Regarded by many to be a classic, Back to the Future is a time-travel story. The Doc, Marty McFly 's best friend, initiates the narrative by inventing the time machine. After Doc is murdered by pursuing Libyan nationalists, Marty is forced to use the time machine to escape. He ends up traveling 30 years in the past, accidently meets both his parents and interferes with the events that led up to his parents first meeting. Marty then must re-engineer his parent 's first meeting and get them to fall in love or Marty will be wiped from existence. Marty successfully gets both his parents to the school formal dance and tries to create a fake-save-the-damsel scenario for his dad to come swooping in to save his mom. However, Biff, the large and violent bully, enters the scene and it becomes a real-save-the-damsel …show more content…
The themes of this movie are, not surprisingly, centered around time and the consequences of a single choice. The plot centers around the character of Marty 's Dad, George. The story becomes a growth arc narrative of how George chooses to face his fears and conquer them. First, the movie begins by showing how George is a coward and a loser in the present time. He is dominated by his supervisor, Biff. Biff, a bully from George 's high school days, treats George like trash and demands that George do Biff 's work. Not much is different 30 years earlier when Marty goes back in time. Biff still around pushes his Dad and makes George do his homework. That changes when George finally stands up to Biff at the school dance. That decision was a watershed moment in George 's life. George becomes someone who faces his fears. The impacts of this choice are obvious. When Marty goes back to his own time, he finds his Dad is successful in business and confident in life. His Mom and Dad are madly in love. Marty’s brother and sister are now accomplished, reflecting their father’s success. In short, when George stood up to Biff, he changed not only his future but his
When growing up Marty had a very close relationship with his mother which hindered how close of a relationship he had with his father. Once Henry’s wife Ethal passed from cancer he and his son Marty fell away from each other and did not talk as much. When Marty started talking about college and how that was going their relationship improved and Marty felt he could tell his father about his fiance Samantha. Henry invited his son Marty and his fiance Samantha to join him in looking for his friend Keiko's lost belongings in the basement of the Panama Hotel. while they were looking through the basement of the Paname hotel Henry shared with his son about his early life.
However, there is another side of George that the author emphasizes to the audience. George is shown very defensive over his children and “lunges at Johnny” (56) due to Johnny bringing the subject of his children in their disagreement. This action indicates George’s frustration building up and the breaking point of his own sanity from the constant torment from Johnny. Upon this, the audience is able to acknowledge the apparent change of tone as George feeling defeated. The characters counteract the action with one another results in opposition between their
Now afraid of what will happen, Lennie runs from the barn and follows the plan they had set up before they arrived at the ranch. Upon seeing George from his hiding spot Lennie says “I done another bad thing.” George replies, “It don’t matter” (98). After asking if he’s going to “give him hell” George denies this.
As a result of this event, George and Lennie had to go on the run because this woman assumed that Lennie was going to rape her when he grabbed onto her dress. After this event, George and Lennie were stuck with each other and whatever problems Lennie had George now had. Furthermore, George has been with Lennie a long time, and he has learned many things about himself and Lennie. “ …One day a bunch of guys was standin’ around up on the Sacramento River. I was feelin’ pretty smart.
What life can really be with family and friends Occasionally, the love from your friends and family might not be visible, on the other hand just remember that they will always be by your side, supporting you on every obstacle you have to face. According to the movie George had many obstacles that made his life harder than it was. For example, when his partner lost his bank money George could have lost his job because of the way that Mr.Potter was threatening him to tell the police that George lost all his money and couldn't work in the bank any more. However his family and neighbors helped him get through in what he was struggling by helping George raise money. The movie is extremely heart-touching and it is life lessening.
Unlike his father and brother Biff ends up changing by the end of the story. He was always the apple of his father’s eye being the sport star of the family. But, after failing high school and finding out about his father’s infidelities his went downhill. His actions of not going back to finish school and disregard for authority showed his immaturity. Although he started out as immature by the end of the story he had stood up to his father and decided to take charge of his life.
This relationship starts out very strained, but grows to be very healthy. When we first meet Marty, Ethel has just died, which was a difficult part of Henry’s life. Also, Marty believes that Henry wishes to be treated the same way Henry treats his father. As time goes on however, Marty spends more time with his father and begins to realize that his father is not his grandfather. The interaction between these two helps not only Henry but also Marty accept Ethel’s death.
He loses a good friend along the way, that alter him into making better decisions. He meets a couple of girls that affects him remarkably in choosing what he must do with his life. With the help of his grandparents, specifically his grandma, he is given reassurance that guide him home. Through
Townspeople come to see George as he is leaving, making George uncomfortable,
The analogy of life, along with the obstacles that one must overcome in order to advance and to succeed is portrayed through the narrator’s experience with a dead deer in “Traveling through the Dark” by William Stafford. An interpretation of the title “Traveling through the Dark” is one’s outlook of life. Ultimately, humans are incapable of being all-knowing; living day by day without the ability to predict tomorrow. The dead deer on the edge of the road symbolizes unexpectancies in life, the speaker 's ability to make a critical decision when no one is watching allows the speaker to progress in the journey of life.
Thomas has grown up to be a nerd with an optimistic attitude and a talkative storyteller. Victor on the other hand grew up to be quite pessimistic, having that his father left him and his mother at a young age. Victor comes home to his mother with news that his father had just died and he must go to retrieve his body. Thomas offers Victor money for the trip under one condition, Victor brings him with him too Thomas agrees and they set out on journey to go get Arnold.
Also, in the film, during the courtroom scene, Bud questions George about his real feelings for Betty. Asking if he actually loves her not just her cooking and cleaning. While being questioned George changes into color too. He changes because of feelings of love. Love is another feeling people have which can impact their happiness.
Brian leaves all his bad memories in the past and starts worrying about surviving and finding food. Brian becomes a man all because of his mom, positive attitude, and smart thinking. He starts doing better
The concept of time plays a major role because time is slowed down in space. There is a scene in the film that shows Cooper and the rest of the crew land on the first potential "habitable" planet. They are faced with the reality that the planet is only water and Uninhabitable. When Dr. Brand and Doyle are trying to collect the data to see if the planet is habitable, two enormous waves appear. While one wave is going away from them, the other is coming full force towards them.
An important part of a person’s life is when they finally learn how to be more mature and have basically come of age. When a character achieves this quest in a story it is called the Bildungsroman. In this genre of literature, the story displays and demonstrates how the character grows up and becomes an adult. They learn how to be mature in important situations and most importantly they are able to leave behind their ties to their childhood. In The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield is very immature throughout most of the story.