Book Summary: Back To The Future

Movies or shows about time-travel are complicated, and never really make sense (I’m looking at you, Lost); Back to the Future guides us through potentially tricky subject matter by relying heavily – and very intelligently – on the tenets of classical narration listed above: Marty’s goals are very well-defined (to make sure his future parents meet, and then to get himself back to 1985); the chain of cause and effect is very clear: Doc Brown swindles plutonium from some Libyans → the Libyans, once they track down and shoot Doc, chase after Marty, Doc’s assistant → Marty tries to flee from the Libyans by speeding away in the DeLorean time machine that Doc has made → Marty hits 88 mph, sending him back to 1955, etc.

Mr Birling is crushed at the thought of losing a business partner, and tries to prevent the break-up. Gerald leaves the

Judd wants them to hunt well or they don’t get to eat. Marty’s dad wants to do the right thing and he brings the beagle back to Judd. A few days later, Marty found Shiloh had run away from Judd again. Knowing that Shiloh won’t get away with just a kick in the butt, Marty takes it upon himself to hide Shiloh. A few weeks go by with Marty lying and feeding Shiloh behind his parents back. At one point Marty’s mom finds out, but she makes a deal not to tell Marty’s Father until tomorrow. After Marty made a deal whit his mom, he leaves Shiloh in his pen and heads back home. After a few minutes Shiloh gets attacked by a big Germen Shepherd. Shiloh was so hurt he was close to death. The town’s doctor, Doc Murphy, patched up Shiloh good as new. Marty’s dad punished Marty by bringing Shiloh back to Judd. That just ruined Marty. One day Marty is walking through the woods when he sees Judd shot a deer out of season. To keep himself out of prison Judd makes

By creating a time machine, Dr. Brown transforms his De Lorean into a striking machine that can travel through time. "The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style?" exclaims Dr. Brown. All this is done with the "Flux Capacitor," which is the secret to time travel. Without this device the machine is useless. In the story, Marty is forced is to go back in time to escape Libyan nationalists who are sent to assassinate Dr. Brown. He speeds off in the De Lorean, and, through a series of events, finds himself in the year 1955. The film presents an abundance of memorable set-pieces. For example, when he walks downtown the goofy townsfolk question his 1985 clothing, asking why he is wearing a life-preserver. Marty even contributes to the premature invention of the skateboard by ripping off the top of a young kid’s box-cart. He also introduces the creation of rock ‘n’ roll through his energetic and engaging guitar solo. I enjoyed these moments in the movie and felt that these scenes left the film with many humorous moments that contribute to its light-hearted

He was trying to find a way to Doc’s house when he accidentally stopped his parents from meeting and falling in love. Instead, his mother falls in love with him. Also, the plan Marty and Doc come up with to get Marty back to the future does not go as smoothly as planned. The car runs on nuclear energy, which they have no access to. They do come up with a plan where they will harness energy from a lightening bolt that is planned to strike the town’s clock tower at the end of the week.

By George making harsh, quick decisions, he now has lost his best friend and brother. Lennie no longer being a part of George’s life will drastically change the way George lives, and not for the

(91) George also deals with the irony of having to kill his best friend. He is one of the most ethical beings, yet he takes the life out of the person he cares most about. With the promise to Aunt Clara to keep Lennie safe from society, he fails

George and Lorraine are still very much in love in this new reality and return from a romantic trip together and even have playful sexual rapport . George also demonstrates self-assured command of the household, not by subordinating his wife or children, but by taking charge of situations that do arise in the home. For example, when Marty laments that the car was destroyed by Biff — an event that occurred in the original 1985 — George did not express anger or any kind of upset but went straight to the garage to verify this. He is in charge of the situation, the dominant male, and all this masculine pride can be traced back to his interactions with Marty in

(93). He thinks about to the day to figure out if he did something wrong, but does not figure out that he never took the blame. Not taking the blame for the affair, ruins Biff’s motivation to become successful in his

At an ironic turn of events George was now the boss of Biff and had him washing and waxing his cars. He even told him that he better not miss a spot and Biff cowered down to him and said that he would take care of it. At this moment the viewer should definitely be in shock because he did not just end the bullying from Biff, but he also changed the bully’s personality in the process. Biff was now the weak and fragile coward who had things to lose if he disrespected George. As the scene progresses, there is a package that arrives with Georges new novel inspired by the scare he received back in 1955! George finally had enough confidence to share his creativity with the world and it was widely accepted. He even states the great quote, “If you put your mind to it you could accomplish anything.” Aside from the changes in himself we can see just how a change in his confidence ca work wonders for influencing his family. His wife is no longer a “saint” and acknowledges her children will be dating, and has notably taken care of her body. His children on the other hand seem to have successful careers and dress in a much more mature

Since this is a classical narrative, the main character eventually will. Zemeckis uses incredibly smooth continuity throughout the rest of the film in order to express to the spectators the narrative logic and ideological conclusions. “Understanding how expressive cinematic techniques give distinct representation to social issues and conflicts and engage the viewer effectively allows a discussion of the social context to remain sensitive to film as a unique medium with its own expressive techniques”(Nicholas, 160). In the key scene where Marty goes to the Twin Pines Mall to meet Dr. Brown, Zemeckis uses plenty of techniques to effectively edit the scene. He uses three-point lighting, point-of-view shots, close-up shots and over-the-shoulder shots. When the time traveling car invention begins to depart the truck, a point-of-view shot is integrated so that we can view the car from Marty’s perspective. This shot is extremely important for the film because we as spectators are put into the cinematic space and it makes us feel as if we ourselves are physically in the scene and are experiencing the same thing. Not only does this shot allow us to feel like we are in the shot but it also helps us to identify with Marty and his feelings. Lighting helps to interpret how the car should be seen because of the key lighting on Marty, the lighting on Marty helps us to see his face expression and we can tell that it’s filled with amazement and astonishment. Just like Marty, we can see the car as this magnificent, “out of this world” invention. From here on we know that this is a shot that helps the narrative develope and automatically know that since Marty thinks this machine is amazing, he will then end up using it to his advantage. As we’ve gotten to experience the climax of Back to the Future, we prove that our ideological

To make a change in his life, Biff decides he will ask his old employer Bill Oliver for money to start a ranch. The boys then suddenly hear willy downstairs talking to himself, and attempt to sleep. Next the lights on the stage move to Willy, who is sitting in the kitchen lost in memory. Willy remembers when biff and happy were young boys and helped him wash their car. He goes on and tells the boys that when he travels he is well liked, and that soon he will open a successful business. Next the neighbors son Bernard enters wondering why Biff has not come over to study with him. After Bernard leaves Willy tells Biff that he can't be successful without being well liked. Soon a younger version of Linda appears. She asks Willy about how much money he made on his trip, at first he says he made $1,200, then drops it to $200, but then admits to it only being 70 dollars. As Willy continues talking to Linda, a laughter appears over hers. Soon, the scene shifts and Willy flirts with The Woman, a secretary for a buyer. He gives her stockings and she thanks him for

Biff really loves his mother, and it really hurt him when she kicked him out of the house. He hates it when Willy yells at her to shut up, because he loves her. He doesn't want his mom to worried about Willy, because he knows of Willy's affair.

Now with that easy one out the way, time for the real brain busting stuff. At the end out the second movie and beginning of the third, Doc (Christopher Lloyd) gets struck by a bolt of lighting while flying still in the air and gets sent back to 1855 while Marty is on the street and sees this happen and is now stuck again in 1955. Right after that happens Marty gets a letter from Doc stating specific intrusions on where he left the time machine hidden and how to fix it. Shortly after Marty finds out that Doc was killed a week after he wrote the letter. Marty then decides to travel back to 1855 and save Doc. In the process of going back to 1855 he cuts a gas line so now the Delorean has no gas and Doc and Marty spend the rest of the third movie tiring to find a way to get the Delorean up to 88mph to be able to travel back home. Here is where there is three major plot holes.

It is predicted by the year 2050 the world's population will have increased to over 9 billion people. (International...) If this prediction comes true the world will become overpopulated and cause problems like famine, the world already struggles with feeding the amount of people alive today. A second problem is housing, in underdeveloped countries there is already a struggle with giving people places to live, so companies clear land to build houses but that leads to habitat loss and animal loss. The third reason is disease, if a disease was started and spread when the world was overpopulated the disease could eliminate half of the human population.