The Crush Essay

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Name : Đào Khánh Linh Class : Anh 27 – CTTT V6 About “ The Crush” “ The Crush” is an Irish short film which is nominated for an Oscar in 2010. It was written and directed by Micheal Creagh and he casted his 8-year-old son Oran in the lead role of the story. The film only lasts for about 15 minutes but it delivers a meaningful message of love and truth by telling the story of the crush of the 8-year-old school boy. It was in the classroom when the school day had just ended, Ardal Travis ( played by Oran ) gave a toy ring to his teacher- Ms Purdy announcing his love. Then when he came back home, Ardal listed “ marry Ms Purdy” on the first page of his notebook called “ Ten years planner”. He was full of happiness that he tried on a new pair of leather shoes and a big-size jacket to make him look mature. The rising action occured when accidentally while Ardal was going out with his mom, he found out Ms. Purdy wearing an engage ring, walking hand-in-hand with her fiancé, Pierce. He felt disappointed when he saw his beloved teacher’s boyfriend was so insensitive and didn’t treat her well. The conflict is led to the climax that after Ardal saw his father hiding a gun, he went to see Pierce and challenged a duel to death. At first Pierce laughed at Ardal but when he saw the gun, realized that he was between the line of life and death, he was too scared that he told Ardal and Ms. Purdy that he wasn’t in love with her. He only proposed her because he wanted to “ shut her up for a while”. After listening to the confession of Pierce, Ardal decided to shoot him and Pierce soon fell to the ground. But then it was revealed that the gun was a toy after all, and Pierce turned out to be a coward. In the falling action, Ms. Purdy angrily canceled the engagement and broke up with Pierce. Till this shot, every conflict of the film has been solved. At the ending
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