Diary Of A Mad Black Woman Essay

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At the start of the movie, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, the music begins and it sounds like a romantic movie is about start and you see what appears to be a happy couple getting out of a town car. The diary begins as a narration from a woman as the couple begins to walk into a party to honor her husband of eighteen years as lawyer of the year, walking arm in arm, they look and portray what you would think would be a wonderful marriage. Charles, the husband, stands up to give his speech for receiving the honor of lawyer of the year and ends his speech with saying he could not have done any of this without his wife, Helen. Helen is the woman narrating and the diary is hers, at this point you can tell they are not the perfect couple and that some days …show more content…

Helen gets a job as a waitress and is living at Madea’s, one stormy night she is waiting for the bus when Orlando shows back up and offers her a ride home, after that they became friends and spent every day together. Months pass, she begins to find herself starting to feel happy and she finds herself in love with Orlando. Charles defends a man who loses his case and is found guilty and ends up shooting Charles, Brenda does not want him to be resuscitated if something happens and Helen does, Brenda ends up leaving him and takes all of his money while he is in the hospital. Helen goes back to Charles and helps him, and ends up getting her revenge on him for what he has done to her. She then gets told by her mother she has to forgive him for what he has done, and then forgive herself so she can move on with her life. At the end of the movie she finally feels like she can forgive Charles for everything and asks for forgiveness from him as well, then after he forgave her she left to find Orlando and tells him she wants to spend the rest of her life with him and that was the end of the movie, Diary of a Mad Black

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