Comparison Of Love In The Film Bonnie And Clyde

As the Roaring Twenties emerged a century ago, the Harlem Renaissance, Jazz Age, and Prohibition Era had blossomed; flappers, bootleggers, the New York Stock Exchange, and classic cars became undeniable evidence that America achieved economic prosperity. Lots of partying, hip music, and strange fashion would then have been the cool new thing to do. Unfortunately, this decade had sparked a significant boom in materialism and immorality within the nation’s wealthy. Under the illusion of overwhelming luxury and sexual desires, adultery had emerged as well among the rich population: fake love was in the air. Whether it is affection, sex, or money; everybody has their own interpretation of love. One can see true love as a strong, positive emotion

William Sloane Coffin once said, ”The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.” (good connection) Within the novel Between Shades of Gray, written by Ruta Sepetys, the main character, Lina, gets transported to labor camps with her whole family besides her father. Lina then spends most of her time at these labor camps being starved and searching for her father. Throughout the whole experience of the labor camp, love is what keeps Lina moving and stops her from giving up. The novel, Between Shades of Gray, written by Ruta Sepetys, demonstrates love overcomes fear and suffering.

In the movie Casablanca, directed by Michael Curtiz, two different kinds of love are exposed. The love relationship between Ilsa Lund and Rick is a more passionate relationship while the one between Ilsa and Victor Laszlo is more intimate. Love is composed of different feelings and because of that it can be expressed, as seen in Casablanca, in different ways. “The Intimate Relationship Mind”, a text by Garth J. O. Fletcher and Megan Stenswick, helps support that claim providing a scientific background on how love is shaped by those different feelings. It says that “love is composed of three distinct and basic components that each represent evolved adaptations; namely, intimacy, commitment,

The movie begins with the narrations of Clyde Barrow and goes into detail about his childhood and how he first got started with criminal activity. Bonnie and Clyde took place during the Great Depression in the 1930’s, therefore Barrow’s family lived in poverty and had little money. Clyde had an older brother known as Marvin “Buck” Barrow, and tells the story about how they first begun their crime sting by stealing chickens. During times of the Great Depression, money, food, and basic everyday items needed to live were hard to get. At a young age, Clyde begun following in the footsteps of his older brother Buck, and begun to commit acts of crime in order to get what they needed and wanted. (FIX!!!!!)

The film Shawshank Redemption was released in 1995 and directed by Frank Darabont and Of Mice and Men directed by Gary Sinise released on 1992 based on the John Steinbeck novel both discuss themes of escape, friendship and becoming free from the issues that impact the main characters. Both directors convey the difficult lives of the characters in America, during the 1930s. Shawshank Redemption set inside a prison looks at the 20 year period of wrongly convicted Andy Dufrense and his friendship with Red. Of Mice and Men highlights the lives of poor laborers during the great depression. Lennie and George have a complicated friendship, but they rely on each other in this time of need. The use of setting, characterization and symbolism emphasizes the key themes allowing the audience to connect with each character. Both directors effectively illustrate to the audience, the hardships of the characters by capturing the lives of those that strive to make their lives better and seek the freedom they deserve.

“Bonnie and Clyde” is a kind of a realistic, drama, comedy, tragic, gangster movie, which was produced by Warner Bros and directed by Arthur Penn. This movie was released in 1967 and it was based on real-life events. Bonnie and Clyde were two criminals who were traveling around central United States, robbing banks in the hope of becoming rich and famous. Before they began being partners in a crime, Bonnie was a hot, blonde waitress who worked in a café and did not like her job because boys who came to the café usually wanted to take advantage of her. On the other hand, Clyde was a young, handsome, small town thief who was robbing small stores and gas stations for a living. They both lived in hope to change their old, boring lives.

They had an immediate liking to each other. Until Clyde was sent to jail for his petty crimes, Bonnie and Clyde spent almost all their time together. When Clyde went to jail in Waco, Bonnie smuggled a gun into the prison and busted Clyde out on March 8. When Bonnie and Clyde took off to Ohio, Clyde got caught and extradited to Texas. While in jail, he received a fourteen year prison sentence for hard labor. Clyde got transferred to Eastham prison. In 1932 of February, Clyde got paroled and his family and friends said he wasn’t the same guy when he came out. It was claimed that Clyde was beaten regularly while he was in prison and it made him hate the Eastham prison. According to some people it was said Clyde didn’t care about the money, he wanted revenge on the Texas prison system for how he was treated. One month later, Bonnie and Clyde made a gang consisting of Bonnie and Clyde, Ray Hamilton, WD Jones, Henry Methvin, Buck Barrow, and his wife Blanche Barrow.

How do Nicholas Sparks and Audrey Niffenegger explore the ways the pursuit of an ideal love shapes human relationships?

Love is one of the strangest things to come across in life and everybody masks it differently, some are open while others would rather not show what they feel. In The Outsiders we witness a group of friends who had created their own gang, every one of them loves at least one thing about their gang whether it is voiced or not. We meet Darry as he is coming out of jail for yet another crime and ponyboy describes him, “cold with a hatred of the whole world.” (Hinton 10). Darry is viewed as a very dangerous person who is almost unable to show a single good emotion let alone love.

The Bonnie and Clyde film does promote the life of an armed robber or law breaker in many ways, through the costumes, makeup, props, music and the film production. making bonnie and Clyde seem like Robin Hood during the great depression in the film. committing violent crime sprees across the country. Going after banks that are taking away the homes of many that can’t afford it.

Director Arthur Penn used Bonnie & Clyde as his medium to imprint the rebellious tone of the 1960’s and the uncertainty of the dominant values and norms of society.When we’re first introduced to the character of Bonnie Parker (played by Faye Dunaway), the camera focuses on her as she is admiring her naked body in the mirror. She then falls back on her bed and the camera views her from the outside of her bed rails, in order to give the viewer the impression that she feels imprisoned by her everyday life. Then, she looks out her window and sees a man attempting to steal her mother's car on their front yard lawn. She calls out to him and hurriedly puts on clothes to meet him outside. He quickly intrigues her curiosity by saying that she looks like a movie star stuck in a boring waitress’ job, while telling her that he is a bank robber. She asks him to prove that he is not a "faker", so he shows

Crazy Love was a fascinating book to read. This book changed to the perspective on how to view life. It constantly made me question myself if I’m living life the way God wants me to. In one chapter, Frances Chan began to mention stories about God doing marvelous things for people in need, it gave a glimpse of how God treats the people who have a strong love and faith for Him.

At the Sundance Film Festival, Beach Rats writer and director Eliza Hittman told a polarized and divided audience, "I'm interested in taboos as a filmmaker." With her second feature film, following 2013's It Felt Like Love, she locks our attention upon Frankie (Harris Dickinson), a 19-year-old boy, living at home, and trying to sort through a lot of difficult emotions in a rather chaotic personal life.

The movie When A Man Loves A Woman depicts the journey of Alice, a mom, wife, and alcoholic as she comes to term with her disease, and seeks treatment. At the beginning of the movie, it is not easy to tell that Alice does in fact struggle with alcohol addiction. She is a lively and energetic lady that has a large sense of humor that seems to be equally shared with her husband, Michael. As the movie progresses, it shows the fear and worry that her oldest daughter, Jess, has about her mother and her disease. Morning after morning, Alice wakes up and fights a hangover, only to come home and find any reason to drink again.

The character’s views on love in the two movies vary throughout the characters but also show similarities through others. Samantha Borgens and Holly Golightly have the most similar view and story. They both do not put love at the top of their priority list and, also, have a twisted view on it, however, Samantha is far more cynical. She saw her mother leave her father and watches him stay hopeful that she will return. Samantha states, “If love is setting a place at the table for someone who is never coming home. I think I’ll pass.” She avoids falling in love and uses boys for her own personal usage. Holly Golightly also has the same habit of avoiding love and using men to gain what she wants and in her case, it is money. Holly states,