James J. Braddock

Cinderella Man” exemplifies the power of determination and perseverance to overcome the lack of money and work. The first of many hardships comes when James Braddock breaks his hand boxing and is forced to quit. As a result he cannot find a stable job and can only work on the docks, on occasion making very little money. Without a constant supply of money the Braddock family cannot afford to pay for electricity, food, doctors visits, and additional necessities. After nearly a year of being out of the ring,

in upper classes even dropped to the lower class. It began on October 29, 1929, and the leading cause was the crash of the stock market. Everyone who put their money into stocks had lost everything they had, including the Braddock family. In the movie Cinderella james braddock and his family show the struggle of life during the great depression. Overall Cinderella Man showed many of the different aspects we covered, and was worth the watch during the class. The movie showcased many aspects of the

Representation of the Great Depression in Cinderella Man The movie Cinderella Man was about life in the Great Depression from a boxer's point of view. The focus of the movie was on the protagonist, James Braddock; a father who had to accept jobs on the docks and become a boxer again so he could earn money to buy food and pay the bills. The movie highlighted the conditions for the homeless, the trough in the economy, and the struggle to support a family. The movie was successful in being a true and

Many families would also experience emotional distress during the depression. This caused many to split when times got too hard, others like Jim Braddock kept his family together throughout the depression by making sure that his kids always came first. One scene shows Mae crying because she is unable to help her son and she is just unable to contain her sorrow so she has to step outside for a minute

massive change in his life similarly to James Braddock. James risen up from nothing after a catastrophic blow to his family’s wealth from his inability to fight. Although Jurgis and James had differences in morals, they had many similarities and differences in physical traits, family dynamics, and personal values. Jurgis shared physical traits with James, but with

depression, everyone had lost everything that they owned, this is represented by the movie, “Cinderella Man”. James Braddock was fighter that much like everyone else had lost everything they owned in the depression. He was down on his luck and happen been winning many fights in the past until he got something better than the motivation to get a title, his family was his new found motive to fight. Braddock was a true symbol of the time period that he was fighting in because every American was trying to fight

family can disintegrate when its hopes are unrealized. The societal weight of job possession, born of social expectation, is sufficiently powerful that its absence is felt in several instances in Cinderella Man. The protagonist, a boxing champion, James Braddok faces a stress of job loss, becoming weaker in the position of a father and a husband in the family. The most legendary boxer the “Cinderella Man” falls apart due to the economy that has rocked to the bottom. He is unable to pay the bills,

Shortly after the First World War, the poverty-stricken Germans were in need of hope. After suffering a humiliating defeat to The Allies which left them famished, fragmented, and vulnerable. Out from the military came Adolf Hitler, who preached to the masses about his animosity towards democracy while also informing them of their Aryan status which elevates them to the top of the social ladder. Everything Hitler addressed in his speeches was in the hearts of many of its listeners, even if they did

win the title and create history. “He was a fast and brilliant defensive boxer who fought at a time when white champions like John L. Sullivan and James Jeffries refused to fight black fighters. Jeffries retired rather than face Johnson, but he returned six years later when the clamor for a great white hope could not be ignored”(Sandomir D3). Even James Jefferies was beaten and and thus, Johnson had beat all that stood in his way, from bottom to the top. Through perseverance and relentlessness, Johnson

James “Whitey” Bulger I think we would all agree sixteen years is quite a long time. What if I were to tell you someone had been on the run from the law enforcement for that long before being caught? The name is James Joseph Bulger Jr. also known as Whitey Bulger. Whitey was one of the most notorious mob bosses in American history for his criminal reign in South Boston, Massachusetts. Whitey was a very violent criminal that had a rap sheet a mile long that included: murder, extortion, racketeering