George Bailey In It's A Wonderful Life

People all the time question who has made the biggest impact in our life and then we have these people that we look up to, but that didn’t raise us or give birth to us. The memoir The Glass Castle, by. Jeannette Walls would prove that the people who affect us the most are our parents because they are there for us all the time and we spend our whole life up with them until maturity.

I consider my mother to be the most important person in my life because she has always been the rock in my family. She raised my two sisters and me to be independent, educated, and well-rounded individuals with little to no help from her family or my father. My mother learned at a young age that if you want something you must get up and find a way to achieve it for yourself. She worked two jobs to pay her way through college and always told my sisters and me that college was not an option, so she made sure we all

My mom has been through a lot with me she got me healthy even if she was sick during the time I was a baby, She has helped me with my reading and writing disability and has pushed me to do my best. She is a strong confident woman that is loving she loves to attend to people and has a great smile. She has shown me that even if times are hard you have to bring your head up and raise it high. I maybe a mama’s boy but my mom is one of my greatest role models and people I admire.

The movie, It’s a Wonderful Life, has the protagonist named George Bailey. In this story line, God is talking to one of his angels and He tells this angel that his job is to prevent this man from killing himself and to save him. God then goes and shows this angel part of George’s life that was very significant. In the end, we see George Bailey at present time and we see that he is at one of his lowest points ever.

     The words "It’s a Wonderful Life," tell a wonderful story. That’s what the whole movie was about. We as the audience, go to see just how wonderful George Bailey’s life really was. The movie shows the values of a family, and how much George took them for granted. He took them for granted until he felt what it feels like to live without them. This film showed that there was a lot more to George’s history than just his life. He had saved Harry’s life when they were just kids. Later on Harry stopped an aircraft from running into a lot of soldiers, which saved all their lives. So in the long run George saved all those soldiers too.

Both The Greatest Gift and the movie It’s a Wonderful Life have many common implied themes. Some include cliches such as, “be careful what you wish for,”, “you don’t realize what you have until it’s gone,” and, “don’t take things for granted.” These can be considered implied themes because George thought he had the worst life in the world, but after seeing what everyone else’s life would be affected negatively, including his own, he decided that he really did have a great life and wanted to keep living it. While the implied themes are similar, the differences lie in the stated themes. In the story, the stated theme is, “You had the greatest gift of all. The Gift of life.” While in the movie, the stated theme is, “No man is a failure who has friends.” The story’s theme is more geared towards George’s initial will to kill himself. On the other hand, the movie’s theme is directed more towards at George thinking he was a failure. He had done everything for Bedford Falls, and Bedford Falls gave nothing back. However, at the end of the movie, all of the people George had ever affected came by and gave him money to help save the bank when he was in need, reinforcing the stated

George Bailey is the main protagonist in the film It’s a Wonderful Life. Throughout the movie, we see how George’s actions have affected the town of Bedford Falls. So when George Bailey wishes that he had never been born, it causes many problems with the fate of the characters in Bedford Falls. George Bailey feels as if his life is worthless and he unwisely concludes that he is worth more dead than alive, but little does George know, his life has touched more people than he thinks. By existing and doing what he thinks is right, George Bailey has affected the outcome of the Building and Loan, Mary Hatch, his brother Harry, and Mr. Gower’s career, all the while keeping Mr. Potter from completely taking over Bedford Falls.

There have been a vast number of lives that have touched mine. Many different people have shared a piece of their soul in my formation. However, it is my mother who is the most important and most influential person in my life. My mother raised me by herself since the day I was born. My father was abusive and she left to make a better life for the both of us. She has worked as many as four jobs at one time. My mother wants to make sure my brothers and I have a better life than she did. It hasn’t always been easy for her, taking care of us on her own, trying to pay bills and making sure we had everything we needed. My mom has always had us involved in sports at a very young age. We always were doing something or involved in something

Watching my mother live from pay check to pay check when I was young was difficult. It was always hard for my mom to keep up with other parents but, she still somehow managed to get me everything I wanted, and more. Even though I was too young to understand, I could feel the stress, and the struggles my mom faced every day. She was only 20 years old when I was born and, because of that she had no choice but to grow up fast. At such a young age, I saw the effects of being a single parent, and the ways it changed my mom. She not only had to be a young mother but, she had to find a way to replace the void of a father, or a father figure in my life. My mom was strong, independent and courageous. Growing up watching her live her dreams under all the circumstances she faced, made me want to strive for a better life for myself. Seeing how hard is was to live and to have enough

Most people have impacted my life, but one person particularly has impacted my life greatly. My granddad was the person that has impacted my life ever since I was born. Even though my grandpa has been dead for 10 years going on 11 he still impacts my life daily. Since we had a close relationship I always knew when he is around even though he is gone. He would have inspired me in ways that most people never didn’t. I miss him plenty, but luckily his spirit is still with us no matter what happens.

Growing up one of the people that had the biggest impact in my life was my babysitter. I cringe at even writing those words because she was my grandmother in every aspect regardless of blood relation. Starting off as immigrants my parents had to work very long shifts and never seemed compete with their bills. My grandmother Kona has helped raise me since I was around three or four years old.

My mother had a significant influence on me. She was a drug addict who was in and out of jail for the majority of my childhood. There were sporadic instances where she was a part of my life but for the most part it was mostly my father, sister and I. I believe my experiences I had with my mother gave me an example of what not to be as a person. My mother was incredibly selfish and seemingly had no regard for anyone but for herself. So much that when she was alone doing drugs she introduced her lifestyle to my older sister. This forced her to follow in my mother footsteps of addiction and jail hopping.

Throughout this journey, there will be many influential people in one’s life. Depending on the person, the amount of influence will vary. Unlike anybody else, my mom has inspires me in a major way and continues to be a huge influence on my life daily. While working full time as a registered nurse, Natalia was able to care not only for her patients but for her family too. After a long twelve-hour shift at the hospital, my mother still wore a smile when she would come home. No matter how difficult her work day was she still managed to maintain a positive outlook on life. Her uplifting spirit seemed contagious, leaving others inspired in her presence.

As I have already said, the person who affected me the most during my lifetime has been my mother, Simonetta. Not only because she is and was the main adult figure that I could look up to, but also because she is the one who taught me the most. My mother is the strongest, smartest, and most goal oriented person I have ever encountered in my life. Moreover, she also tried to teach me how to be like that. Although, I believe that the most significant lesson I have apprehended from her, is to have faith in my competences and myself. Now the question is that, most likely, half of the inhabitants of this planet would pinpoint their mothers as the person who inspired and improved them the most. Therefore, what makes my mother different than theirs and why exactly did I choose her?

How my mother is a big part in my life. My mom is the person that sticks everything together. She is the foundation of my world and I would be lost without her. She is the one in my family that does the work, knows what's best for me and knows what my limits are. My mom is the biggest and the best role model in my life and when I grow up I will know to push my limits and never give up. I hope to have a bright future, just like she did.