“Without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community.” (Anthony J. D’Angelo) The movie Radio is about a mentally challenged young man who immediately attracts the attention of the head football coach, Harold Jones. Radio (a nickname given to the young man due to his love of radios) starts to become a “symbol” and a “mascot” for the school Coach Jones coaches football for, but things begin to take a turn when others begin to think that Coach Jones’ care for Radio is getting of the way of his leadership for his team. Throughout this heartwarming movie with the theme of friendship, there are many characters who are significant and make an impact on whoever watches it. One character who is fairly significant throughout the movie …show more content…
The person in my life who resembles Mary Helen is my sister, Haley. The two share many important qualities and traits, and are alike in numerous ways. One way my sister resembles Mary Helen, is that family is the most important thing to her, no matter the circumstances. For example, no matter what I do or how I act, she always tells me that she will love me and be there for me even if it seems like she cannot/will not be. Another way my sister resembles Mary Helen, is that she is extremely trustworthy. Another example would be, is that she is the one that I always tell my secrets to no matter how deep or small they are; and no matter what the secret is, she will keep it until I am ready for her to tell others or whether I am ready to tell others myself. Lastly, my sister resembles Mary Helen the most because she loves and cares for other people as if they were her own family. A notable example of this would be when she was growing up. When my sister was growing up with her mother, her mother took in an older woman named Lil who needed care. Throughout those years, my sister found herself loving Lil as if she were a member of her own family, and even considered her to be one. When Lil grew too much to take care of, her mother ended up sending her to another house, but my sister still helped take care of her and checked on her at least once a …show more content…
The characters Radio and Mary Helen have taught me things that I otherwise would have almost certainly never learned anywhere else. The character Radio taught me two major lessons throughout the entire movie. The first lesson Radio taught me was that I should never be afraid to express who I am, even in difficult times. Radio taught me this lesson when he faced hardships in his life. Even though he faced so much pain and suffering in his life, he still maintained the same caring and kind personality. The second lesson that I learned from Radio, is that I should always treat others to be kind. This lesson was expressed to me when Coach Jones spoke at the barber shop, just before resigning from head football coach, saying "... but the truth is,we're not the one been teachin' Radio, Radio's the one been teachin' us - cause the way he treats us all the time is the way we wish we treated each other even part of the time." The lessons Mary Helen taught me were throughout her traits and behaviors that she expressed. For example, her kindness and understanding taught me to view situations and others differently, and taught me to not be so quick to judge others because they may be different than you think. Throughout the movie, I overall saw myself become a more understanding and kinder person due to the lessons that the character Radio has taught me, and through the traits and behaviors of the
Mary Fisher's speech on HIV and Aids was executed extremely well in almost every way possible. Out of all the aspects of Mary's speech, I felt her establishment of common ground is what made her speech so great. Pearson, Nelson, Titsworth, and Hosek (2016) says “common ground occurs when you and your audience share an understanding of the world”(p.246). Mary did a great job of sharing her understanding and views of HIV and Aids, which is helping to establish common ground with the audience. Also, Mary disclosed things about her personal life that made her establishment of common ground even greater with the audience. All in all, Mary’s use of common ground did great things for her during this speech about HIV
A young boy gets older and even though they struggle financially his parents make sure they teach him the honest values of life. But in this film George Jung is a high school football star and wants to see other options and forget what values his parents have taught him. The young man from a small place gets millions from distributing cocaine and ends up losing it all. The behaviors of George Jung become intense with curiosity as he arrives in California to attend college with his friend Tuna.
Many moral responsibilities are also learnt, this is the most important lesson from all is to trust your instincts which both characters of the book have developed.
Gladys Smith was a small town girl that became famous as a young child. As a young child Gladys Smith no longer Gladys Smith, she was renamed by a director by the name of David Belasco. He changed her name from Gladys Smith to Mary Pickford from then on everyone has known her as Mary Pickford.
The main protagonist of the film, Scotty Smalls, is introduced as a straight-A, friendless young boy who has just moved into a new neighborhood in new state. While
The movie follows the lives of three students as they go through their first year at Columbus University. These students are faced with issues of race, sexual
John Cheever’s The Enormous Radio depicts the story of Jim and Irene Westcott’s discovery of their neighbor’s daily conflicts through a newly purchased radio. The significance of the radio being “newly purchased” is because the Westcotts do not seem to have financial issues; they live a comfortable, middle-class lifestyle off of Jim’s income. Cheever exposes the idea of social classes and their negative effect on the Westcott family, by encouraging comparisons between individual’s tranquility status and endorsing social status.
It follows 5 stereotypical high school students where they are all reported for a Saturday detention and given an essay based around a thesis question of “Who you think you are?”. The type of belonging that is being in the majority represented is idealism within society. A strong example is in the opening sequence where Andy Clarke the athlete says “.. You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess and a criminal… That’s the way we saw each other…”. The technique that has been utilised, foreshadowing creates an early introduction to the theme of stereotypes, also morals. It generates the character's initial impressions of each other and hints to the audience that within the film these have been modified due to upcoming events that have procreated some sort of moral amongst the characters. The tone created produces luring responses of the audience you want to know why and what has happened to change the relationships. Another example where belonging is found is where Andy Clarke once again goes on about how he feels the constant need to impress his father and coach. “I’m here today…because… my coach and my father don’t want me to blow my ride… coach thinks i’m a winner, so does my old man” This speech uses emotive language to enhance the metaphor of how trying to constantly impress someone can be detrimental. This new perspective of “The athlete” shows how significant labels are. Idealism
1. The movie, Radio, is based at Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina. It is about this young, colored, mentally disabled man that stumbles across his local town’s football teams ball. He picks up the ball, and it catches the eye of the teams coach, who later befriends him. The next day, the coach, Harold Jones, comes to find his players mistreating the man, who they had tied up and put in a school supply shed. This leads to lots of running of the team. Radio becomes a part of the team, which upsets some people, and early on, Radio isn 't treated well.
This character has helped me in many situations, which as mentioned earlier, proves difficult to narrow down to one instance. When I was younger, this character told me to join Boy Scouts in first grade. At the time it just seemed like a fun thing to do, but the lessons I learned throughout the now ten or so years are invaluable to me. Scouts in fact shaped my character to be polite and kind, helpful and friendly, and self-sufficient. My character grew then to contain another pillar, leadership. This leadership made me an Eagle Scout in 2013 and led to make a decision that ultimately challenged my character and run for class president for my tenth and eleventh grade year. My character told to fight for one cause, for one source of my happiness and motivation and that was my classmates. Character allowed me to make that decision that I do not and will not ever regret, not for one
Helen is Jane's best friend at Lowood. Helen is a religious role (angelic, and talks about God), in shaping her character. Helen believes everyone should love their enemies. Although Jane does not take to Helens good heart and good nature, with her wie word, Jane respects her for them and listens very passionately to what Helen has to say.
The movie I decided to analyze was Remember the Titans. I examined the dilemmas and ethical choices that were displayed throughout the story. In the early 1970s, two schools in Alexandria Virginia integrate forming T.C. Williams High School. The Caucasian head coach of the Titans is replaced by an African American coach (Denzel Washington) from North Carolina, which causes a fury among white parents and students. Tensions arise quickly among the players and throughout the community when players of different races are forced together on the same football team. Coach Boone is a great example of a leader. He knows he faces a tough year of teaching his hated team. But, instead of listening to the hating town or administrators, Boone pushes his team to their limits and forces good relationships between players, regardless of race. His vision for the team involves getting the players concerned in what the team needs to become, and not what it is supposed to be; a waste. Boone is a convincing leader with a brutal, boot camp approach to coaching. He believes in making the players re-build themselves as a team. When Boone says, You will wear a jacket, shirt, and tie. If you don't have one buy one, can't afford one then borrow one from your old man, if you don't have an old man, then find a drunk, trade him for his. It showed that he was a handy Craftsman and wanted done what he wanted done no matter what it took.During training camp, Boone pairs black players with white players and instructs them to learn about each other. This idea is met with a lot of fighting, but black linebacker Julius Campbell and stubborn white All-American Gerry Bertier. It was difficult for the players to cope with the fact they had to play with and compete with ...
During the film we explore feelings of jealousy, confusion, rivalry, sadness and loneliness. Throughout the film we can see inner conflicts, hidden feelings, and vulnerable characters by the use of the voice-overs. In the opening of the film we watch a joyous thanksgiving party; although we hear the distressed voice of one of the characters; privately conveying his desires, emotions, and deepest fears.
There are many more examples throughout this movie that can be connected or assessed to the many different concepts that was learned. There are many real-life events and these concepts are important because they allow people to see how different types of people and families deal with stress and problems and it is important not to judge or jump to conclusions and maybe take a step back and take time to consider what others may be going
“We fight each other for territory; we kill each other over race, pride, and respect. We fight for what is ours. They think they’re winning by jumping me now, but soon they’re all going down, war has been declared.” Abuse, Pain, Violence, Racism and Hate fill the streets of Long Beach, California. Asians, Blacks, Whites and Hispanics filled Wilson High School; these students from different ethnic backgrounds faced gang problems from day to night. This movie contains five messages: people shouldn’t be judgmental because being open-minded allows people to know others, having compassion for a person can help people change their views in life, being a racist can only create hate, having the power of the human will/goodness to benefit humanity will cause a person to succeed at any cost and becoming educated helps bring out the intelligence of people.