How Is George Ungrateful

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George Bailey was a miserable man who hated his life. Therefore George was ungrateful for his life. In addition, he thought if he didn’t exist everyone else's life would be better off. Finally, George Bailey thought his life was worthless. “ It’s A Wonderful Life” displays appreciate the things you have in life that other people might not have.

For instance, George Bailey was not grateful for his life. One example is that George was about to commit suicide until the guardian angel showed up named Clarence. In other words, before Clarence showed up, George was about to end his life. Besides, he would not have been thankful if Clarence didn’t show up. Clarence changed his world around and George was extremely furious of how the town wasn’t the same as before. Other than George Bailey being ungrateful for his life, he also thinks that everyone else's life would be better if he didn't exist. George being ungrateful is a huge part in the movie because he was very miserable and he didn't know how to handle his life any longer. …show more content…

That is if George Bailey didn't exist, the town would be named Pottersville. Potter would have bought Uncle Billy off. He had also saved multiple lives. For example Harry his little brother and the little kid who was about to be poisoned. In this case, George did many bold things. This relates to the movie because George was depressed for huge amount of time until the guardian angel came along. He came to the point before the guardian angel came along that he thought he was

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