Ashby Reflection

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Ashby Have your parents made you move in the middle of high school? You get all the anger built up inside and hate them for making you move as if your life is going to end. You try everything in your power to change their mind and they still end up moving, whether you like it or not. Being the new kid isn’t easy for most teens, just as in the movie Ashby, when Ed Wallis, high school student, moves to a new town. This movie is filled with great aspects of pathos that draw you into your own life perspectives on bullying, death, love, determination, friendships, and denial. These perspectives in the movie, Ashby, catch the attention of many teenagers that have been bullied or going through a rough time coping with the new adjustments in life. Ed goes through an emotional roller coaster with friends and family as he is determined to figure out what he wants to become in this world. …show more content…

Ed walks in on his mom and new boyfriend and starts questioning him. You can tell in his tone of voice that he doesn’t want him to be around, as most teenagers would feel after a recent divorce. On top of the divorce is the pressure of starting at a new high school, which gives you this feeling of a big lump in your throat you just can’t get rid of. This begins the turbulence when Ed starts getting bullied just for being the “new guy”. In the trailer it shows bullies throwing things at him and hiding himself in a locker to escape from the embarrassment he is facing. As an assignment in school, Ed is told to speak with an old person and get their wisdom. Not wanting to leave his house from the humiliation, he talks to his neighbor Ashby which is a former CIA agent, who is in denial that he is old and passing

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