The movies I watched dealt with physical, health impairment, mental retardation, and intellectual disability. The plot line, characteristics of the LD character in the movies and the similarities and differences between the two movies. The movies that I watched were Of Mice and Men and All of Me. Of Mice and Men, the plot line was about two traveling workers. The two main charters are George and Lennie. They are living in California. Aunt Clara, Lennie’s aunt, died, so George had to take care of him. George does a lot of the talking for him when he is in front of other people. Both of these characters were sweet and gentle for the most part. All of Me plot line was romantic. Roger Cobb is a lawyer and wants his own business. He then gets a call from his boss who tells him he can work a job and if he does well he will have …show more content…
The similarities are a couple. In both movies, they have food brought to them. They both die in a social situation, but Lennie was with one person talking while All of Me was a group of people. They both overreact, and they both never had friends. They both have dissimilarities in the movies. There is no speech impairment in All of Me. In All of Me has a breather and not in Mice of Men. There is no medication in Mice of Men. In All of Me, she can keep secrets while in Of Mice and Men Lennie cannot keep a secret. Of Mice and Men movie deals with mental retardation and intellectual disability while All of Me deals with physical and health impairment. In All of Me, the disabled character was a girl while in Of Mice and Men it was a boy. These were the movies I watched. The movie’s plot line, the characteristics of the LD character in the movies and the similarities and differences between the two movies. Of Mice and Men dealt with mental retardation and intellectual disabilities while All of Me dealt with physical and health
While the novel Of mice and men and the film What’s eating Gilbert Grape have different plots and settings, the themes of the two stories are very comparable. The stories depict how taking care of people with disabilities is very challenging and the problems they encounter in their day to day activities. Gilbert (What’s eating Gilbert Grape) has the task of taking care of Arnie his brother and George (Of mice and men) takes care of his childhood friend Lennie. Both of this characters Arnie and Lennie have mental disabilities and rely on their caregivers in life. The responsibility of taking care of Arnie and Lennie is frustrating but George and Gilbert still love them. This paper aims to compare and contrast the novel Of Mice
From the beginning of the movie, people seem to have a fascination over a man with a mental disability. After telling his story another
She received her Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba in 2011. Zana Lutfiyya is a professor at the University of Manitoba, and she obtained her Ph.D from Syracuse University. Nancy Hansen also works at the University of Manitoba. She is director of the Interdisciplinary Master’s Program in Disability Studies, and she is previous president of the Canadian Disability Studies Association. Being the colleagues at the University of Manitoba, Lutifiyya, Schwartz, and Hansen began a study in 2003, which focuses on how individuals with intellectual disabilities understand, learn and exercise their human rights, and this article is one of their research results. So this article is credible since it is written by three scholars in the field of Disability Studies. Their purpose is to critically examine the stereotypical depictions of characters with intellectual disabilities in Disney films and relate them with disable people in real world. The intended audience is the scholars who study in the same field, the filmmakers who are responsible for the creation of disabled actors, and the viewers of Disney animated films who form prejudicial attitudes due to the misrepresentation of intellectual disabilities portrayed in these movies. The limitation of this article is that the authors focus on characters with mental disabilities, while the character Quasimodo in the
When synthesizing “The Disremembered” by Charles Leadbeater and “Disability and the Theory of Complex Embodiment” by Tobin Siebers with a scene from the movie The Fundamentals of Caring, disability is clearly depicted throughout the scene. When Ben, Trevor, Dot and Peaches go to the Deepest Pit, Ben is talking to Dot’s dad and then receives a call from Dot, who is at the bottom with Trevor and Peaches, with a panicked voice telling Ben to hurry and come down (almost in tears). Ben automatically assumes that something has happened to Trevor because of his disability in the wheelchair, but instead its Peaches having her baby. Ben then has a flashback as he’s helping Peaches give birth. The camera goes back and forth from Ben with his son when
This movie is about a novel written by, John Steinbock called “ Of Mice And Men”. This novel is about to traveling partner’s name George, and Lennie. George, and Lennie have travelled around together for a long time. George has always looked over Lennie because Lennie has a mental disability and can't do everything by himself, he also gets in trouble a lot of the time. I think the people who played George and Lennie did an extremely good job. It was just like reading the book the acted how I would have thought people from that time period would have acted.
The documentary follows five families dealing with a differently abled child; The film focuses on difficulties the families go through, professionalism or lack of it by school officials Misunderstood Minds, documentary, is an excellent reminder of the fact that while there is a constant battle concerning over diagnosis, Every parent wants the best for their child, after all a child is a person’s most precious possession. For this very reason having a child with a learning disability becomes overwhelming.
The movie of Of Mice and Men had many differences while still giving the same message that the book was portrayed to have. One of the major differences was that Candy never came into the room when Lennie and Crooks were talking to each other. This was major because Crooks never found out that the plan was true about the little house. In the book after he heard Candy talk about it he wanted to get in on the deal. Also the movie it never showed Lennie have his illusions of his Aunt Carla and the rabbits when he was waiting by the pond.
Both of these stories have a disabled main character who are Simon and Doodle. And they both have a “normal” main characters who are doodle's older brother and Joe. Both of the normal characters pull around the disabled characters like when Joe rides Simon along in the bicycle sidecar and while Doodle gets pulled around in a go cart by his older brother these characters share a strong bond as brothers in The Scarlet Ibis or a best friends in Simon Birch. Joes and Doodles older brothers are both influenced emotionally by Simons and Doodles achievements. Doodles older brother is spirited about the fact that Doodle is not like the other boys. He tries his hardest to get him to be able to walk, run, jump, and swing like a normal kid. While Joe experiences the same emotions when most people saw Simon as weird, and different but Joe saw him how he truly is. Both Joe and Doodles older brother can see the potential in Simon and Doodle that parents, doctors, and everyone else
In John Steinbeck’s novella, Of Mice and Men, George’s decision to kill Lennie was not justified. George and Lennie are best friends even though Lennie has a mental illness. At the start of the book, Lennie holds on to a lady’s dress not thinking much of it, but the lady thought he was trying to rape her. George and Lennie had to leave town and get new jobs so they show up for work at a ranch. Towards the end of the book, Lennie grabs a lady’s hair whose husband works on the farm. She screams and cries and Lennie, who doesn’t know how strong he is, holds his hands over her mouth and accidentally breaks her neck killing her. He runs away to some brush that George told him to go to if he did something bad and the farmworkers went after him.
At the end of the book Of Mice and Men, George kills Lennie with a pistol. This move was highly controversial, with some people agreeing with George’s decision, and others against it. I feel that George’s choice was justified because it protected Lennie, Lennie was a burden, and Lennie suffered terrible treatment during this time period.
Ever since 1896, novels have been turned into movies. This idea gives the opportunity of one’s creativity from a novel to be shown on the big screen. Due to a novel’s popularity, it is usually made into a movie. Sometimes, a screenplay writer or director may put their own twist on the novel. A wonderful novel, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, is made into a movie in 1992. The movie retells the novel, which is first published in 1937, based on two different men trying to find a job during the Great Depression. While the Of Mice and Men novel and movie have some similarities, the screenplay writer and director make a few differences from Steinbeck’s version.
The movie, The Other Sister, truly displays the struggle people with disabilities have due to what stigmas we have attached to them. It shows how the main character, Carla Tate, is a victim to the stigmas society have created but also illustrates the empowerment she is able to gain due to accepting her disability. The psychosocial aspects Carla faced was heavily due to the stereotypes placed on her. The movie depicted intellectual disabilities in a positive uplifting view and explored the psychosocial aspects of sexuality,employment, and treatment as well as the idea of quality of life for someone with intellectual disabilities.
In 1987, Nancy Mairs argued that physical disabilities are not represented correctly in the media and television. And recently, Rosie Anaya disagrees by explaining that mental disability is suffering worse representation than physical disability. People with mental disabilities are not realistically portrayed on television. Thus, this unrealistic portrayal results in a negative stigma on mental disability and can further isolate those with disabilities.
The classic novel, Of Mice and Men, written by John Steinbeck was made into a Hollywood Blockbuster in 1992. Directed and acted by Gary Sinise and John Malkovich, Hollywood took a stab at trying to recreate this literary success. The novel, which takes place in the 1930’s, follows the lives of two men, George and Lennie, as they try to attain their dream of owning a farm. George is a smart man who always seems to have things figured out. Lennie is massive, but has the mind of a young child. George looks after him, but it is not easy since Lennie always seems to get himself in some kind of trouble. As they struggle towards their dreams, George and Lennie face obstacles that test their friendship. In the end, with Lennie dead, George finds out that dreams aren’t worth striving for, and eventually, loneliness overcomes everything. The movie, running almost two hours, stays very true to the book, although some things are removed or added. While the movie differs from the book in a few ways, it still gives its audience the same message.
I liked the movie Radio because it is a really good portrayal of the struggles, triumphs, and setbacks of a disabled person's life. It had a good storyline.