Up: Movie Analysis

John Updike, who was 29 at the time when he wrote “A & P,” narrates his story from the point of view of a 19 year old boy. The narration of the story of “A & P” illustrates the scene of the grocery store in which the teenage boy, Sammy, is a cashier who witnesses everything that goes on during the day.

In the writing of the story, A&P, John Updike gave beauty to the peculiarity of adolescence revealed in a peculiar story set in a convenience store. Updike equipped the story with a first-person narrator, dramatic irony, and an interesting setting. Those devices served to realistically portray the naive tone of a lost, soon-to-be adult.

Such as Chelsea for instance who is in her forty's and as still having a hard time getting along with her dad since she was a child. This is something that one would expect from a child not an adult. Also how Norman is depicted as not feeling like he has done enough in his life to feel that he has lived it to the fullest and Billy Ray Jr. being shown as a kid who does not want to do anything that Norman wants to with him and eventually forming a bond with him. Over all the movie helped me better understand the concept of Erickson's specifically the ones that the character in the movie were going

The story is centered around Sammy, a 19 year old clerk at an A & P grocery store in coastal Massachusetts. It is based upon the scenario of 3 teenage girls walking into the grocery store in nothing but bathing suits. This makes for a rather interesting story, with Sammy becoming fixated with the girls, and even though the story takes place over the period of about 20 mins, it has a very complex theme. The theme is told mostly through symbolism, which is why Updike uses realism, causing reader to make an inference about the symbols he uses. For example, when Sammy is ringing up a purchase, a seemingly boring task, Updike gives the reader insight to Sammy`s mind:

Updike describes his characters using personification, stating they are obedient, have flaws and manners, and change clothes. When the characters change clothes, it is because Updike makes the decision to put them into something different, the characters are obedient because the author and creator of the characters make them obedient and does not write that they are disobedient. As Updike continues creating his novel, the characters continue to grow, changing as the novel does from chapter to chapter. The novelist knows that the characters have flaws “bandages unravel,” but even though he says he loves them, he does not fix the flaws the characters have. Updike says that he

Overall I found the movie to be quite interesting and exciting at times but a bit slow in others. The story itself was very clear to me and didn’t cause any confusion. It had a good flow also, just as you were on the verge of falling into boredom with a scene they switched it up on you to keep you

My views on this heart moving film would be never to give up in life, and with the right amount of determination you can succeed anything. The film tells us the simple, but moving story with a skilled storyteller's voice. The great importance of their

Updike's use of setting helps to contribute to the development of the theme of the story by making the reader understand the conformity of the society in which Sammy is yearning to escape. The story, “A&P”, takes place in the local A&P grocery store in the 1960s, a time in which it was abnormal to break free from the social norms of the

The film “Juvies” really made me think about how the criminal justice system treats young children. Before watching the film, I was under the impression that children were treated fairly and with care when they commit a crime. After all, they are just kids. However, to my surprise, this was not the case. Many children have been cheated by the law because they are put through the adult system and are not given a fair trial. Meanwhile, these children are expected to make the rational decisions that an adult would make. There is biological evidence that kids do not have the ability to control impulsive behavior because their brains are underdeveloped. Thus, I believe this system is extremely unfair because children are not protected in adult prisons, which makes it very difficult for them to succeed once they are released back into the free world.

The movie Up is a story of an elderly man named Carl who, through many hardships and struggles, goes through the grieving process from the loss of his deceased wife named Ellie. Carl and Ellie met at a young age, sharing an interest for exploring and eventually traveling to a destination called Paradise Falls. After Ellie passes away, Carl holds onto her memory and refuses to let it go by attaching himself to the home they built. In return, this attachment turns him into a negative person. This is an example of Erickson’s psychosocial theory, which states that people experience certain crises that cause differing personality characteristics, such as Carl’s negativity from the pain of his diseased wife.

In John Updikes A&P, choices and consequences are portrayed as a fundamental and recurring theme throughout the story. Many can understand the idea of repercussions for specific decisions and actions, which makes this story very relatable to most audiences. The story encompasses numerous ideologies paramount to human development and philosophy. Dismantling the story can help depict underlain meanings and asses the ambiguous nature of humanity. The construct of A&P portrays Sammy’s journey through the societal establishment of rules and order, ultimately exposing the chain reaction repercussion of making difficult choices. Though many characters make choices throughout the story, Sammy is obliged to make

The movie Juno is not only an excellent representation of film and the creative process coming together to create characters and a story that draws in the audience and allows them to invest themselves in the lives of the characters, but it is also an excellent example of the developmental process. This is because the movie reflects not only the development of its protagonist Juno MacGuff and her emotional growth and development, but also her physical development throughout her pregnancy.

In the first place his is not the typical movie that you usually seeing, this movie is the beginning of an era of people looking to progress and be better.

Growth is a strong component that symbolises how the human condition can be shaped to become today’s society’s perception of moral standards through generations; this is clearly represented through the film’s change between the teenagers of the 1950s and the 20th century eras.

This family comes together in a time when they all need it. Phillip at one point tells Judd he’s on his side and has his back no what the situation is. Then every time Judd and Wendy meet on the roof to talk they are creating a turning point during a bad time. It can be see that each brother, sister, brother, brother, and/or mother, child moment is a growing point where something/someone else is thinking and acting different. The Altman family displays resilience by walking away at the end and assuring each other that they have their backs.