Rob Gordon's Existential Crisis In The Film High Fidelity

She realized how blindly in love she was and ended the relationship because she knew that he was not good for

Charlie was known to have the personality that was always bright and talkative. Charlie had the lowest skill level out of all his “friends” and he didn't understand how real friends should treat one another so he never thought anything of it. Charlie felt good about himself but he wanted to be smart and know what his friends and other people around him knew. He was ready to learn and he wasn’t scared because he pushed fear away; he just wanted to know what it was like to comprehend what was going on in the world. The

Bobby, a young troubled man, Was raised by his father, a professional con artist after the death of his mother. From a very young age Bobby was exposed to the criminal acts of his father and was taught to lead the same path. When he turns seventeen years old, Bobby meets and falls in love with a girl called Gwen. She gives him a sense of identity and belonging he missed his entire life. During the same time he learns

Rob blamed his ex-girlfriends for all his breakups and to him, it was never his fault. Rob viewed himself as the victim but after his breakup with Laura, he seeks out answers to why all of his relationships failed. His high school girlfriend, Penny Hardwick was one of the first girlfriends to break his heart. In Rob’s eyes, she was a prude. Never did she ever want to do something sexual or intimate and Rob even said in the film,“I wasn’t interested in Penny’s nice qualities, just her breasts, and therefore she was no good to me.” Because of this, Rob broke up with Penny and not long after they broke up, Penny went and slept with another guy. This hurt Rob and left him feeling betrayed and unwanted by Penny. When Rob and Penny go out to dinner together as Rob seeks out as to why she did that, Penny describes how she was so heartbroken when he dumped her, that she essentially allowed her next boyfriend to rape her, proceeding to storm out of the restaurant in tears. After meeting with Penny, he realized a lot of his failed relationships was his fault and was just a jerk to some of the women he dated, but he was so heartbroken that it lead to him placing the blame on others and overlooking the negative aspects of himself. Once he analyzed all of his relationships, Rob learned a different lesson from each breakup, allowing him to better himself and hopefully build a future with

Charlie begins to hang out with Sam and Patrick and is getting in the routine of going to football games and then going out afterwards to celebrate. Afterwhile he catches feelings for Sam and the way he expresses them further deepens our understanding of his depression. Instead of going with the flow and not telling her about the dreams he had about her, he professes his love for her in the form of sharing his dreams and telling her just how he feels. Perhaps, this isn’t all his fault because when Sam tells him that she’s too old for him, he becomes obsessed with his love for her and can’t stop thinking about how perfect she is in his eyes. The only thing this confession has done for him is make his feelings grow and send him in a downward spiral of

Charlie, also has a peculiar speech pattern. Despite being a young teenager, his language is somewhat outdated; and he has a sardonic sense of humor. He shifts from “fancy” vocabulary to a more simple type of speech on a regular basis. In his first letter of Part 4, he describes someone’s face as “ashen”; but he had previously described his family members using the words “nice” and “fat”. Surprisingly simple speech from someone so seemingly contemplative. He, Charlie, is also very “matter-of-fact” about things. He does not say things that he does not believe to be true; and if he’s unsure, he states his ignorance as a fact. This is easy to see in Part 1 when he states, “I am really in love with Sam, and it hurts very much,” like it was an immovable thought or an unchangeable

Before Margot went to college she broke up with her long time boyfriend and neighbor, Josh. Laura and Josh also had a special relationship, but just as friends. However, before Josh and Margot got together, Laura had a crush on Josh. After Margot and Josh broke up, he stopped coming around Laura’s house. This caused Laura’s

His mother had taught him to not look at girls, and after the operation when he started to develop more feelings, he had a hard time talking to Alice Kinnian because he had the thought that he liked her, and that he shouldn’t. Due to the hard nature of his mother, Charlie’s emotional life was not maturing with his new-found intelligence. Emotionally, he was still a little kid. “I knew she would give herself to me, and I wanted her, but what about Charlie?” Whenever he would get near Alice, he would start to panic because he felt that there was still a part of his old self within him, keeping him from taking his relationship further with

High Fidelity Narration Essay In the movie, "High Fidelity," directed by Stephen Frears, the protagonist, Rob Gordon, projects his life and depressive issues originating from the departure of his girlfriend, Laura, which leads to his reflective process into the failed relationships beforehand that lead him to resolve his own personal issues that resulted in his loneliness. With Rob Gordon's use of his own narration, he thoroughly explains his issues through musical passion, his past relationships, and his own personal issues. Throughout the movie, Rob Gordon's explicit knowledge of music records and his occupation of owning a record store directly correlates to his relationships from his past that inexcusably leads to his future.

The protagonist seems more frustrated with his actions in the end then worrisome and even refers to him as “the man” instead of loving calling him by his first name and positively talking about him. She complains of “creeping over” him again and again instead of finding out what went wrong with him. It is also almost as if

At the beginning, Charlie is without friends and is rather alone. He is very gifted and quite an overthinker which expels him from the usual teenage social groups. This changes, however, when he meets Sam and Patrick at a football game. They expose him to all new experiences. Resulting from his new friendships, is his relationship with Mary Elizabeth, his experimentations with drugs, and new knowledge of being a person. During this time, he is increasingly happy because Charlie was finally living.

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby revolves around the professional and romantic endeavours of the protagonist Rob Fleming. Rob is struggling to cope with the diminishing returns from his hapless record shop, Championship Vinyl, which he runs with the help of Barry and Dick, two music lovers. Apart from this, Rob is also trying to come to terms with heartbreak after he broke up with his girlfriend. Rob’s problems seem to be anchored in his tendency to replace his real feelings and opinions with lists of tribulations. When Rob and Laura break up, he resorts to making a list of the most memorable relationships and attempts to discover where exactly he went wrong. He believes that real tension defines his relationship with women and the eventual breakups. Going by Rob’s numerous breakups with women, the novel seems to be all about dramatizing the romantic struggle of this protagonist, with Burke’s Act being the most dominant element. But elements like Agent, Purpose, and Agency may only help to analyze minor aspects in the novel such as business failure and infiltration of pop culture.

     However Rob tells Laura that he only wants her and the he wants to marry her, he finally realizes that he gets nothing out of the many past relationships and they are meaningless compared to his relationship with Laura. Since Rob has begun to understand who he is and what it takes to have an intimate and fully committed relationship he has began to mature towards a more role-focused relationship with Laura. He is realizing what she wants and what they need to do in order to make it work. They have begun to take on the roles of spouse and partner in life. While this is going on Rob begins making a C.D. with some kids that had earlier broken in to his store. He feels even more passionate about making music then about his store and Laura sets up a gig for him to DJ again and to premiere his new single.

Charlie was a man that did not know how to stand up for himself. He allowed his peers to bully him, and treat him like he is worthless. Charlie thinks that if he allows people to laugh at him, and tease him, they will become his friend. He thinks “Its easy to make frends if you let

In Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity, Rob, a record obsessed music fanatic, is contemplating his recent break-up with his long-term girlfriend, Laura. The book features a period of soul-searching for Rob, as he tries to find closure for all of his relationships with women and attempts to find his purpose in life. Hornby uses the character of Rob, Rob’s relationship with Laura and the contrast between Rob, Dick and Barry to show that hobbies can be used to interact with the environment in different ways. Although they can often be used as a crutch inhibiting growth, they are more often shown as a way to aid self-development.