Finding The Underlying Conflict Sam

With a new job at Pizza Hut, Sam works as hard as he can to afford a two-bedroom apartment so that Lucy will have a room to herself. As a man who requires order and organization, this change of job shows us how much Sam loves his daughter and how love trumps all. He also seeks out services to help Lucy with schoolwork as Sam is incapable of helping her in this area himself. However, after seeing Lucy with her new family, Sam becomes convinced that she “doesn't need him“ because “she has a new family now.” Rita, who has come to love Sam for his innocent yet loving ways, convinces him that Lucy does need him, which is proved when Lucy repeatedly sneaks out of her new house to visit Sam in the middle of the night. Despite being brought back to her new house by Sam and scolded by her new parents, Lucy shows a desperation and a need to be with Sam. Her new foster parents recognize this, and begin to see Sam in a new light. Their perception of him changes from being a dangerous, immature and hopeless individual to a man who loves his daughter more than anything else in the world. In an attempt to mend relationships, Sam and Lucy’s foster parents receive “shared custody” of Lucy so that Sam can continue to care for and look after her, while her foster parents can help him where he is unable to provide adequate support for his daughter. Through a final scene in the film, we see how all those who previously thought Sam to be useless and dangerous, like the lawyer Rita and Lucy’s foster family, now perceives him to be just like anybody else; a man who simply wants to love his daughter. In a change of perceptions, Sam is shown to be a man who, despite his immaturity, is a wonderful and caring

Sam is a very influential person in Brett's few months in the institution; he is a prime example of a positive aspect of the institution. The Simple philosophy utilized by Sam early in the text, and reaffirmed in the conclusion "that only you can change your life" shows us he believes that rehabilitation of young offenders is much more likely to occur through the stressing of personal responsibility for ones choices rather than enforcement and punishment. Sam's farm provides a balance between authority and independence which allows Brett the opportunity to learn compliance towards authority, as well as independence at the same time.

Sam escapes her reality and tricks herself into painting this picture of her father to avoid coping with the actuality that he doesn't truly love her.

Sam was a responsible kid that helped his mom in ways she really can not do for herself.

Finally, when in battle Sam never shows of defeat or fear as it would worry the children and allow for them to lose hope in the situation. When Caine had taken over the power plant, the book stated, “ ‘I have the power plant, that’s obvious,’ Caine said. ‘Stupid of you to lose it, Sam.’ Sam had no answer to that” (Grant 322). This shows that even though Sam had lost control of the vital power plant that they had been fighting for, he did not respond with helplessness. He held his ground by not giving into the fear that Caine had wished to be spelled upon him and his army of children. The children were not able to feel this fear because they felt if Sam stayed strong the rest would follow. Not only is Sam courageous, he is also a leader. First, when electing a person to be in charge of Perdido Beach kids generally looked to Sam to be the mayor. This is because before the FAYZ, Sam was known as School Bus Sam since he saved peoples lives when a school bus that he was on crashed. His ability to act quickly and make decisions that other people would find to be too difficult makes him a good leader. Also, Sam acts like a leader in that he wants to be a good role model to the kids of the town. He believes that if he wants people to follow his order he must first do what he orders of other people. When Astrid delivered news that kids were killing animals, the book states, “If he started blowing off his duties,

Sam is one of the main characters and the chapters of the book Gone usually focus on him. The town he’s living in goes into a crisis because the adults and everyone over the age of 14 disappear, children are left to be found, cars are wrecked, and everyone is left to fend for themselves in survival mode while trying to stay tame and survive. Sam's previous leadership skills that saved an entire bus of kids once, have dissolved. He is a quiet kid and his story was long forgotten until everything went into a state of peril.

I am Sam is a 2001 American drama film written and directed by Jessie Nelson, starring Sean Penn as Sam who has an intellectual disability that had sole care for his daughter Lucy Diamond played by Dakota Fanning. The two of them encounter problems with the Department of Child and Family Services as they believe the presence of Sam’s intellectual disability negates his ability to parent. A lawyer Rita Harrison played by Michelle Pfeiffer plays an important role in this film as she is the only one to have belief in Sam’s ability to parent. This M rated film has won awards such as the Stanley Kramer award for their ability to place an emphasis on social concerns. People with disabilities are often discriminated against the rest of society as a result of their impairments. Jessie Nelson’s use of mis-en-scene and semiotic elements engage the members of the audience to position them to have their own perspective of Sam’s situation as presented.

She is repulsed by the fact that her father could be a cold-blooded killer. Since Sam has been trying to find herself through answers about her father, she is worried that he is so harsh in his accounts. Worried that these accounts may somehow attribute cruelness upon herself. It is at this point that Sam attempts to separate herself from the war through a trip to Cawood’s Pond. This trip does the opposite and rather than allowing herself to identify with women whom she believes to be less cruel in a wartime situation, she realizes they are equally as cruel in having abortions.

I Am Sam is a touching film that incorporates psychology into modern day society into terms that the common person could empathize with. Sam Dawson, played by Sean Penn is a mentally challenged man raising his beloved daughter Lucy (Dakota Fanning) in the heart of Los Angeles. As a single father, Sam has support from many of his mentally challenged friends to raise Lucy. Sam works at the local Starbucks where his job is to bus the tables and clean up after customers. His neighbor Annie who experiences agoraphobia and will not leave her apartment,agrees to babysit and care for Lucy while teaching Sam the basics to parenting.

Sam Spade revolves his personality and actions around his personal code. This results in him doing things his own way. He crosses lines and of course crosses people. Sam is

The author notes, “she held the letter I had written to her in one hand and I was burning holes in it with her cigarette.” ( Schwartz page 86 line 24). Basically, this quote is showing that Sam is capable of being responsible for certain aspects of the mother’s life, and taking the role shows that he contains great qualities. This is important because it is a phenomenon that he is able to take on this role, meaning Sam only being a teenager makes it outstanding for him to act as if he is the

Sam's self-concept is not distorted and he strongly believes that he is a stable adult, capable of raising his daughter. Constantly needing to defend his rights throughout the movie, Sam's self-concept becomes evident, and is clearly accurate. According to Sam, being a good parent

Sam has ten main reasons why she is in big trouble. I am on reason six in the book. Lucy, Sam’s older sister, told on Sam because she was drawing celebrity portraits for her friends, not only drawing them, selling them too, but Sam only sells them to the people the she doesn’t like. Lucy’s boyfriend, Jack, is not a jock. Since Lucy was a cheerleader, it didn’t make sense in the higher archery of the school. Jack is not a “book smart” person, rather an intellectually creative person. With the whole black trench coat and lace up boots thing going on. Although Sam wants to be left alone, she is showing great fortitude at school and at home. I predict that Sam will see that her family isn’t so bad after all and that being different is a good thing. “I don’t suppose either of you is interested in going to Lucy’s game?” (Cabot, 19) While reading this book I predicted what was going to happen to Samantha and her

Faced with a seemingly unwinnable case, Sam vows to fight the legal system and forms an unlikely alliance with Rita Harrison (Michelle Pfeiffer), a high-powered, self-absorbed attorney who initially takes his case pro bona as a challenge from her colleagues. On the surface the two couldn't be further apart, but in reality they are subtly similar. Sam's

emotion into what he is saying to a reader. Although Sam is usually calm, he gets rather angry when his mother brings up his birth, “Yeah, yeah. It f***** up your life” (Hornby Slam 59). This is quite ironic, because Sam believes her life is messed up due to an early baby. However, although an accident, Sam is planning on having a child with Alicia at the age of 16 as well. Hornby uses these parallels to create a comic image in his readers mind. Alicia’s parents play a strong role in Sam’s life. Hornby uses them as the stereotypical strict parents. Andrea, a counsellor becomes very upset about the pregnancy. Robert Burns, a college professor is furious about the pregnancy. This puts extra pressure on Sam and his struggles. Hornby uses the parents to create some controversy, which is another great comedy technique.