Through Terry's motivation of ridding his label of being a "bum", to Father Barry's search and fight for the truth at the docks, to Edie Doyle's love for Terry and his love for her, Terry gains a self-respect and a sense of freedom he has never know before. The quote, "I'm standing over here now..."- at the end of the film, signifies Terry's newly found understanding of himself, and of the world and is a result of his struggle to overcome corruption on the New Jersey waterfront. Terry Malloy's label of being a "bum" is a significant, motivating factor that impels Terry to win internal conflict with himself and external conflict with those around him. As evident in the first few scenes, Terry fights the ongoing harassment set upon him by others, particularly, Johnny Friendly's gang members, emphasising his ostracism from not only the gang, but from society as well. Terry is also seen in multiple scenes spending most of his spare time taking care of Joey Doyle's pigeons, which also signifies his admiration of the faithfulness of birds which is something he lacks in his own life, such as in his relationship with Charlie.
In Kazan’s film ‘On the waterfront’ Kazan portrays Terry Malloy, who played by Marlon Brando, as a flawed and troubled man who is heavily influenced by those close to him, such as his older brother Charlie, lover Edie and bold priest Father Barry. Kazan portrays Terry in this way because Kazan wants to show that with the help of god, through Father Barry and Edie, every man no matter how many sins he has committed can make up for them and be redeemed. At the beginning of the film Terry is so heavily influenced by Johnny and the mob he is blind to the fact that what he is doing is morally wrong, Kazan represents Terry’s blindness when Terry sends Joey to the roof top and Terry is oblivious to the real reason as to why Johnny wanted Joey up on the roof top. Joey’s death shakes
This shows the distinction between the battle of right and wrong and how characters are either on one side or the other. Terry’s is influenced by his conscience throughout the film such as; when Joey Doyle is thrown off the roof, he thinks it’s unnecessary and that the guys were just going to talk to him but he trusts Johnny that it was the right decision. Another instance where Terry’s conscience effects his decisions is where he gives the tokens to Edie as he feels empathic of her brother and the damage he helped instigated. The sides of right and wrong are clearly
His dream is to live out of society, alone. Although the film shows he was compassionate towards those he met along his journey that helped him. For example, he talks to Jan about her family problems and gives Ron Franz a sense of family and belonging. He cares about them, even if there are things he doesn't like about people. This changes the viewers reaction to Chris as at the start, he is very arrogant to his family, but these things shows how he can be compassionate.
Does the film support Terry’s judgment of himself? The critically acclaimed film On the Waterfront directed by Elia Kazan is a film set in the early 1950’s around the docks of the corrupt and adverse society of New Jersey, following the main character Terry Malloy the story leads through his journey to guide his conscience to the right path with the help of Edie and Father Barry. In the film Terry sees himself as a bum, but through his own actions he can rid his label of being a “Bum”. Such as terry feeling guilt and remorse for Joeys death, the end of the film where Terry testifies against the Dock union run by Johnny Friendly and falling in love with Edie and trying to help himself be a better man. When terry was wrongly put into the situation where he was the key to Joey Doyles death, he was in shock and confused about what had just happened and what position he had
Doodle’s brother and Joe compare because Doodle and Simon both depend on these boys for things. They both help to mentor, push, and help Doodle and Simon to do their best. Simon had an impeccable faith in all and in God. Doodle had faith in his brother and himself towards the end of his life. Both boys have pride in themselves because they both are pushing themselves for the better, and they believe vanity is utterly unimportant.
The trouble is, Leo is happy with his small, if not quite ethical, business. Leo joins them on the schemes even though he will be the flaw in their operations. A series of police raids are conducted by Joe and everything seems to be going as planned until a twist appears in the story where a rival mob headed by Tucker’s old partner Fico begins pressuring Leo and ruin the plans. Fico’s gang is more aggressive and shoots first to get whatever they want, Joe wants his brother out because things are getting to dangerous. All this happening and Joe is still romantically involved with Leo’s employee who is too sweet of women for Joe.
Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Number Date Melville’s Billy Budd This paper explains how the organization of Billy Budd by Melville reinforced the theme of guile. It seeks to address how the author structured his work to convince the reader that guile is a form of destruction of human life. The essay starts by giving a synopsis of the book and later gives supporting evidence of how well Melville structured the book. The book is about Billy Budd who was employed in the Rights of Man merchant ship as a seaman. He was young and illiterate but this did not suppress the fact that he was well capable in carrying out his duties.
Hence, Chris Keller has every reason to feel as guilty as his father because while Keller’s guilt lay with his wartime misdeeds, his guilt lies in his hypocrisy, betrayal of the family and his implicit participation in Keller’s crime. Chris Keller’s hypocrisy in upholding his duty towards society is slowly introduced as the play’s structure showcases him as an upright individual in Act One, an individual who has forsaken his values for his personal interest (Ann as his love interest supersedes his concerns) in Act Two. In Act One, Chris is portrayed as having strong commitment towards acting for the overall good for everyone over self-interest. Chris’s commitment towards sacrifice is made clear when he tells Keller “Every time I reach out for something I want, I have to pull back because other people will suffer”. The usage of the absolute term
One similarity is that Holden and Cecilia are not content with the lifestyles they are living. For example, Cecilia first believes that being closer to her brother and being part of the gang is the life she wants but finds out that it has made her life worse. Then she decides that she wants to escape from it. “Since I’m his baby sister that means I must have that blood in me too, somewhere in me like a wild horse….But that’s not me. I fight it.