Colatera Collateral Beauty Essay

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A rare form of glioblastoma took away Howard Inlet’s six-year old daughter. Ever since her passing, he struggled to regain his mental stability. Collateral Beauty is about how the people around Howard care about him so much to help return him to get back on track after he loses the biggest piece of his life to cancer. It is a movie intended to entertain, in a sad way. The entertainment of this movie brings along the tears; it affects the viewer because the movie covers real life situations, portrayed by different and unique characters. The movie is successful in its aim in showing the power of love, the human spirit. To explain, glioblastomas, or GBM for short, are tumors that come from astrocytes or the cells that make the supportive tissue of the brain. These tumors are common on the brain and the spinal cord, and are very cancerous. The exact cause for glioblastomas are not known, but only three percent of childhood tumors end up diagnosed as glioblastomas (American Brain Tumor Association). Sadly, Howard Inlet’s daughter was a part of that three percent. …show more content…

Death and illness play a part of the movie because they effect many major and minor characters throughout the film. Family and parenthood are involved in the plot because many different families are showed throughout the movie affected by illness, marital issues, and divorce. Parenthood plays a part because the majority of the characters are parents, or are aiming to become a parent in the future. The overall theme of it all is that love is stronger than death, or any other emotion. Love is what can show the light of

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