The Big Kahuna Reflection Essay
As I watched the movie The Big Kahuna, I found a lot of underlying issues and themes that allows me to reflection upon my life at King University. As a person begins a journey in their lives, they typically have in mind some goals in mind, but these goals will likely change over time as we grow up in life. "The Big Kahuna" takes plays in a “hospitality suite” with three men waiting uneasily to land a big account for industrial lubricants. The movie is mostly dialogue between three people talking about their business strategy, their sales goals, the cutthroat world of industrial lubricants, and how Big Kahuna can transform their lives. The movie is about three men Larry (Kevin Spacey) an affably cynical salesman, Phil (Danny DeVito) a recently divorced veteran salesman, and Bob (Peter Facinelli) the green idealist kid salesmen. Larry is a born salesman that is blunt and confrontational. His character is based on the game of selling the product, because his view is simply to hustle, and treat people as nametag only. Larry’s personality is edgy, sardonic, and very competitive. Phil is low key seasoned veteran of the company man and recently divorce from his wife. Phil is seen as more easygoing and the closer of deals. Bob is the green idealist kid and rookie of the three salesmen. Bob is the see as the “new kid of the block”, and he believes the best tactic to land the big account is to have a truly meaningful a conversation with the person. Each character in the film shows how God relates to him in their life. I found at this point the film revealed it message about how our relationships with God can influence our choices to make lasting and substantial relationship with others. Our honesty in li...
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...continue to grow and learn from life’s lessons daily to help develop our character and accept our regrets of the past. My time spent at King University has helped to me to accept that I can’t change the past, but I can look to the future and have the ability choose my own fate by my interaction with others.
This class has taught me that Christianity is a huge part of our lives, but we also need to be accepting of others’ views and opinions on how to live our lives, or how we should act on a daily basis. The goal of the movie was to open our eyes to the different opinions of the world, and see if we could encourage others to live their life to the fullest, and possibly make impact on a person’s life to make the decisions to have a better relationship with God. We may never fully discover the true meaning of life, but we continue to learn from our mistakes in life.
middle of paper ... ... I heard someone say once a quote that I think fits really well, that Christians’ fight with values and it is almost impossible to fight with values. This is true and I think because you can’t necessarily fight values we have to attempt to change values and that can be much more effective with something that hits home a little more than scientific facts might. Overall, the film was a very informative film for a more homophobic audience.
The first topic that is found in the movie that was taught in class is conflict. Conflict is expressed disagreement over perceived incompatible goals. Although it may seem it, conflict is not always a negative thing. Conflict is needed and can help growth of relationships. Many conflicts are started because people have different conversational styles. In class, we learned that there are guidelines that one should follow in order to help prevent conflict or help solve it. The guidelines include clarifying goals, helping others save face, using constructive criticism skills, using empathic listening skills, monitoring nonverbal be...
There is a scene in this movie where the coach takes the team on a long run in the middle of the night. They end up at the break of dawn at a cemetery. The coach tells the young men of the battle that was fought on that ground. He told of the blood shed on those grounds that turned the whole area red. This can help many people that want to make a difference in this world. They had to stand up for their new knowledge to people that they love and trust.
The seriousness is enough to make you lose faith in humanity for a second, but catch your attention and evoke deep and reflection thought into the truth that goes on in the part of society that is unknowingly ignored by the population because it gets constantly overshadowed by media and the government. More importantly, the film reminds us that progress will move forward only when those at the top of authority realize they need to relate with and answer to the people who want change, answer to the voices of people those broken, traumatized, who truly need
There are few lesson I have learned from this movie. First, it is essential for me think about the pig picture so it give me an opportunity to fully understand the case. In this show is a person should think about all possibilities when it comes to making decisions, speaking to a person, or in everyday situations. For instance, the old man tried to put himself in the boys situation, and he had a different view. Not only did he have a standpoint, but also the eleven other men all had different views. It is very fascinating how Davis could think outside of the box, whereas the others believed the facts proved everything. The most important question is the fact always correct? In many cases, it is easy for people judge the situation and blame others and I believe this is a human nature. people make certain aspect to be the truths but we are not always true and twelve Angary men movies was a good example of that. The film displays the power of team decision making and the many aspects that affect decision making in groups. Every team member in the room had different characters and different reason which led to different decision making. I enjoyed watching this movie and I learned very good lesson from
I believe this movie does a good job incorporating what we have discussed in class in terms of adolescent development. Although the movie is greatly exaggerated and blown up, the movie does emphasize on key factors to the development of an adolescent. Aside from the self-identity and friendship, the film incorporates parental relationships, academics, teacher-student relationships, risky behaviors, and moral development during adolescent
I truly enjoyed the movie, because of how honest it is about how people struggle, but never give up. It is a story of family and perseverance that is heart wrenching. I would completely endorse this movie and push it to be in the curriculum in the future. My hope is that students continue to over fill your class as you aloud me to do this semester. The movie explains so much of Deaf Culture that the standard population could really use to know. Which is probably why I whish the movie was more common in movie rental places, Hulu and other video cites. It is a fantastic movie with a fantastic message.
...ught me how to make better decisions, both personally and in my professional life. Now that I am going back to Fort Benning upon completion of CGSC, leaving my family there was one of the best decisions of my life. It has taught me how to manage my time better; a skill that always needs to be refined. Most of all, it has taught me to deal with and not just overcome, but also learn from failure. As an organizational-level leader, sometimes I will have to make the unpopular decision for the staff, but that decision will always be for the good of them. It may also be a decision on how I am managing the staff’s time. Most of all, it will help me in teaching my subordinates how to deal with and learn from failure. Therefore, I feel the educational and life lessons I have learned during my CGSC experience has already and will continue to make me a better leader.
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
The film begins with a new teacher, Jaime Escalante, arriving to Garfield High School in East Los Angeles. On his first day he comes to find out that the computer science class he thought he was going to teach doesn't exist, because the school has no computers. In turn he is assigned to take over the general algebra class. From the beginning the film portrays the school as one on its downfall, and with students that are facing poverty. The class he receives is full of students who, according to other teachers at the school, are unintelligent and incapable of learning much of the material. Students cannot be expected to learn material when the teachers themselves do not believe in the stude...
Although there were many concepts that were present within the movie, I choose to focus on two that I thought to be most important. The first is the realistic conflict theory. Our textbook defines this as, “the view that prejudice...
What changes would you like to see in society as a result of this movie?
Non judgmental and Compassion was a message in this movie. If more people would have compassion for others we would live in a better world. It is important to be non judgmental because people never know what happens in a person's life to cause them to act out in a certain way. Mrs. Erin Gruwell’s students were separated along racial lines and had few aspirations beyond street survival. Many people warned her that her students were all criminals who couldn’t be taught. With all odds stacked against her, she accepted the teaching position at Wilson High School. Erin Gruwell saw more in the students than a future as criminals and gang members; she saw them as people who have lost their ways in life. Instead of turning her back as society had done, she held out a helping hand. She had compassion and was non judgmental toward the children’s actions and hatred for one another. Being judgmental...
Not only does this movie deal with the issues of society, but it points to biblical scriptures that help lead us in the right direction. The biggest lesson that this film taught me was that if I put my complete faith in God, then no matter what happens, he will provide, watch over, and take care of me. I learned that expressing belief in God is not enough. I have to live everyday believing and trusting him and I have to show my trust and faith through my actions and my words.
In conclusion, life is filled with lessons. Some of them are learned through reading books, traveling, and watching old Disney films. In contrast, some are learned through mistakes, and hard times. As life goes on we will continue to grow up, find new interests, and meet new people. Along the way we will find things that we enjoy doing, and things we can’t stand. All of these things teach us lessons that make us the human beings we are today. I would never take back any of the things that I have done in the past because those are the building blocks that constructed me into the person I am today. I hope I will look back fifty years later and say, “Yea. It was a good life.”