Both Erin Brockovich and The King’s Speech have strong themes of friendship and finding a voice. These themes not only coexist but work together. In both of these films themes of friendship and finding a voice progress because of the intertwining of the two. In Erin Brockovich, the themes of friendship and finding a voice seem to be at odds, but slowly become woven over the course of the film. Towards the beginning of the film Erin and Ed do not get along at all. This is partly because of Erin’s unwillingness to compromise with anyone. This does not sit well with Ed who is used to getting what he wants because he is a lawyer. The two clash initially, but establish a working friendship which turns into a real friendship by the end of the film. Their friendship is built up as Erin learns more about the case and begins to find her voice in the legal community, despite her lack of schooling. At the beginning of the film, when Ed is Erin’s lawyer for her injury case, they are not on good terms. He claims to be her friend when he meets her. Erin believes that he is being sincere and is angered when he does not seem bothered by losing her case. She asks him, “Do they teach lawyers how to apologize, because you suck at it?” (Erin Brockovich, Soderbergh), indicating that she really believed that they were friends and he would win her case. When she finds out this is not true she looks for work to cover her medical bills and ends up working at Ed’s firm. She practically makes him
Ed Kennedy is an amazing character who has been through a lot of difficult things in his life. He is a high school dropout who lied about his age in order to get a job as a taxi driver. He rents an old shack to live in with his dog, the Doorman. He is so lonely that they drink coffee together every morning and eat together. He's in love with his friend Audrey but she refuses to love anyone and won't sleep with Ed because she "likes him too much." His father was a kind, gentle man, but an alcoholic who died six months ago. His mother is angry and bitter. His siblings are all over the place and are not really involved in his life in any way. He spends most of his free time with his friends playing cards and drinking. His mother thinks that he
I will first be comparing the 2 dreams they each have. Both of the speeches inspired and motivated the audience, therefore compelling them to take action. Also They both dreams of freedom. They both wanted right for both their kinds. Both were willing to speak their minds so that they could have the luxury they were denied. And in their speeches, their very words implied how the strong bond of friendship could contribute to their freedom.
Ed Boone has good intentions toward Christopher and only wishes the best for him, even though his actions and decisions are not always the best. He hid the letters, that Christopher’s mother sent Christopher. He also lied to Christopher about his mother, telling Christopher that she died of a heart attack. Even though the things Ed did look evil and bad hearted, he did it out of love. Just like he killed Wellington, Mrs. Shears dog, because he loved her and she rejected him, and Ed got out of control. Ed lied and hid the letters from Christopher because Christopher, being a person with special needs, did not feel sad and take the divorce and separation of his parents too deeply and harshly. Ed also did this so Christopher would not leave him, because Ed loves him a lot. After Ed found out that Christopher read the letters, he apologized and said, “I’m sorry, Christopher, I’m so, so sorry” [Page 114]. Ed even said and told Christopher it was for his safety and for good, that it was all for a good cause. Ed said,
Arthur Miller also represented the relationship as an overprotective, jealous relationship at the start. “ I’m responsible for you.” This proclamation clearly displays Eddie’s protectiveness over Catherine.
When Edie enters Terry’s world, she confronts him, not just with qualities if gentleness and kindness, but also with an uncompromising morality that he sees as dangerously impractical. Edie was a special exist in the film and she was represented as the angelic human being in this dark world of men. In Terry’s impression of Edie was a brave girl who always has courage to find the truth, her gentleness and her passion to help people were influent Terry’s understanding of his own world. Terry thinks that Edie’s kindness to others and her courageous to fix the things she sees in the Waterfront is wrong, are dangerous and unrealistic. Edie was one of the main factor that encouraged Terry to speak up in the court, her encouragement is very important to release the true self of Terry. In Terry’s word, “she is the first decent thing that’s ever happened to me.” that means Edie’s appear and her impact on Terry is huge and not to be neglect. The camera angle indicate clearly of Terry’s face are full of guilt when Edie said she was Joey’s sister. The only things that Terry were afraid to talk about with Edie is conscience, when Edie asked Terry what happened on the roof that night when Joey die, she said about
6. Edie is drawn to Terry because she feels he needs her help and needs someone to care for him, being a teacher in training has touched this side of her. She engages in a relationship with Terry even though he is involved with her brothers murder because she feels he can help solve who actually killed Joey, and can see past the whole situation.
The American Revolution is almost like the civil war but, it is split in three parts instead of two, happened in late 1700s. The movie, The Patriot, is a fictional movie that shows us the battles and life during American Revolution. Some people were forced to fight because their family members died and some did not fight because they did not wanted to risk their family even though both sides are die-hearted patriot. Family could make people do anything. The producers of the movie The Patriot, Dean Devlin, Mark Gordon, and Gary Levinsohn, chose a composite of different colonists, like Francis Marion, Colonel Daniel Morgan, Elijah Clark, Thomas Sumter, and Andrew Pickens, to make Benjamin Martin look better and the hero with no fault what-so-ever.
In the summer of 1776, the colonies were forever changed with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It made war with the British Empire official, pulling other colonies that had not begun to fight into the battle. The war brought much change for everyone associated with the colonies, leaving no one unaffected. The movie The Patriot, directed by Roland Emmerich, tells the story of one family, the Martins, in South Carolina and their role in the American Revolution and how they were affected throughout it. The film portrays the American Revolution primarily from the bias of the Pro-Revolutionists, illustrating the horrors of living through the war, while giving a more simplistic view of certain aspects of life in the colonies during that time period.
Markus Zusak's 'The Messenger' introduces Ed Kennedy, a quaint cab driver, who has had his life dealt to him like a game of cards. Set in Australia, the novel revolves around this nineteen year old adolescent, who is content to live his life outside of society with no life goals or prospects. Through this novel, Ed is set-up to undertake a richly spiritual journey which sees this cab driver routed to a series of addresses. To begin with, the purpose of these messages alluded towards helping people find their heart's desire, but as the story takes course, it is obvious that these messages are aimed to transform Ed, from a self absorbed underachiever to a genuine heroic figure. Ed, by no means is a traditional comic-book hero, considering his
Oxford Dictionaries defines the word responsibility as “The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone” (1). From a young age, every person must accept responsibility for decisions that he or she makes. As situations arise that must be dealt with, people have a duty to deal with those situations. In many ways, the act of living itself is an act of ultimate responsibility. In Robert Penn Warren’s classic novel, All the King’s Men, the central characters of the novel all have to deal with the consequences of their actions, although many of the characters try to avoid this solemn duty of life. Through analyzing the actions and inactions of the central characters, many important lessons on responsibility can be derived from the novel.
In the beginning, Ed Exley and Lou Bloom like two faces of a coin, opposite one another. Ed Exley starts as an honest character, tries to do his role as what a law enforcer supposes to do, or at least expected to do. An obvious fact tells Lou
The strength of a speech does not come from the strength of a person’s voice, but the strength comes from the passion of the speaker towards the subject. The film Selma directed by Ana DuVernay, portrays the story of Martin Luther King Jr.’s struggle to achieve voting rights in the south for African Americans. In the film, two speeches that King spoke caught my attention, they are “Give Us the Vote” and “Who Murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson?”. After analyzing both speeches, I have found that both are very similar as they both are relatable by directing his speeches towards his audience emotions, how he persuades his audience to fight for their rights through protest, and how he is able to express his own beliefs in his speeches to further support his argument favoring voting rights.
Except, when he mistakenly foils a bank robbery he begins to receive aces that send him on missions. These missions require him to help different people in some way from giving company to an old lady, to filling up a service for a priest. They also direct him to help people in his community, friends, and family, with each mission also teaching Ed something. So when faced with the thief from earlier, and the person who has been sending him on these missions Ed comes to the same conclusion, that he has a life that he loves, with purpose, and he is not ready to give it up
Al is a very close friend of Min in which they tell everything to each other. He’s knows all about the problem with Ed and how much of a liar Ed can be, every time he tries to tell Min he can’t because he can see how much Min loves Ed
He also commented on the characters, which is obvious that he is the voice for reasoning. And that is probably why Arthur Miller chose him to be a lawyer since the main job of a lawyer is to bring justice and distinguish between what’s right and wrong. He is the voice from the perspective of Arthur Miller therefore he makes readers and audiences understand, admire and forgive Eddie of what he had done that caused him to be in such a