42: Screening Report

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In the movie 42, one scene of extreme importance is the scene where the Dodgers verse the Phillies. This scene is not important because of the conflict between the two baseball teams, but rather the conflict between Jackie Robinson and the Phillies manager, Ben Chapman. In this scene, Chapman stood at the dugout screaming plenty of racial slurs to get on Robinson's nerves. He would stand and scream "Hey nigger, nigger" over and over again to get a reaction from Robinson. He wanted to get him distracted so that he would strike out. Jackie, highly distracted by the manager, strikes out. It was clear in this scene that Jackie wasn't the only one to be effected by the managers actions. Jackie's wife was clearly very emotional in the scene when she saw her husband being screamed at by the manager. Some of Jackie's teammates also began to grow disappointed by how other players were treating their teammate. This scene is moving by how the racial slurs finally begin to affect everyone around Jackie, rather than just jackie. Although this part of the scene is very influential, what comes next, in my opinion, is the most moving part of the entire scene and movie. After the manager screams at Jackie and he strikes out again; Jackie begins to grow infuriated. Following the advice of Mr. Rickey, Robinson holds his anger back. Instead of taking his anger out on the manager, Jackie steps into the dugout and proceeds to scream and smash a bat into the wall. He does this so he doesn't show the press and his fans how much it affects him. This scene portrays Jackie's strength throughout his journey as a major In the movie 42, one scene of extreme importance is the scene where the Dodgers verse the Phillies. This scene is not important because of the conflict between the two baseball teams, but rather the conflict between Jackie Robinson and the Phillies manager, Ben Chapman. In this scene, Chapman stood at the dugout screaming plenty of racial slurs to get on Robinson's nerves. He would stand and scream "Hey nigger, nigger" over and over again to get a reaction from Robinson. He wanted to get him distracted so that he would strike out. Jackie, highly distracted by the manager, strikes out. It was clear in this scene that Jackie wasn't the only one to be effected by the managers actions. Jackie's wife was clearly very emotional in the scene when she saw her husband being screamed at by the manager. Some of Jackie's teammates also began to grow disappointed by how other players were treating their teammate. This scene is moving by how the racial slurs finally begin to effect everyone around Jackie, rather than just jackie. Although this part of the scene is very influential, what comes next, in my opinion, is the most moving part of the entire scene and movie. After the manager screams at Jackie and he strikes out again; Jackie begins to grow infuriated. Following the advice of Mr. Rickey, Robinson holds his anger back. Instead of taking his anger out on the manager, Jackie steps into the dugout and proceeds to scream and smash a bat into the wall. He does this so he doesn't  baseball player. 

I believe this scene is important because it shows how strong Jackie had to be in the eyes of the press. Chapman was just one of many men who picked on Jackie because of the color of his skin. This scene shows Jackie as a hero, in my opinion. He shows the world that nothing will shake him despite thousands of people being against him. This scene truly conveys Jackie Robinson's heroism!

My favorite movie

"Whatever happens tomorrow, we've had today." This is a quote from my favorite movie One Day which is directed by Lone Scherfig and written by David Nicholls. This movie is a classic love story about two college kids who meet on graduation and become best friends. Unlike most movies, though, the characters take over twenty years to realize that they are in love with each other only to be shocked by the death of the wife of the couple in the end.

This movie is my favorite movie mostly because of its originality. Most romantic movies show a conflict between the lovers, a damsel in distress who is saved by her prince, and a quick fix to the couples problems. But, in the movie One Day it is quite the opposite. The main characters do not have one large conflict between them that makes their relationship difficult, but a drawn out sequence of misunderstandings between both partners and the interruption of life’s challenges that come between them. This I can relate to in many ways which makes the movie more interesting to me. Instead of a damsel in distress, the main character, Anne Hatheway, portrays a strong female lead that shows she is in no need to be saved by a man, but rather wants to support and be supported by her best friend. I think that because she plays such a strong lead that it makes the movie more intense and empowering. The couple in this movie also has many drawn out conflicts in this movie instead of quick fixes. This movie shows the couples journey together, and apart, throughout their lives and the struggle it took them to be together. I think this makes the movie more realistic and relatable. Overall, the movie One Day is a brilliant portray of the love between two people that never thought they’d end up together.

Crazy Brave

In the book Crazy Brave by Joy Hardin, the author addresses the important issue of domestic abuse. Joy illustrates her experiences with abuse that start in her childhood and occur again once she is an adult. There seemed to be many similar occurrences in several examples of women being abused in the book. For example, most of the men who were abusive towards their wives seemed only to be that way due to oppression from society or due to example from their elders. The men would come home and beat their wives after a “hard day at work” or because “that’s how they were raised.” Although the underlying issues seems to be the main reason the men were abusive; alcohol acted as a stimulus in the men’s’ anger. It always seemed that as long as alcohol intertwined with the men’s’ anger that the abuse would come forward and wouldn't stop until sobriety. The women mostly accepted this behavior because they either loved their husbands or they were women and had nowhere else to go. Social circumstances seem to be the main reason the women wouldn't leave their men. It would be more difficult for a woman in this time period, especially an Indian woman, to be able to gain social prestige. This would be difficult because men were always superior to women, especially white men, in Joy Hardin’s case. Another difficulty was that in this time period that women “escaping” their husbands seemed to be absurd. The lack of shelters for women and government help kept the women in their homes. Luckily, as time went on domestic abuse was recognized and taken under control.

Crazy Brave

In the book Crazy Brave by Joy Hardin, the author addresses the important issue of domestic abuse. Joy illustrates her experiences with abuse that start in her childhood and occur again once she is an adult. There seemed to be many similar occurrences in several examples of women being abused in the book. For example, most of the men who were abusive towards their wives seemed only to be that way due to oppression from society or due to example from their elders. The men would come home and beat their wives after a “hard day at work” or because “that’s how they were raised.” Although the underlying issues seems to be the main reason the men were abusive; alcohol acted as a stimulus in the men’s’ anger. It always seemed that as long as alcohol intertwined with the men’s’ anger that the abuse would come forward and wouldn’t stop until sobriety. The women mostly accepted this behavior because they either loved their husbands or they were women and had nowhere else to go. Social circumstances seem to be the main reason the women won’t leave their men. It would be more difficult for a woman in this time period, especially an Indian woman, to be able to gain social prestige. This would be difficult because men were always superior to women, especially white men, in Joy Hardin’s case. Another difficulty was that in this time period that women “escaping” their husbands seemed to be absurd. The lack of shelters for women and government help kept the women in their homes. Luckily, as time went on domestic abuse was recognized and taken under control.