Roots Movie Character Analysis

The main focus of the 1989 film Steel Magnolias is a relationship between a mother and her daughter and how that relationship touches and affects the lives of others. The film features some stellar acting. Sally Field plays the mother M’Lynn Eatenton and Julia Roberts is her vivacious daughter, Shelby. The rest of the Eatenton family are Shelby’s younger brothers, Tommy and Jonathan and their father Drum, played by Tom Skerritt. The supporting cast features Shirley MacLaine as Ouiser Boudreaux, the cranky neighbor with Olympia Dukakis as Ouiser’s lifelong friend Claree. Dolly Parton plays Truvy, everyone’s beautician and Daryl Hannah as Annelle, Truvy’s recently hired employee. Dylan McDermott plays Shelby’s fiancé, Jackson Latcherie. The

Lead character, Bianca, is the main character and the lead protagonist of the movie, “The Duff.” Bianca is short, about 5’4’’, and is a little bit on the heavier side. She dresses for comfort and cares less about her looks and more about her friends and school work. The most worn shirt in her closet is her “party shirt”, a black cotton tee-shirt that has the word “party” printed on the front. If only one article of clothing was used to summarize her whole wardrobe, it would be this shirt. Bianca is often shown as very kind to the people that she cares about, going the full mile for anyone who needs it. In the beginning of the movies she was always at her friends sides making sure they were havening fun and feeling confident. She is an odd mix of secure and shy. Although she comes across and a secure girl, who does not worry about the opinions of others, she become very shy when she is around a boy that she has a crush on. When Bianca tries to talk to her crush, at the start of the movie, the most she could muster was a “Hey.” She is rather unpopular at school and is only know through her two friends that are considered very good looking. She only has two close friends, Jess and Casey, but is valued deeply by them, despite not seeing this at first.

The movie Rudy is about the life of Daniel E. “Rudy” Ruettiger, the protagonist or hero (page 59) and his journey (page 60) to pursue his dream of attending the University of Notre Dame and playing football for the Fighting Irish. Act I begins in the late 1960’s in a small town south of Chicago, Illinois, where Rudy grew up (ordinary world page 61). The antagonists or villains (page 59) of the story are his father, brothers, girlfriend and teachers. Throughout his life, they (the antagonists) have always told him what he could and couldn’t do. Repeatedly, they said that he wasn’t smart enough to go to college at Notre Dame and that he wasn’t big enough, fast enough or athletic enough to play for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team. Rudy’s only ally was his childhood best friend Pete, who always believed and supported him in pursuing his dreams. Because Pete believed so much in Rudy, he bought him a Notre Dame football jersey from a thrift store for his birthday. Pete’s father used to say, “having dreams is what makes life tolerable”. After the unfortunate work-related death of his dear friend, Pete, Rudy faces the decision whether to continue a life working in the steel mill with his father and brothers or pursue his lifelong dream to attend college at Notre Dame and play for the Fighting Irish football team. As Act I closes, Rudy buys a bus ticket to South Bend, Indiana.

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 Fault in Our Stars depicts Hazel Grace Lancaster, a 16-year-old girl diagnosed with terminal thyroid cancer. The book chronicles her relationship with Augustus Waters, who has also been diagnosed with cancer. Throughout the novel, Hazel constantly struggles with her identity in relation to her disease. She is conflicted whether to accept the prescribed image society has of her or to embrace her true inner self. Through a period of self-realization, she eventually comes to terms with and redefines her identity. Although society may define an individual’s self-image, The Fault in Our Stars demonstrates that identity is defined by the inner self, rather than external forces; in turn, that self-perception deeply impacts one’s perspective on life.

Through thick and thin bestfriends are always there for eachother. In the novel The Contender Alfred Brooks struggles to become a contender and reunite with his best friend James. Alfred is a high school dropout and has a job at a grocery store that’s going nowhere. James, his best friend is also a high school dropout but he is messing with the wrong crew. Throughout the story, Alfred begins to train at Donatelli’s gym to become a boxer. Later in the story James, who has been doing drugs, goes to rob the Epstein's store , where Alfred works, and almost gets caught. At the end of the story Alfred finds James in a cave with a cut arm that was caused by the burglary. James asks Alfred for a fix but Alfred, the contender, takes him to the hospital

In the book, Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Patillo Beals, all of the character present were true warriors at heart. Between the students that attended Central High School and the family members that had to go through the struggle of being hated in their own town, they did not give up. I believe that I am most like Melba because I never give up, I have had similar events happen to me in my own school, and I have a family that is just as supportive as hers.

Different events, positive and negative, changed his thoughts and helped him become more mature, and a responsible person. Watching his home going to the work made him realize he should do something in his life. Once he started working, he learned to be respectful and reliable even if it took a while for him to change. Once he became more familiar with Penny, she starts to trust him. She starts to give more responsibility. With that in mind, the accident that Penny had changed everything. It ended the relationship between him and Kentucky. However, he moved on without much difficulty. At the end, he was still thinking about his father's words and what he said about the white boys. He never forgot him. Perhaps, the father also had a positive effect on

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 truth, there is a lot of fabrication of the story; however, the producer applies some elements of the true story that occurred in Rosewood. Based on the movie, the main aim was to provide a movie that is emotionally moving which affects racial affiliation in terms black or white (Gannon, 61). Some of the scenes focus on the emotional reaction, and the depiction of the movie focus on the concept of outside looking in.

Sarah Goldfarb suffered from an addiction to amphetamines which were prescribed to her as diet pills and also suffered from stimulant psychosis. Addiction is defined as a compulsive substance use despite the harmful consequences of said substance to ones health and life. Stimulant psychosis is a psychosis symptom which includes auditory and visual hallucinations, paranoia, and/or delusions which are caused by an overdose or high use of psychostimulants.

Tom Tykwer’s Run Lola Run (1998) is truly a brilliant film. It is very seldom that a film manages to combine the high pace of an action thriller and a deep philosophical subtext without botching it, but Run Lola Run does an excellent job at striking a balance between both. Tackling the very abstract and philosophical concepts of chance and cause-effect, Run Lola Run is truly a modern foreign classic. Tykwer manages to postulate one simple theory through the film, that the simplest of choices can completely change everything. The film is supported by stellar performances from Franka Potente and Moritz Bleibtreu as the protagonist Lola and her boyfriend, Manni. The film’s use of cinematography to add to the narrative, clever use of the aspects of mise-en-scene and explosively-paced soundtrack add a whole new dimension to this film. One of the few German films to be both a critical and commercial success, Run Lola Run is a smart and stimulating film, which demands active watching in order to understand fully. I will now analyze the film comprehensively using three main parameters; the mise-en-scene, the cinematography and the sound.

The movie The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride follows the life of Simba and Nala’s daughter Kiara. She falls in love with Kovu, a male lion from an exiled pride known as the Outsiders who was once lead by Simba’s evil uncle named Scar. Separated by Simba’s prejudice against the Outsiders, who are followers of Scar with a vindictive plot planned by Kovu’s mother Zira, Kiara and Kova struggle to overcome the two obstacles that are keeping them apart. Desperate to be together, Kiara and Kovu become the key to join both prides at peace. This paper will be focused on Kiara’s life within the movie and also examine Kiara’s process of development through Freud’s psychosexual and Erikson’s psychosocial stages, and as well as Piaget theories.

Set in 1954, The Founder is a 2016 American biographical drama film that tells the true story of Ray Kroc’s involvement in the creation of the McDonald’s fast food chain.