The Hero in Boxing Gloves
Cinderella Man is the story of James J. Braddock, a struggling boxer who was faced with many hardships during the great depression, and learned to overcome these obstacles to provide for his family. Cinderella Man illustrates the journey of how James Braddock became a hero for his family. His quest is driven solely by his will to provide for his family. The Hero’s Quest can be categorized into 3 steps: Departure, Initiation, and Return. The Departure of any hero is the time he/she is first exposed to a situation in which they will end up saving. James Braddock is first exposed to the Call to Adventure when the Great Depression hits America. The director of Cinderella Man illustrates this by showing two different time frames of Jimmy’s house; the first shows jewelry and valuable items, and the second shows his house during the depression - rid of everything valuable. The Crossing of the First Threshold is when James first gets his boxing license revoked. He is no longer able to support his family in the best way he knew how. James struggles to find odd jobs at the docks, but rarely is ever picked to work for the day. The Departure ends as James
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In Braddock’s case, this starts with The Road of Trials. Joe Gould, James’s manager, is able to get him a fight. During The Road of Trials, James spends his time training for fights in hopes to renew his boxing license. One of the many hardships James is faced with is his wife, Mae. She never wanted James to pursue boxing after his license had been revoked, in fear that he would get hurt, disabling him from work. She could be described as James’s Woman as the Temptress. The Initiation ends with the final step, The Ultimate Boon. After winning several fights, James gets his boxing license renewed and has had a steady income for the first time since the Great
It’s a typical October afternoon in picturesque New York City. You are on wall street waiting to see how your investments turned out. The closing bell rings and immediately, panic ensues. The day that everyone thought was impossible happened: the stock market crash. For millions of Americans this seemed like the end of the road. Unfortunately, the market nor economic conditions wouldn’t get any better as now, the Great Depression was in full spring. As roughly a quarter of Americans were now out of work, people lost their identities. One of these people was a boxer named James J. Braddock. Before the depression, Braddock was widely regarded as the next big thing for the sport. However, Braddock’s career fell off a cliff after the crash as he
As the story comes to its conclusion, the hero has endured his hardships; he went from the one that started fights to the one that thought of what could make everything work. An ordinary person in an ordinary world faced his share of trials and tribulations to come out as a new person. Defining the hero myth—he struggled and still was able to triumph to his prize at the end ; individuals relish these type of stories, they can
Cinderella is about a beautiful young girl that is mistreated by her step family. They give her the worst chores, make her sleep in a very dirty room up in an attic, and even give her the name “Cinderella” because they say she is always playing in the cinders of the fire. Cinderella is different though because despite being mistreated, she is still very nice and warmhearted. She represents how you should act in a world full of hate. If you are nice to everyone despite their rudeness and hate you will be rewarded in the end. Since Cinderella was so nice to her step sisters throughout her whole life, when she wanted to go to the ball her fairy godmother granted her wish. Cinderella got to go to the ball and looked absolutely beautiful, beautiful enough to catch the attention of the prince. While at the ball she was still very nice to her stepsisters, giving them food and telling them how nice they looked. When the stepsisters got home from the ball that night, they explain how lovely the mysterious princess was and how they thought she was so beautiful, not knowing that the mysterious princess was Cinderella. Cinderella played it off like she knew nothing of the princess but agreed with them that she must have been very beautiful. The next day came around and the stepsisters returned to the ball the
The mold of the heroic template is evident throughout various types of media. Within movies, novels, and poems the hero’s journey is present. Of course, not every piece of literature or movie follows the cycle. However, the idea of the monomyth arose from Joseph Campbell. He wrote his own book, The Hero of a Thousand Faces, within his writing he describes that heroes’ follow the same basic procedure throughout their quest(s). This is where the idea of the hero monomyth arose. In Michael Lewis’s novel, The Blind Side, he portrays “The heroic monomyth.” The Blind Side consists of the basic characters and archetypes that accurately reflect the heroic template.
The first stage of the hero’s journey is the departure. This stage begins when a herald gives the hero the call to adventure. The herald in this story is the Big Lebowski who as a bitter, crippled old man fits the description of the herald having a loathsome, underestimated appearance. The call to adventure comes when he offers the Dude $20,000 to make the drop off of Bun...
James Braddock took his father’s lessons to heart when he practiced fighting in the old schoolyard before he reached his teenage years. He practiced for several years to be an amateur fighter. When Braddock first started boxing he avoided professional competitions for two years. Instead, they froze the title, which means Braddock earned money touring the country giving public appearances and boxing exhibitions. In 1926, he entered the professional boxing circuit in the light heavyweight division.
Many social and economic conditions worsened as the depression progressed. The unity of the Braddock family was displayed as strong and determined. The title Cinderella Man is true for Jim Braddock because he came from a rundown apartment to a champion boxer. His twist of fate is a “Cinderella story” because he came from nothing in the depression but with a strive to give for his family made him a champion. Nothing is more important than family and love, which is portrayed by the Braddock family.
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.
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.
Charlatan or not. “That is the true bride!” (Brothers,) the prince from Cinderella aid after saving Cinderella from her cruel family. Sadly enough people will relate to this story and enjoy it to allay pain from their everyday life. Beauty saved her dear father from a furious beast, a challenged, only a hero can manage to complete, “it would be very needless, for my father shall not suffer upon my account.” (Beaumont,) After the eye opening statement Beauty shared, the readers might have been inspired to go against stereotypes involved with being a hero. These short stories are famed for giving characters an opportunity, through the
It all begins with “Once upon a time” and ends with “and they lived happily ever after”. “Cinderella” is a very widely known story that many children around the world look up to and admire through their entire life. The history of this story, how scholars interpret this tale, and how the authors have retold the story are all key points to keeping this story fresh and popular. Most of the time when people hear the story of “Cinderella”, they think about the Disney version and maybe it is time that changes. All in all, the story brings light to everyone’s life even if they only know the original “Cinderella”.
Over centuries of children have been enjoying the classic fairy tales of the Grimm Brothers and Charles Perrault. The fanciful plots and the vivid details allow children to be entranced by characters and adventures that can only be found in these stories. One of the most beloved fairy tales, which both the Perrault and the Grimms have their own separate versions of, is Cinderella. Cinderella is able to show how both versions are able to feed off the same plots while personifying the century and social economic situation in which they have lived.
The Hero Journey undergoes different points in someone’s life. In 1949 a man named Joseph Campbell shared Mythic and Archetypal principals with the world. Christopher Vogler fulfilled all of the Hero Journey steps. In the Princess Bride film directed by Robert Reiner is based on the book written by William Goldman. In the film Westley the farm boy leaves the farm, and goes on an adventure to provide for his true love. Westley is a Campbellion a Hero because the story has Mythic and Archetypal principals and follows most of the twelve stages of the Hero Journey.Westley begins his Hero Journey with a call to adventure out of his ordinary world.Westley is a farm boy, who works for a beautiful girl named Buttercup. The farm is filled with animals, and orders from Buttercup. The only wodds Westley says is “As you wish” (Princess Bride). Westley shows that he loves Buttercup but does not want to live on the farm anymore so that he can get a better life for the both of them. When Buttercup realizes she truly loves Westley, and wants to spend the rest of her life with him. Buttercup would tell Westley to do things just so he could say the magic words. “ Farm boy fetch me that pitcher” ( Princess Bride). This shows that Butercup loved Westley even though she did not show it, and this would send him on his adventure. Tom Hutchsion expressed in his article that “ There is a call to a new experience. This might appear like good news or bad news” (Hutchsion, Tom). Westley does not refuse the call because he wants to provide a better life for Buttercup. Westley entered his special world by getting on the ship, and starting his new life. While on the ship Dread Pirate Roberts keeps Westley on the ship as a passenger, and trains him, and he becom...
The origins of the Cinderella story date back around the beginning of the first century, or as far back as oral stories have been told. Many variations
Throughout history, fairy tales have grown to captivate the hearts and minds of many. A Cinderella Story is set firmly in reality and in the present day; in fact, it's every bit a fantasy as the original story. This film refrains from any allusions to magic, but instead lets serendipitous occurrences provide the engine on which this fairy tale creates its plot. The impression A Cinderella Story is in place of a well-thought out story and characters that anyone could relate to or believe. Although the target audience of the film are teens, females, and romantics, A Cinderella Story can be praised and savored by all audiences because of its ingenious screenplay, acting, and melodic soundtrack.