The Consequences Of Control In The Movie Groundhog Day

He realizes that if he does give in he will die, and he wants to beat the odds and survive the night. Despite that challenges that he faces, such as being chased by a giant man, and almost drowning in quicksand. He uses all of his will power to survive.

Imagine someone dying from a sickness. They know that they are on their last leg. They can either fight to stay alive, or they can give up hope and pass away. People control their own fate. Controlling their own fate means that they decide when it is time for them to die, and don’t just lay down and accept death. This idea can be seen in in many pieces of text including the following poems. “Invictus” by William Ernest Henley and “Do not go gentle into that good night” by Dylan Thomas. Both authors express the theme of people control their own fate.

The movie Forrest Gump played by Tom Hank is a story about Forest Gump a simple man and his journey through life. Gump was simple minded and lived his life by a set of values taught to him by his mother (Sally Field). While Forest sat down waiting for a bus, he tells his story. Forest takes part in several defining historical moments such as the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal and also had painful experiences. Despite his setbacks and naive nature, he struggles and triumphs in everything he did. Forrest developed a good self-esteem and self-concept with the help of his mother’s observation, love, and sincerity. With his mother and Jenny’s encouragements, he was able to overcome his physical handicap and become an outstanding runner among other things. This movie is an example of the how a child’s mind developed through series of stages. This paper shows the following key points; intellectual disability, Erickson’s intimacy vs isolation, low self-esteem, and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Synopsis of the film: In the film Groundhog Day (1993), the protagonist, Phil is an arrogant and narcissistic weatherman who is not happy with his job. He thinks highly of himself and

The 1993 movie Groundhog Day directed by Harold Ramis portrays the journey of self-centered weatherman Phil Connors who becomes trapped in a time loop and must repeatedly relive the same day. Connors’ ordeal highlights the Buddhist principle that life is dominated by hardship. However, Phil’s distressing experiences enable him to change his ways and become naturally happy. Phil’s transformation illustrates the Buddhist concept that suffering is actually an avenue to the bliss of nirvana . While in the beginning of Groundhog Day Phil focuses on fulfilling his selfish desires, he cannot achieve happiness until he stops pursuing his wants and improves as a person, which allows him to reach a state of enlightenment.

When Phil Connors comes to Punxsutawney, PA to report on Groundhog Day, he is a person of whom Thrasymachus would be proud. Here is some evidence from the movie. In Thrasymachus’s view, happiness is completely derived from the fulfillment of pleasures. Phil follows his appetites, only completing actions for the desires that follow. When he first realizes his situation he begins eating very unhealthy food, drinking, and smoking. As time passes he starts using this repetition of days to learn about people and the town, so that he can get whatever he wants. In one case he uses his knowledge to pretend he knew a woman from a high school English class, making it almost effortless to influence her to sleep with him.

To be able to have control over a situation, first you need to have control over yourself. We can use as an example Stephen King´s novel Cujo written in 1981. In the book, Donna Trenton´s four year-old son dies and the reason for that is because Donna wasn´t able to grasp control of the situation. Her desperation didn´t allow her to think clearly and she never actually stopped and tried to figure out a solid plan, she just did everything as she went along. If Donna had been able to have control over herself and stop her desperation from clouding her mind, she might have been able to

People learn what to expect from life from what has happened to them in the past. Perry Smith from In Cold Blood by Truman Capote gained a completely unrealistic view on reality. From his parents in rodeos, and his father and his search for Alaskan Gold, to his mother’s problems with alcoholism and infidelity, he grew to have an extreme disconnect from reality. Perry’s traumatic childhood left him with a skewed sense of reality, preventing any chance for him to live a normal life, and ultimately led to him murdering the Clutters.

A life lived under someone else’s expectations is no life at all. Many people live their lives allowing others to tell them what to do. They allow others to put them down, and to make them feel less of a person. There have been stories about man versus man, man versus nature and most importantly man versus self. In “The story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe we see how each writer uses setting, characterization, and dramatic irony to show how allowing others to dictate ones life can lead to disastrous ends.

When Everyman learns of his pending death and judgment, he makes an effort to change his lifestyle. Since he does not have a

Meteorologist Phil Connors, his news producer Rita Hanson and cameraman Larry arrive to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania to cover the next morning's Groundhog Day festivities. Next morning Phil awakens at his Punxsutawney bed & breakfast, his morning was awful. And Phil wants to return to Pittsburgh immediately. But because of weather he can’t.

Through this story, Franz shows the great danger of allowing people’s attention to become one’s source of happiness and fulfillment. In the story, the man’s hunger for attention leads him to starve himself so he can impress others and gain their notice (Kafka 323). However, he fails to realize that searching for attention from others will drain him out. Since he will have to keep finding ways to impress others with his actions to retain their attention, he will live his life to please others and neglect to care for himself. Once people ceased noticing him, the man desperately tries to find a new way to regain their attention by beating his forty-day fasting record. However, this decision leads him to starve himself to death (Kafka 327-28). Just like the man’s desires to gain attention ultimately kills him, Franz shows that people hurt themselves when they make gaining people’s attention their purpose in life. Like the man in the story, people who try to please others trap themselves in an endless, unfulfilling cycle of putting on a show to attract others attention and admiration.

Our existence can be illustrated by envisioning a painter who is fabricating a painting. As the painter begins to use the soft brush, its thistles with each movement construct systems and subsystems that are elaborately woven together to display biased perception of ourselves. Consequently, a misguided stroke may alter an exceptional piece of art turning it into a catastrophe. Regrettably, this metaphor unveils the misfortune that can occur in the lives of numerous individuals. Comparatively, like the painter who can be consumed by adversity, a victim of domestic violence with one misstep can eradicate his/her own life.

Psychological research studies such as the 'Fuck without Fear for Fun and Profit' further prove his selfless addiction or devotion to the die, indicating that not even his reputation as an insightful and well respected psychologist would get in the way of his choice to rely of on whim. It is during these provocative moments in the story I found myself wondering whether I too could devote my life to chance or the whim of the die.

In “Mortal Questions," Thomas Nagel attempts to show that some human experiences are completely beyond understanding. Nagel attempts to justify that even though your life has ends, the choices one makes will not influence the end result. Nagel first clarifies his position by defining a few terms. Agent, as Nagel describes it, is defined as being in control of one’s life. Nagel states that end results are influenced by a combination of factors and that it is not in the agent’s control. In this paper, I will describe Nagels reasoning for believing that one cannot control their ends and fates. Fate is the event beyond a person’s control. Then, I will provide two reasons to object that the idea that one’s actions do not influence the end results is false.