saving the lives of a whole

“Wonderful Life” expresses the beauty of the organisms themselves. The Burgess Shale, discovered by Charles Walcott contains fossils of creatures from ancient

How would you look at life if in the times of the 1930s’, having the brain a 40 year old educated woman, but on the outside being a 6 year old girl trapped in a 1st grade classroom? This is the case for the narrator of To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Jean Louise Finch, also known as Scout, throughout the novel is describing her outlook on many different conflicts of the 1930s. Scout lives with her father named Atticus, her brother Jem, and Calpurnia her cook, in which they are domiciled in Maycomb, Alabama during the times of the great depression. Though her father is a lawyer, poverty is pervasive in America during this Great Depression. The small town if filled with stories Scout knows much about especially the famous and fearsome

George was not there to stop Mr Gower from poisoning someone.Since George wished he was never born, George was not there to save his brother from drowning.When George wished he was never born,Mary became a librarian.In the movie It's A Wonderful Life,displays each person’s life is constructed to have a purpose,George was not there to stop Mr Gower from poisoning someone. Since George wished he was never born, Mary became a librarian.

Throughout the story, it seemed as though the other characters were trying to convince George that he was worth nothing and that he’ll never be anything, because he was placed into the House for the feeble-minded. Thankfully, George told them that they were wrong and that he is worth something. Personally, I think that one of the messages of the story was that you shouldn’t let what others think about you to affect your life. But, at the same time, to understand that you need to work hard for the recognition you deserve. If you work hard enough, you will be able to surpass the limitations others place on you. The other message of the story deals with grit. Although, at first, George resented the fact that it took him awhile to learn a subject

The film It’s a Wonderful Life, displays how George should have appreciated how blessed his life already was. He is blessed because he has friends and family that care about him for all the help he has given them but he doesn’t acknowledge it, even though he should. For example, like the time when he saved his brother Harry from drowning and the time he stopped his boss from giving poison to someone and ending their life. Helping

He dropped out of high school a year later when his brothers, Roy and Herbert worked in the army during (WW1). Walt loved all the action so he decided to go to France and help out in the war by driving an ambulance. He returned from the war when he was 18 and moved back to kansas.

NICK sits on the porch reading when a woman driving by scares him. She was on her way to the large mansion nearby.

In “The Great Gatsby,” Fitzgerald uses imagery, phrasing and his word choices to take the reader into Gatsby’s world of trials and tribulations. The novel is still to date one of the greatest ever written and with that comes the crave to bring written words from black and white and bring it to the big screen. In the film, “The Great Gatsby,” Luhrmann, grabs the viewers and fills their eyes with a flashback to the 20’s with the help of camera angles, character perception, and spectacular scenery. Even with the extensive knowledge of the original novel, the movie changes and twists the imagery, along with interpretation and cutting and stitching of the plot, to conform it to fit in the movie world. By doing this, the viewers of the film lose the true meaning of some scenes and instead impacts their mind with spectacular eye-catching fluff the director and writers of the film implanted into their version of the film.

Since it was first published over 150 years ago, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations has come to be known as a timeless and remarkably moving work of literature. It is considered to be one of Dickens’ most recognizable works, and is celebrated for its meaningful, universally-believed themes. In order for this novel to be properly understood, a thoughtful analysis of its major themes must be given.

The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, elegantly captures the essence of the Jazz Age, the soaring prose reflecting a time defined by glittering dynamism and evolution while underscored with rampant excess and moral decay, as detailed in Nick Carraway’s account of his experience in New York City. Although the titular character’s motivations, the pursuit of the time he lost with Daisy, is the main force driving the plot of the novel, The Great Gatsby is undeniably a coming-of-age novel revolving around its narrator, who is arguably one of the few dynamic characters. Despite turning thirty years old at the book’s climax, Nick’s emotional growth, maturation, and loss of innocence result in a character that fulfills the conventions of this genre, regardless of his physical age. While Baz Luhrmann notably fumbles in his adaptation, stripping away the nuances of the novel in an attempt to appeal to a wider audience, he succeeds in presenting a more compelling coming-of-age narrative, if only because of the detrimental changes he makes to the original text, such as sacrificing the development of several characters such in favour of Nick’s internalized development.