“You don't choose a life, dad. You live one.” In the movie, The Way directed by Emilio Estevez, four people from different places come together to walk the Camino de Santiago. What they don’t realize is that they are all walking the Camino de Santiago for one reason, and that is for themselves. Sarah, another one of the main characters that Tom comes across, might say that she is walking to quit smoking, but in real life she is walking for inner peace and to assure herself that she can finish smoking anytime she wants.
While Sarah is walking for one reason, Tom, the American, is walking for another reason. Daniel, Tom’s son, is an American that traveled the whole world. When he started to walk the Camino de Santiago, he gets stuck in a terrible
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After he got out of college, Jack worked for a magazine company because he wanted to write a book. After a couple of years, he got writer’s block, so he starts to walk the Camino de Santiago for ideas. But, it doesn't help. When Jack meets Tom, Joost the Dutchman, and Sarah, they show him other perspectives because he always looks at things one way. These fellow walkers show him that sometimes there is only one meaning to the story. Sarah responds to something that Jack says by saying, “Well, Jack, maybe a dog fight near a cheese farm is simply a dog fight near a cheese farm.” Jack says excitedly, “AH! Okay... That's good. That... is very... good! Maybe I should adopt a more conservative attitude instead of trying to tickle meaning out of every curve in the road. Oh, Christ... I haven't had an original thought in months! Writer's block.” Jack is trying to find inner peace. He is trying to write a book, but he is getting into details that he does not need. Because of being over detailed, he can neither write a book, nor achieve inner peace with …show more content…
When Joost first met Tom he came off very excited and happy, but it became clear that when the movie progressed that he was kind of unhappy about his physical appearance. He thinks that he is fat, and that's why his wife left him. Even though he is unfit he is always looking at the good of things, like making jokes when everybody is down. He meets Tom throughout the story and every time he does Tom is surprised. “What, you can do this on a bike? Why the hell are we walking? Oh that's ridiculous man.” Even though Joost is trying to lose weight he will find a shortcut and try to use it. When the final scene comes on and everyone is on the rocks Joost says “I needed a new suit anyways.” Even though Joost did not complete his final task he is still making jokes for the inner peace that he had found.
Every body from Tom to Jack all had one purpose, inner peace. They didn't know it at first but they led each other to realize it. When Tom stands on the rocks and throws his son’s ashes into the ocean he says “I came here to bring you home. I don't have anything to take back.” Tom, and his friends, found their inner peace and are leaving everything bad behind
Starting a new life is very problematic for many Central American children that migrate to the United States. There are a lot of difficulties involved in the process to migrate to the United States including the journey to get there. An extremely common way to migrate is by train. Migrants usually take away many life lessons from the journey to the United States such as the generosity and assistance from fellow Central Americans. On the other hand there’s extreme hardships. For example, the many robberies, and gang violence a migrant can face on the journey to the United States. During the trip, migrants learn that they usually cannot take things for granted, especially how scarce food, supplies, and other necessities are.
John Grady's journey is one that leads him from innocence to experience and lets him find the 'paradise' for which he is looking. Grady is an outcast. At beginning of the novel he feels out of place in the world in which he is living. On top of that he neither understands why it is changing nor is he willing to accept it. As he is sitting in the theatre watching his mother's play, the narrator tells us his thoughts: 'He'd the notion that there would be something in the story itself to tell him about the way the world was or was becoming but there was not.'
At the beginning, Tom is very self-centered and preoccupied with his work. He finds what he wants to do more important than what his wife wants to do that night. Once faced with the reality of death, he realizes how important his wife is to him. This forces him to be strong and stay alive, for her sake. The only reason he made it back into his house was because of how much he cared for her. Tom then decides to go find her at the movies, which shows that he has become less self-centered and more aware of his wife’s feelings.
When Jack arrived at the Overlook hotel it was evident that he had suffered from substance abuse in the past. Jack had once been a heavy alcoholic. This addiction had caused him to inflict violence upon his child in a violent rage. During this rage he snatched his son up by the arm and broke it. Although it is not clear, this could have been a sign that he was manic depressant. His mania could have been storms of violent rage instead of a constant high. In the beginning of the movie the viewer learns that Jack is a writer. This “creative” career” also has an important impact on his depression because his career can be up or down. In many cases, people who have careers in the arts such as writing, art, or acting can experience times of insecurity, which can induce a depressive state. This new change allowed Jack to start fresh and enable him to write with no distractions.
... also come to the conclusion that complete understanding is not only impossible but also undesirable. As a result, Jack agrees with Ellis Burden who reasons that “Separateness [from God] is identity,” and since only God knows everything, ignorance is a quality all humans share (Warren 659). It is ironic that the world seems clearer to Jack when he realizes that men are naturally ignorant than when he sought to understand everything. Jack’s progress lies in his ability to “distinguish the pursuit of knowledge from Complete Knowledge itself” (Wolf). Jack realizes that it is only human have the freedom to pursue knowledge, while the possession of Complete Knowledge destroys the purpose of life. Jack’s epiphanies occur at the expense of others, namely Judge Irwin, Willie, and Adam, but it is necessary for Jack to learn that freedom comes from the realization of truth.
The theme of this novel is to look at the good you do in life and how it carries over after your death. The moral of the book is; "People can make changes in their lives whenever they really want to, even right up to the end."
Tom and Dennard were able to express what it’s like to be a Euro American and African American males. The attitude that was showed by Tom in the film was eagerness, because all he knew was white identity and never really focused on how people of color felt about the society that we live in. After having conversations with Dennard, Tom came to believe that he didn’t know being a black man was very complex, because he wasn’t in the shoes of Dennard. Tom begin to look at his inner self and hoping to change his world view of what he have
The quote “Enrique cannot see blood, but he senses it everywhere. It runs in gooey dribbles down his face and out his ears and nose. It tastes bitter in his mouth….The sun is high and hot. Enriques left eyelid won't open. His battered knees don't want to bend” is a great example of how the author gets our attention by appealing to our emotions (Nazario 61). In Sonia Nazarios book “Enrique's Journey,” the author does a great job of using all three of the Aristotelian appeals. The one that stands out the most is pathos, the appeal to emotion. In this novel, the author uses pathos to better the story; and try to change the minds of Americans about immigration by using many different techniques such as
... he still feels guilt for leaving Laura behind. Tom cannot ignore his feelings towards Laura and accept letting her go. Tom is physically able to flee from his past and reality, but is unable to escape emotionally. Also, even a new life, filled with opportunities and self goals has troubles. Tom says that he does anything to keep busy so he can forget what he left behind. He is still not fully content with his life.
The Way, a movie directed by director Emilio Estevez, is about how a california-based american ophthalmologist, Thomas Avery , tries to overcome the death of his son, Daniel , and ends up walking the camino to fulfill his son’s journey. The story goes along with four characters, each of them have different characteristics. However, there is one unique particular character in one of those four. He is by the name of Joost, who , unlike the others, is very humorous, joyful, and at the same time, serious side of him.
The speaker chooses that he wants to be a writer rather than what his father does since he had “…no spade to follow men like them.” The speaker uses emotion to put himself down while praising his elders. The speaker does not retain the meanings or the cravings to live as his family did and decides to use his pen to write instead. The speaker creates art based on his emotion about his family which allows a connection for the audience to relate
The Joad family members were facing hardships from the beginning. Before the journey, Tom Joad had been in prison and that was a downer to everyone. In the scenes of overcoming this problem, Tom was released and his family was so excited and full of joy to see him. Before they could celebrate too much, they found themselves having to leave the land that most of them were born on, raised on and labored for. They decided that as shady as it was to be forced off their own land, the drought had shattered any hopes of prospering from it anyway. With the hope of a better life out in California and a flyer that said pickers needed, they set out for the proclaimed promised land.
Tom clearly does not believe that staying at home with his mother and sister is worth the unhappiness he feels. A common issue that arises in The Glass Menagerie is Tom’s nightly trips to the movies. When asked about his frequent trips to the movies, Tom describes that “adventure is something I [he]” doesn’t “have much of at work.” (4.Tom) Living vicariously through the movies he sees, remains one of Tom’s only true sources of happiness.
Tom is a character many people in this generation can relate to. Although the play was written many years ago Tom is just like any other millennial from this day and age. He basically hates his job because it’s not fun. He can’t cope with the fact that he has to pick up all the slack his father left behind. He even seems to think that running away will fix everything. All of these things are very common in society today.
...rest of the world. The animals also represent the state of her mind, which is full of imagination and unrealistic ideas” (Jordan n.p.). One the other hand the fire escape symbolizes the escape from the frustrating family, and fighting for Tom. Just like his father, Tom eventually ends up leaving his life behind, by escaping from what he was once caught up in. Through Toms constant going to the movies, it shows that he does not want to be home with his mother and sister. “Significantly, the fire escape is the path of escape is the path of escape for all male characters involved in the play: the father flees his responsibilities to his family, Tom emulates his father in also fleeing, and Jim, the “gentleman-caller” makes a hasty exit from Laura” (Westwood n.p.) In the end there are two main symbols that show up in the play; the glass menagerie, and the fire escape.