Back To The Future Movie

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Wednesday October 21, 2015 was the most anticipated day of my life. I walked into school that day wearing a red t shirt, large grey jacket, Nikes, and a lenticular color-changing cap with my pants pockets pulled out. Although certain technologies I expected to exist by that date, like flying cars and hoverboards, were nowhere to be seen, I still enjoyed being able to bring Marty McFly to 2015 with my attire in celebration of my favorite movie franchise, Back to the Future. Growing up in my house, a Back to the Future movie was always on whenever one aired. By the time I was about twelve, I knew every line to every Back to the Future movie. They all enticed me with their span of characters who each had a unique depth plus the movies’ witty humor …show more content…

Everything that happens to Marty in 1985, from the “Save the Clock Tower” flier Marty receives to the mention of Uncle “Jail Bird Joey” not making parole again, affects his experience in 1955. While I grow and watch this movie with my family more, I continue to enjoy finding more of these connections between Marty’s past and present which has improved my ability to discern how every experience I have encountered has shaped me into who I am today. If Marty’s mom hadn’t told him about her first kiss with his dad at the “Enchantment Under the Sea Dance,” Marty would have never known how to conserve their marriage and ultimately save his own existence. If I hadn’t watched Back to the Future as much as I did when I was young, I may not be as interested in time travel, and consequently math and science, as I am …show more content…

Personally, I felt a comforting relation between me and the nerdy, lonely character. Although my peers never made fun of me to the same extent as George’s did in the first film, my environment and my passions have caused me to want to sit alone at lunch and pour over my passions or stay home and watch my favorite television show on a Saturday instead of going to the school dance. However, I find his incredible character transformation to be most inspiring. Although George is portrayed as very shy, anti-social, and manipulable as a teen and an adult, his one moment of distinction between right and wrong when he chooses to stand up to the antagonist Biff allows him to become a much better version of himself. George’s defining act of confidence taught me and continues to assure me that I can be the best version of myself if I chose to act out against the evils raging war in my own life and break through social

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