John Wayne Character Analysis

Marion Morrison, also known as John Wayne, is perhaps one of the most popular movie personalities ever. He began as a mere stagehand, but by the end of his career he had developed himself as a very successful actor, producer, and director.

In the Podcast, Serial, Jay Wilds is a main character whose alibi and story from episode one to four. The reporter, Sarah Koenig, maps the whole case out for us. Jay has given a minimum of seven different stories about what happened on January thirteenth. Four police interviews, two trial testimonies, and most recently, an interview he gave to the Intercept.

In this society there are many people who suffer from mental illness and others who are deviants. Although many confuse mental illness with deviance they are both very different things that can be related with each other due to the fact that having a mental illness is not normal and being deviant is also not normal. There are many criminals who would be considered deviants. Several theories of deviance seem to describe these types of people. There is the control, differential-association, labeling, psychological and strain theories that may determine why criminals chose to act in deviant ways. Serial killers such as John Wayne Gacy fall into some of the theories of deviance. The theories John Wayne Gacy falls into are the control theory

In Didion’s essay “John Wayne: A Love Song” she argues that John Wayne influenced her dreams and shaped her by playing the character of an ideal man. In this essay Didion brings two different personalities of John Wayne: John Wayne the Character and John Wayne the the human. Starting from the beginning of her essay, Didion talks about his good character and how that influenced the dreams of America. Didion writes “… when John Wayne rode through my childhood, and perhaps through yours, he determined forever the shape of certain of our dreams”(Didion 30). Here, Didion is reinforces the existence of this admirable character and has already defined him as an ideal man.

Hope in The Shawshank Redemption helps to keep Andy alive and allows Andy to anticipate the next sunrise with happiness rather than sorrow. Hope is created by Andy and his knowledge of his awful situation. Hope allows Andy to think of a time where everything will be better, even if it seems that Andy is stuck in a never-ending hell. The opening of The Shawshank Redemption introduces the audience to the main character, Andy Dufresne. He has just been accused and convicted of the death of his ex-wife, and her lover. This opening seeks to arouse curiosity by bringing the audience into a series of actions that have already started thus creating slight confusion for the audience (Bordwell and Thompson 85).

John Wayne Gacy Jr. was a man of rare form. He grew up in Chicago, Illinois, raised by his mother and father. John and his mother were very close. However, his dad was not a good person. His dad would frequently drink and would beat him. His mother knew that this kind of activity went on but she never did anything because she herself was afraid of her husband and what he was capable of during his rages under the influence of alcohol.John Wayne Gacy Jr. was a brilliant man by the score of his IQ test, but you wouldn’t

knowing that Andy is vulnerable, gets him on the tar duty and seems to take him

For this Case Study I chose fictional character Will Hunting from the award winning movie Good Will Hunting. Will Hunting was born in a poor region of south Boston, Massachusetts, an orphan, who lived with a very abusive alcoholic foster dad. As a kid, Will was subdued to frequent physical abuse by his foster dad, between getting beat with a wrench, and having cigarettes put out on him, Will dealt with a lot at a young age (James A. Frieden).

The movie Good Will Hunting an American Drama Film was directed by Gus Van Sant, and starring Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Minnie Driver and Stellan Skarsgard in 1997. This movie is about a man named Good Will Hunting who was a genius but chose not to live as a genius because of fear of past experiences and the ill treatment he received when he was in foster home. Some of the other characters in the movie were supportive and some were not supportive of him. This essay discusses Good Will’s personality traits and his interaction with the other characters in the movie. Good Will Hunting possessed the following personality traits, namely: independence, intense interest in a problem, and the need for stimulation.

As Ricky Baker thrives to build his relationship with his new uncle, Hector, he is also running away from his consequences. The film,“The Hunt for the Wilderpeople”, begins with the delivery of Ricky Baker, an orphan, to his adoptive family. As the story progresses, his aunt, Bella, passes away, which begins his journey to disappear from society. Hec, Ricky’s uncle, receives a letter regarding Ricky’s confinement in juvenile. As Hec started to vocalize, Ricky refuses to go to juvenile due to his desire to disappear. Through Ricky’s determination, loyalty, and his adventures, these traits allow him to gain life lessons during his journey to run away from his consequences.

In the world of superheroes, there are numerous that believe they are heroes, while in actuality, they are merely vigilantes. This is demonstrated throughout the world of superheroes, but it is not as prominently demonstrated as in Batman. Batman presents himself as a hero, while he is only an over imaginative vigilante. He is more a vigilante than a hero since he has the ability to stop crime, but doesn’t, he only does deeds for his own benefit, and he helps the law but isn’t part of it. These are only a few ways Batman is a vigilante, rather than a hero. These are mainly based upon the idea of him trying to right his own past.

However, it shows in the Malcolm character when he narrates the story by his perspective and succeed make the audience brought to the way of the plot then make the surprise at the ending. Cole destiny is give impact to the other, when Malcolm suggests him to follow the clue that the dead people tells to him. It shows in the scene when there is a girl who dead and she wants to revealed something so she need Cole’s help. This is related to the setting as reflection of character.

John Grady Cole is very similar to the character Matttie in True Grit. Both of them leave home on their own at a young age, which means both of them are very independent. They both also prove their skills to other older people. For example in True Grit Mattie proves herself when she convinces that man to buy the horses back and then once again when she shoots that dude who killed her dad. Grady proves himself with his horse skills in general but specifically when he breaks all the horses in one day. Both Mattie and John Grady seek revenge, but in different ways. Mattie revenges her father’s death by killing the man responsible. Whereas Grady revenges Blevins death by kidnapping the captain and other dude to get all the horses they stole back.

While many movies have depicted various areas of the criminal justice system, the Shawshank Redemption is like no other. I first watched the film many years ago on television and since have seen it numerous times on platforms such as DVD and Netflix. The key stars in the production, are actors Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. Other standouts that who are featured in supporting roles included actors Bob Gunton and Clancy Brown. The film was directed by Frank Darabont who is known for criminal justice films such as the Green Mile. The Shawshank Redemption was first released in theaters September of 1994.

The overall theme is to show money isn’t everything, sometimes money can be the root of evil. When people come into money it can change their way of thinking. The theme of money relates to the 5 episodes of each decade (50s, 70s, 80s,90s and 00’s). Each character has money dilemmas; throughout this paper it will discuss each character dilemma, and how they dealt with their problem. Looking for shows was the hardest part, especially with being such a television junkie.