All friendships and relationships face challenges due to emotional settings, it is what individuals choose to do to conquer those difficulties that determine if their relationship can stand the test of time. In the novel A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks and the movie The Mighty directed by Peter Chelsom, they both prove that courage and being supportive help create a stronger bond within a relationship. Through examining the emotional setting of school bullying and social status, it is evident that a relationship where individuals have the courage to embrace their differences that make them outcasts and their friendship based around supporting one another can endure the test of time. The relationship between Maxwell Kane and Kevin Dillon …show more content…
Upon examining Landon’s relationship with Jamie, it is clear that they deeply care for each other. However, it is evident that Landon cares more about social status and the differences where keep Jamie from fitting in with the rest of the student body. This proves that Landon and Jamie’s relationship cannot endure the test of time. Throughout the novel, Landon is teased by his friends for hanging out with Jamie and penitently being in love with her. He eventually gets fed up with Jamie and ends up fighting with her, where he …show more content…
This is important because Landon’s actions demonstrate that he cannot handle dealing with difficult situations. His leak of courage shows that their relationship cannot last since Landon happens to be one of the most popular guys in school, he cares about his reputation and is consumed by what his peers think of him. This is the big conflict in their relationship, they are completely opposite when it comes to social status and that is what manages to that their relationship is weak. Not to say their relationship does not work out, but it does take a long time for Landon to completely stop caring about social status and allow himself to fall in love with Jamie. On the other hand, Max, and Kevin’s relationship grows stronger through their differences that make them outcasts. Rather, than allowing their differences tear them apart, Kevin shows Max that their unique differences are not to be hated upon, but rather embraced because their bond depends on what keeps them separate from the rest of the school. The writer supports that Kevin and Max have the perfect friendship in, which depends on their differences and helps create a stronger connection through the quote, “don’t think of it as a friendship, think of it as a partnership. You need a brain and I need legs” (The Mighty). Max
Buddy’s sense of right from wrong is strong to begin with, thanks to a foundation in the Boy Scouts and idolization of the Wonderful Weiner man. At the tender age of nine Buddy is a proud member of the Boy Scouts, but his troop is a typical set of third-grade bullies. While waiting for the Weiner Man, the troop picks on a mentally-challenged boy, but a nerdy member of the troop protests. His protest is followed by Buddy’s request to “Leave him alone”; this shocks his troop out of bullying the boy (Perrotta 7). This small act of standing up for Kazoo shows that Buddy is compassionate and knows right from wrong; but this act is comical and ironic because immediately following his righteous defense, he lets his troop beat up the nerd without saying a word. So begins Buddy’s first steps towards following the wrong crowd. According to WebMD, children may be naturally equipped with an “inner strength,” or “resilience,” which allows them to appropriately handle “stressful situations” (WebMD). Buddy has that inkling of inner strength, but due to his pa...
This film contains some classic examples of the kinds of real life issues adolescents deal with. Issues such as popularity, peer relationships, family/sibling relationships, sex, and struggles with identity are all addressed in this ninety-minute film.
As the story progresses, Montag’s relationship with the fire changes through his relationships. By meeting characters such as Clarisse, Beatty, and the academics, he learns to understand the fire after his whole society has collapsed around him. In the start, Guy believes that the fire is clean, then he started to realize how destructive it was, and only later did he find out that fire can provide the crucial life that people need.
“When you are down in life, your friends get to know who you are. When you're up in life you get to know who your friends are.” -Anonymous. From the novel “Freak the Mighty”, the narrator informs us that Max and Kevin demonstrate a strong friendship. All in all, they were there for each other in the good times and the bad. So in conclusion, good friendship includes teamwork, trust, and having adventures.
Freire believes that “those who espouse the cause of liberation are themselves surrounded and influenced by the climate which generates the banking concept, and often do not perceive its true significance or its dehumanizing power” (79). Max does not realize the effects of his power, and while trying to build all these clubs up, he suppresses the people who are in them. However, all this begins to change once Max begins to communicate and reflect on what others say to him. When Max is flying his kite, Margaret enters the scene when she lands her toy airplane near Max and Dirk. Margaret then says that Max has been a jerk to her, and then leaves. Prior to this encounter, Max dropped out of school and became a recluse, but after Margaret enlightened him about his behavior, Max became his former self and made a list of people who would be interested in a newly-formed kite club. Margaret was finally able to speak her mind and in doing so, she altered the teacher-student paradigm by having an open discussion with Max, as opposed to being told what to do. This reversal is an enlightening experience for Max because now he realizes that to become a better person, open communication is a necessary construct. From this point forward, Max will begin to reminisce Freire’s idea of an ideal student who switches his position on authority to one of open and free-flowing
...es these struggles will live inside him forever. Whether associating with family, friends, or fans, each protagonist finds a strong support network when facing struggles and overcoming their monsters.
Kathy and Tommy’s special connection has been evident since the beginning of the story when Kathy tries to calm down Tommy during one of his tantrums. When they are around 16 years old, Tommy and Ruth start dating and for a brief period of time, Ruth and Tommy break up. Many of Kathy’s peers noticed the connection between Kathy and Tommy and deemed her the “natural successor” of who should date Tommy next. However, Ruth believed that she and Tommy belonged together and asked Kathy to convince Tommy to get back together with her. Tommy and Ruth begin dating again and remain dating until they leave the Cottages. With Kathy’s loyalty to both Ruth and Tommy, Ruth and Tommy’s relationship constantly complicates the dynamics of their friendship. However, Ruth saw the special relationship between Kathy and Tommy all along and did not admit it until she and Tommy are donors and Kathy is a carer. Ruth asks for Kathy’s forgiveness and admits that keeping Tommy and her apart was the worst thing she did. Ruth then says, “ I’m not even asking you to forgive...
The documentary film Bully (2011) – directed by Lee Hirsh – takes the viewer into the lives of five families that live in various, predominantly remote, towns across the United States. All families presented have been affected by bullying, either because their child was at the time being bullied by peers at school or the child committed suicide due to continuous bullying. The film also profiles an assistant principle, Kim Lockwood, whose indiscreetness makes the viewer...
The Notebook (Cassavetes, 2004) is a love story about a young couple named Allie Hamilton and Noah Calhoun, who fall deeply in love with each other. The Hamilton’s are financially stable, and expect for their daughter Allie to marry someone with the same wealth. Noah on the other hand works as a laborer, and comes from an underprivileged family. Throughout the film there were several negative behaviors, and interpersonal communications within the context of their relationship, which relates to chapter nine. This chapter explores relationships, emphasizing on affection and understanding, attraction, and the power of a relationship. The focus of this paper is the interpersonal conflict with Noah, Allie and her mother, Anne Hamilton.
Growing up the movie, Stand by me, was kind of a staple in our family. My grandfather, mother and uncles often quoted movie lines. My grandfather said, if you want to learn how to be a good friend watch the friendship between Chris and Gordy in Stand by Me. So it was only natural for me to go to this movie when looking for examples of psychological concepts. Even though I thought I knew the movie like the back of my hand, I rewatched the movie in order to explain specific scenes with psychological concepts. I will discuss those concepts and scenes in this essay.
Bockern, S. V. & Brokenleg, M. (2003). The science of raising courageous kids. Reclaiming Children and Youth, 12 (1), 22-26.
Bullying is something that is present in all stages of life. Whether it is pulling someone’s hair, beating someone up, cyberbullying, slander, workplace harassment, or domestic abuse, it is bullying. Bullying occurs in schools, workplaces, in homes, on playgrounds, in the military, and in nursing homes. The documentary Bully sheds light on the bullying that occurs in schools across America. Bully takes us inside the lives of two families who lost their child due to suicide from bullying and profiles three kids who are still toughing it out. There are many factors that feed into the production of creating bullies, but the underlying cause beneath all these factors is the yearning for uniformity.
... is the amount of concern they have for each other, while also putting into perspective the amount of time they had known each other. We all couldn’t accept how close they were from the first hundred, two hundred, or even 284 pages. Once we had set our eyes upon page 285 we see the moment of true sacrifice and friendship that Maddie had for Julie. Maddie did not have to think twice when pulling the trigger on Julie, she knew she was going to be ending her life in a much more peaceful and humane way. My thoughts were strictly on excitement and curiosity if they would all make it out okay, but that all changed with one page.
In relation to Landon and Jamie’s relationship, the four reasons that people are attracted to one
Over the past several years, it has not been uncommon to hear about bullying. Unfortunately, bullying is something that has affected the lives of millions of people around the world. Some of those people have had resolve from the bullying, and many people have not been able to reach that resolve and the effects have been emotionally scarring. According to Dictionary.com, “bullying is a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people”. Based on the definition alone, there might be a time where any individual could reflect back to when they were in school and they were witness to or victim of a bully. The remainder of this paper will discuss the following: