Michtoms: Film Analysis

Little did she know the Bronx wasn’t the same place she remembered growing up it had become a war zone filled with violence and drugs. The family moved in with their mother’s parents, their grandparents. The other Wes Moore’s mother tried to keep her kids out of bad neighborhoods by moving them into higher class neighborhoods away from the violence on the streets. Eventually, her older son got caught up in the drug life and moved out, so it was only

To begin, three brothers, Lafayette, Charlie, and Ty’ree were orphaned due to the tragic death of their parents. Over the course of two days, Lafayette (the narrator) includes flashbacks to earlier events. After spending over two years in Rahway Home for Boys, a juvenile detention center, Charlie recently returned home. Watching Charlie get ready to leave the apartment with his new friend Aaron, Lafayette laments the changes that have become apparent in his brothers actions since he came home. Once, Charlie was the kind of kid who would stay up late telling stories to his younger brother. And who had cried over a wounded dog, he saw on the street. Now, he barely even looks at or speaks to Lafayette, and he usually denies feeling anything at all. Charlie seems to prefer spending time with tough characters such as Aaron and acting tough in the streets. Lafayette has even taken to

Coming from a lonely and abusive home Mary had to find happiness outside of her house. Her mom made a friend from their church and she happened to have a three month year old baby. Mary always occupied the Richardson’s by helping with baby Alyssa, while also distracting herself from reality. Meeting the Richardson’s ended up being Mary’s worst nightmare. One night the Richardson’s went out and asked Mary and her mother to watch Alyssa.

Each family member isolates from other other members ,they do not have many communication, and Justin and Cydar have secrets. Plum is about to turn fourteen, and is full of doubt about her place in the world. Plum keeps a collection of talismans under her bed . Her most sacred things is that within her catty friends at school. She hopes it will bring her power, hope, and confident. Next-door neighbor, Maureen, always takes care of Plum and protect her. Maureen’s husband always not appear,and Maureen has to take care a four-year-old son, David, whom Plum occasionally babysits. While we know Maureen’s personality are not as unselfishness and greatness as they seem. But Plum doesn’t know and see that by her naivete . As a result of Plum’s miserable fourteenth birthday party. Secrets and lies are exposed that reflect endings and

A small family of four, living in the Tory town of Redding. Life was great Mr. and Mrs. Meeker owned a small tavern that supplies their town with food, rum, and supplies. Their son Timmy helped around the tavern and did chores, because his older brother Sam was off at college. Everyone in Redding was close and knew the Meeker family, they all admired how they had raised Sam and Timmy. Every year after college was over, Sam would come home and visit, except one.

The drama focuses on seven women who live in a tenement building on a walled-off street named Brewster Place. Each in her own way struggles to overcome the hardships of poverty and the disappointments of shattered dreams.

They say that opposites attract and this holds true for the relationship between William and Hester as they learn more about one another. The husband and wife came from different upbringings. William is born with a strict father among the “Back Creek Folk”, while his wife is considered “one of the Gap people” with flexible, supportive parents. The way their parents raised them influences the way they act. William is a hard worker who speaks very little, but his wife Hester does enough talking for the both of them. Hester is a strong woman and manages the family farm very well. She is able to make decisions quickly without William’s input. The farm is considered to be most prosperous in Mcpherson County. The couple’s three sons work on the

This news is disheartening to Tom, but the family’s only choice is to keep traveling west. Tom’s grandmother eventually dies too from exhaustion and heat. Finally after many grueling days in the hot sun and numerous stops to fix the car, the Joads arrive at California. However, their dreams of finding a wonderful place to live are shattered when they hear California residents calling them Oakies and saying bad things about them. Californians feel threatened by the families migrating into California because the newcomers will take all the job opportunities and they will steal food to avoid starvation. At first the Joads can’t find work and they are forced to live in one of the Hoovervilles. The Hoovervilles are very run down and Connie , Tom’s brother, runs away from the family because of the disappointment of realizing his dreams will not come true.

John learns that work has caused him to lose touch with the neighborhood where he has lived for many years. And he finds out that things weren't always as they seemed to be -- in many ways.

Quoyle has been living a harsh life in Mockingburg and one day his parents who did not care for him commit suicide. Before they commit suicide, his dad leaves him a voice mail about their plans. During this time, Quoyle is married to a woman named Petal. She was only interested in Quoyle for only sexual reasons and does not care about him or their two daughters, Bunny and Sunshine. She cheats on Quoyle many times and dies in a car accident with another man. When this happens, Quoyle’s aunt comes to him and suggests moving to Newfoundland with her. He agrees and takes both of his daughters to Newfoundland where they find the house their ancestors used lived in. His aunt starts an upholstery business and Quoyle gets a job at a newspaper job by

Meanwhile her mother is slowly, with the help of cocaine, sucked into a chaotic lifestyle. It really doesn’t help that the family lives on East Tremont Avenue in the Bronx, where the drug trade is booming. As a result her mother withdraws from raising Jessica, her siblings and her grandchild—Jessica’s daughter. Jessica’s mother’s dependency on cocaine pushes away Jessica’s stepfather, the only close-to-levelheaded person in their lives. Her eldest brother doesn’t bother to care about where his misguided family members are going, and he moves out once he is able. 

At 15, Jessica’s homebody younger sister follows in her footsteps and gets pregnant. Young mothers seem to be the norm in this family. Jessica’s youngest and favorite sibling, Cesar, continually behaves like a thug. He is smart but never focuses on school. The streets are his home, and at the age of 14 he is on his way to becoming a father. 

The twists and turns of Jessica’s and her family’s lives are developed eloquently. This is definitely not the stereotypical “hood” story of boy gets girl pregnant, boy’s big dreams are shattered, boy is enticed by the drug business, and eventually boy gets thrown into jail. This story goes much deeper into people’s lives. 

Random Family is deliberate and well thought out. After developing Jessica and her family, LeBlanc introduces other characters only after providing their backgrounds. In this way, the

The boys are so depressed they no longer want to have anything to do with Nola or going to the circus Nola finds new friends and then sees that the boys have fallen in with the wrong crowd Nolas mom gets engaged. Nola finds the Swift boys dad.

The film follows a young man by the name of Jakie Rabinowitz. He lives with his mother and father in the Jewish ghetto of the lower east side of Manhattan. Jakie is an only child

Once the half-term holidays have ended, a new girl, Lauren arrives to the school and all the boys, including Joe, have their eyes on her. Soon Joe and Lauren become best friends. Until Joe comes home one day and finds out that his Dad is holding a massive party. This only upsets him a little, due to his father not spending any time with him. Sapphire then shares that she had seen Lauren on TV before. Soon enough Joe found out that his father had decided to pay Lauren, in order for he to befriend Joe. Joe then decides to run away from home.

Jack Smith a 17 years old teen from (Ontario, Canada) is invited to stay with his cousin Mary Loose-Doe from (Water city, N.Y). Accompanying him in his trip is his other cousin 21 year old Bill Jones, both boys are foreign to the United States and the city life as they derive from a small settlement. Mary shows the boys a good time, taking them out to party’s offering them marijuana and alcohol. The boys are later introduced to Mary’s boyfriend 21 year old Pete Poorchoice. Pete is a High school droop out and veteran of two reformatories.