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James J. Braddock possesses an enticing story of overcoming obstacles and denying defeat. Braddock was an amateur boxer before 1929 and was fairly successful. After the Stock Market Crash his career took a downturn. He lost many matches and crushed his right hand. Later, desperate for money, he participates in another match. Surprisingly he wins and becomes next in line to fight the heavyweight champion Max Baer. In a great upset he defeats the defending heavyweight champion. James Braddock’s story is told in the film: The Cinderella Man. The Cinderella Man refrains from adding inaccurate thematic elements and accurately portrays James J. Braddock’s life, his boxing career, and the Great Depression.
The Cinderella Man accurately portrays James J. Braddock’s family life. During the Great Depression, Braddock underwent many struggles including feeding his family. The film notes Braddock’s care and concern for his children influencing him to give them his food (The Man 1). Braddock’s publicized self-sacrificing nature awes audiences at his genuine character. The Cinderella Man also correctly shows Mae Braddock’s participation, or lack thereof, in her husbands boxing career. The film correctly demonstrates Mae’s fear for her husband’s well-being influences her absence from Braddock’s boxing matches (Historical Accuracies 2). Mae’s support and concern for her husband is accurately portrayed throughout the film. Braddock’s family values were accurately portrayed throughout the film. He put his family first by sacrificing meals, working, and supporting them. The film accurately portrayed Braddock’s family values and emphasized how family should come first. The Cinderella Man demonstrates Braddock’s family values throu...
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The film The Princess Bride, directed by Rob Reiner, is describe as “Thrilling, exciting, very funny and absolute magic”. No wonder the film has entertained audiences since its release in 1987. While its entertainment value in generally agreed upon, The princess Bride is not precisely inventive, nor original. Westley, the hero, fits closely the profile of the Classic Hero. Similar, the film’s plot mirrors the path followed by the classic hero, across thresholds and into a fantastic adventure. And, like the Classic Hero, Westley must undergo a series of ordeals before he can achieve his goal, to rescue “Buttercup”, and prove true love can overcome all obstacles. The Princess Bride, like most contemporary fantasies, is a retelling of the Heroic
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The Great Depression of the 1930’s caused widespread poverty, but the popular culture of the time did not reflect this. People wanted to escape from this harsh time so movies, dancing and sports became very popular. Radios broadcasted boxing matches and boxers became stars. The heavyweight champion James J. Braddock aka “Cinderella Man,” gained popularity. James Braddock gained fame by winning many fights and proving everyone wrong when they said he was too old and couldn’t win.
During the 1920’s, America was a prosperous nation going through the “Big Boom” and loving every second of it. However, this fortune didn’t last long, because with the 1930’s came a period of serious economic recession, a period called the Great Depression. By 1933, a quarter of the nation’s workers (about 40 million) were without jobs. The weekly income rate dropped from $24.76 per week in 1929 to $16.65 per week in 1933 (McElvaine, 8). After President Hoover failed to rectify the recession situation, Franklin D. Roosevelt began his term with the hopeful New Deal. In two installments, Roosevelt hoped to relieve short term suffering with the first, and redistribution of money amongst the poor with the second. Throughout these years of the depression, many Americans spoke their minds through pen and paper. Many criticized Hoover’s policies of the early Depression and praised the Roosevelts’ efforts. Each opinion about the causes and solutions of the Great Depression are based upon economic, racial and social standing in America.
The Great Depression America 1929-1941 by Robert S. McElvaine covers many topics of American history during the "Great Depression" through 1941. The topic that I have selected to compare to the text of American, Past and Present, written by Robert A. Divine, T.H. Breen, George M. Frederickson and R. Hal Williams, is Herbert Hoover, the thirty-first president of the United States and America's president during the horrible "Great Depression".
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I have done my essay on James Jim Braddock, (“Cinderella Man”). A American Boxer born and raised in New York City NY. He died on November 29 1974, he was 69 years old. James had immigrant parents, Joseph, Elizabeth Braddock. James Jim Braddock was a famous boxer from the 1930’s. Braddock grew up in a family with five brothers, and two sisters. He also had lived threw a very hard time, called the Great Depression. Braddock like most kids loved to play marbles, baseball, and hanging out at the old swimming hole. James’s nickname was Cinderella man. He earned his nickname from his seemingly fairytale like rise from a poor fighter to a heavyweight champion. Braddock was born and raised in New York City. Braddock
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Overall, the film Cinderella Man, was very accurate in this sense. There has been some dispute over the accuracy of the characters that fight Braddock in the ring, but the overall history of the society around Braddock's life is extremely accurate compared to other films. Set in the 1900s the fascination with boxing is fundamental to history and to the storyline of the film itself. Set during the Great Depression, the struggles of Braddock's family and the attitude towards government aid was shown in the most conventional way and only related one thing, the truth.
Many events occurred in the movie “Cinderella Man”. The main character in this movie was James J. Braddock. Some other people that were in the movie were the Braddock family and Joe Gould, Max Baer and Father Roddick. The story takes place in New Jersey. It was about his family and other people's lives when the depression started. It showed how people were losing money and had a very hard time, some even had to sell all of their items just to keep food on their table. The main focus of the movie was about the people who had such a hard time trying to get their lives back in order.
In Cinderella Man James Braddock, his wife, and two kids struggle to stay together, healthy and safe, throughout the depression. He starts boxing and risking his own health in order to get money to support his family. When he loses his fighting license, he tries as hard as possible
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