This scene is a turning point because Terry makes up his mind to confront the mob at that moment. Although Terry complains that he “coulda been somebody”, he finally does become someone worthy of our admiration. He does this by confronting his problems, but also through the great acting of Brando which allows the audience to connect with the character. As Charley and Terry are in a cab rolling towards Terry’s death, Charley tries to convince him to take a good job and not say anything about Joey’s murder to stay alive and help the mob. In the past, Terry lost a boxing match that he could have easily won because his brother asked him to.
Andy becomes a new man during his time at Shawshank and he uses hope to guide him and his friend, Red, out of the prison. Shawshank Redemption displays many concepts of socialization. The three main ideas that are used during the movie are Erickson’s psycho-social development of life, Kohlberg’s moral reasoning development and the social agent, total institution. During Andy’s time at Shawshank Penitentiary, he acts in a way that he believes to be the acceptable behavior. He constantly tries to find new ways to better himself and his jail mates even though they are trapped, for example, Andy continually writes letters to the Senate in order to receive funding to expand the penitentiaries library.
He says “when my father was turning on my mother, he was also turning on me because I would stick up for my mother while the rest of my brother and sisters would be hiding in the cupboards.” the point I am trying to make here is that after such a harsh and miserable childhood he has still made an amazing and successful career and life. Next I would like to tell you about Benjamin Zephaniahs performance styles because he somehow adds everyone and anyone into his wonderful work. For example in his poem “we refugee’s” he says everything as the first person which shows he cares about the slavery and feels like one of them and also in his poem “touch” he uses sing language which tells us that he wants to add the people who have a hard time trying to read or listen. What I am trying to tell you here is that he adds everyone in to his work which some poets may not do unknowingly which makes him an outstanding person and poet. I would like to tell you about his lifestyle now because in the
Richard, unlike his community and family, indomitably stands against the black tradition of acquiescing to the embedded racism. “No matter how often I witnessed it,” Richard says, “I could not get used to it. How can they accept it?” Richard’s ability to stay immune to such oppression makes his struggle that much more formidable. Thus, standing headstrong in the unyielding face of adversity, not only from white supremacists, but also from his own community. Wright defines his young character through the culmination of many events in which Richard chooses to resist being stuck by the limitations set by everyone above him: age, class, standard, and knowledge.
He, like Ongka, was not a formal leader but used fear and persuasion to become the “big man” of the crack houses. Ray earned “juice” when he raped a man which caused the people around him to fear and respect him. His way of persuasion is offering protection to all his workers. Ray could not
The story was impacted in such a huge way because if Dantes had never looked for vengeance when he escaped from prison he could of just got out and lived a normal life without him having to waste more of his time having to hunt down all those people that hurt him. All he could of done when he got out of prison was to have forgotten about the past to start a new life. “I regret having helped you clarify your past and having told you what I did. Why? Because I've instilled in your heart a feeling that wasn't there before:vengeance.” (Dumas 58) The theme of also impacted Dantes a lot ,because he had already wasted fourteen years of his life because of what his enemies did to him , and now he was going to waste many more years on them trying to set his plan of vengeance in action.
He accepts the consequences that came with his arrest by leaving for the prison camp. But his story prompted the Captain to say “We ain’t never had one of them before.” He has not changed himself into becoming a part of what society is expected to be. Emerson says “I am ashamed to think how easily we capitulate to badges and names, to large societies and dead institutions,” where a large portion of the population likes to follow the expectations and image that other have set up for them. This is essentially what happens to a major part of society which is why expectations and the “norm” have been set up because it’s what everyone is accustomed to. Although without expectations, an idea of a regular society cannot be created leaving many people lost and not knowing what to do.
As explained in the following paragraphs, the characters in this book represent people around the world faced with problems and how they respond to them. John Kumalo is much like Nelson Mandela. The government also threatened to throw Nelson Mandela in jail if he said anything too controversial. Like John Kumalo, he was a powerful politician who could persuade people to follow him and rebel against the government. However, John Kumalo was too worried about losing his money and power to speak out.
When he came out of prison he had doubts about his innocence in the matter and was convinced that he was indeed a convict. “Under the whip, under the chain, in the cell...he recognized that he was not an innocent man, unjustly punished” (Hugo 23). Later in his life Jean Val Jean does overcome this and turns out to be a huge benefactor for his community, giving to the poor and providing many jobs. This however is done only with great resistance from society, as they do not accept convicts as normal people. Jean Val Jean had to conceal his identity in order to help people.
Boxing was also a way that PK was able to defend himself against later events in the movie. Rules were very strict at the prison and black prisoners were often beat down to the ground for no reason. Piet proves that he is a ‘Global Citizen’ by caring, showing courage and respecting the guards even when he is treated horribly. He is a role model because every time he was beaten down by an officer, he showed his fellow prisoners and PK that determination and