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Clem Miniver Short Story Essay

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This film took me on an emotional rollercoaster. From beginning to end the film shook me up and kept me on my toes. I decided not to look up the movie before hand so I wouldn’t expect anything or see things coming. I can honestly say I was invested the entire time. The story was phenomenal and the filming was superb. I thought I was going to dislike this film but its now in my top 20. The film is set in 1939 in a small town in London, during World War Two. They live on the river in a beautiful huge house. The main family is the Miniver family. Which consist of Mr. and Mrs. Kay and Clem Miniver, and there three children Toby, Judy and the oldest Vin as well as a cat Napoleon. They also have hired help Gladys and Ada. The film begins with Mrs.Miniver purchasing a hat and Mr.Miniver purchasing a new car. Neither one want to tell the other about there expensive purchase but as the day progresses they confide in each other. “After all what is money” (Mr.Miniver, movie). Mrs. Miniver also has a rose named after her by Mr.Ballard. Then there son Vin comes home from school and talks about all he’s learned. There neighbor Carol come over and you can tell she and Vin have chemistry right off the bat, Carol and Vin banter. Carol points out that he need to walk the walk, not just talk the talk then Vin storms off like a child.
One thing that threw me off was the fact that at the end of the dancing scene they played the song “My country, `Tis of Thee”. It turns out, that its not

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