INTRODUCION In “Back to the Future”, a famous movie direct by Robert Zemekis. Marty McFly is the main character that travels back in time to when his parents where both young. His mother is shown to be really popular, his father George McFly on the other hand is weak and he gets constantly bullied by Biff. By going back into the time Marty helped his dad to become a confident and positive role-model for him, something that he lacked in the original 1985. His father no longer gets bullied by Biff and is actually now the superior of the two. BP1 George McFly is first seen in a two shot talking to Biff in a gloomy, poorly lit house. George is hunched over and Biff stands upright looming over him. Biff is in absolute control this is established …show more content…
George clearly has no power even though he is in his own house. Biff crashed the car and he states he won’t pay for the damage “It’s your car”, he also says it is George’s fault “You never told me your car had a blind spot”. Biff walks around George’s house like he owns it, he eats lollies and gets beer out the fridge and he comments “I got your car towed all the way to your house and all you got for me is lite beer?” When Biff leaves George apologizes to Marty for being weak “I’m Just not good with confrontations”. He even defends Biff “Biff just happens to be my supervisor”. Marty is frustrated about the wrecked car because he wanted to go to the lake with Jennifer the following day “The car dad”. Marty is angry that his dad cannot stand up for himself. Marty and George are of the same flesh and blood they …show more content…
They are both very similar in the way they move, we see this when they are both sitting next to each other in the cafeteria. Marty does not know that his father is sitting next to him until Biff came in and called out “Hey, McFly!” From this point of the movie Marty realized that the roots of his father weakness comes from being bullied in his teens. Biff is in a low angles shot which makes him look more bigger and stronger, George is in a high angle shot which him look vulnerable. Biff is shown to be lazy because he counts on George to do his homework, this has turned into doing Biff’s paperwork when they are adults in 1985. Biff grabs George in the same way that he grabbed his tie. George and Biff have not changed “Do you realize what will happen if I hand in my homework in your handwriting? I’ll get kicked out of school!”. School has changed to work and homework has changed to paperwork. Biff has grown into a habit of not doing his work himself instead he relys solely on George. George does not want to do it but is to scared to speak up this is indicated when Biff said “You don’t want that to happen do you?” George hesitates ,Biff getting kicked out of the school is exactly what he wants but he cannot bring himself to say it. People must stand tall and defend themselves because "If you let people walk over you they’ll be walking over you for the rest of your life”. When
Throughout the story George recites a description of how easy his life could be if he didn't have to keep up with Lennie. "God a'mighty," he could "get a job, an' work, an' no trouble (pg. 11)." At the end of the month, he could take his 50 bucks and go into town and buy whatever he wanted. George says these things like he's only teasing, but in actuality he's dead serious. George started building his alibi when he first arrived at the farm. He wanted to seem like he deeply cared for Lennie, and that Lennie was an overall good person. George then strengthened his alibi, and gave a glimpse of his true motives when he talked to George about why he stopped making fun of Lennie. George said that he told Lennie to "jump in," and that Lennie did it and "he damn near drowned (pg.
George also acts on violent impulses and kills someone out of rage that he feels for being picked on by everyone including his wife.
George is pretty much in charge of Lennie and is the brains of the operation. He thinks very big of himself and thinks he's got the rest of his life planned out. He wants to own a farm someday with Lennie. He really likes to cuss and get drunk on Friday night. He always says to Lennie "If you weren't around I would have a job by now," but he really cares about him. At the end George puts Lennie out of his misery and shoots him. He said "it was the hardest thing I've ever had to do in my life."
Consistently throughout the story George and Lennie were there for each other; in fact towards the very beginning Lennie and George discussed how they were better off than most guys because they had each other (14). When George killed Lennie a part of him died too, George knew murdering Lennie would hurt him mentally and emotionally. However he did it because he wanted what was best for his friend no matter the cost. His actions were altruistic and that made his decision the more favorable one. Another instance when George was selfless was when he gave up his dream. Throughout the story George and Lennie dreamed of and worked towards owning their own piece of land together. However, after discovering Curley’s wife dead, George returned to reality and informed Candy that they would, “never do her” (94). After losing his friend George understood the impossibility of achieving the American Dream. Beforehand George knew he would not want to live out his dream without Lennie, so by protecting Lennie and giving up on his own dream he put Lennie above himself. Conversely, someone may believe that George's actions were selfish and that he benefits himself by killing Lennie. After George comes after Lennie, the dim-witted man asks if George was going to yell at him. Reluctantly George told him “If I was alone, I could live so easy,” (103). Although George said
George says that none of his other friends are quite like Lennie. They did not have a true relationship with him. George also says that Lennie is an annoyance most of the time, but he got used to it and eventually could not get rid of him. This shows that George is lonely, due to the loss of Lennie. It is proven that Lennie causes George to realize his need for others in his life.
The physical symbiosis of George and Lennie is beneficial to Lennie but detrimental to George. Although George used to hurt Lennie, Lennie now needs George to bail him out of trouble. Lennie also profits because he needs a person to tell him what to do. “He can’t think of nothing to do himself, but he sure can take orders” (39). Lennie is “a hell of a good worker”(22) and able to “put up a four-hundred pound bale” (22) but is likely to get himself in trouble without George’s protective influence. George likes Lennie but would be better off without him because “you (Lennie) can’t keep a job and you lose me ever’ job I get” (11). Lennie hinders George while George helps Lennie.
George looks after Lennie and helps protect him from the hardships of the world. George makes his decisions based upon what benefits Lennie the most. In contrast to how no one cared for either Walker in Devil and Tom Walker, George and Lennie care deeply about one another. These two have stated their pledge to one another through their stating “ I got you an’... An’ I got you” (Steinbeck ###). Even though Lennie is not capable of making decisions for himself, he responds to George’s decisions how he wishes. George made the decision that both of them would be late to their new job, because he wanted to enjoy his time on the creek. George made the decision that Lennie needed to keep his distance from Curley. Then the one time Curley challenged Lennie, it was George’s decision that Lennie would fight back. When Lennie accidentally killed Curley’s wife, George was faced with the most challenging decision of his life. George had to decide what he was going to do with Lennie. George came to the conclusion that Lennie was a burden on everyone and that he wanted to kill Lennie himself. George wanted to make certain that when Lennie perished, he left this world
"When I was just out of school I worked with a team of engineers in redesigning a nozzle for a nuclear steam turbine generator... It was an awesome machine... And when it ran... lighting up every home in New York, a feeling radiated through the pit of my stomach as if its nerve endings were connected to each of those ten million light bulbs. That was power. But the winds coming around the corners of that house was God" (251). George's experience in the hurricane is just one example of the contrasts between technology and spirituality. George ardently believes that every problem can be solved with rational thinking, planning and plenty of hard work. His obsession with fixing the bridge after the hurricane further illustrates this point; despite assurances from Mama Day and Dr. Buzzard that the bridge would be built in its own time, George diligently pushes the townsfolk beyond their capacity to work. His behavior surrounding the bridge--not to mention the boat he tries to mend--is based on his desire to save Ophelia from a strange illness. He ignores the advice and guidance of Mama Day and plunges into the crisis through rational means. Ultimately, he loses his own life when saving his beloved wife, though George never understands how or why. Dr. Buzzard had warned him that "A man would have grown enough to know that really believing in himself means that he ain't gotta be afraid to admit there's some things he can't do alone" (292).
Lennie thinks of George as his only friend, his guardian, someone who he can trust and depend on, someone who had accepted him for who he is despite his childlike tendencies. Every time he did something wrong, his only thoughts would be of George’s disapproval. “I did a real bad thing. I shouldn’t have done that. George’ll be mad at me.
Since George and Lennie had to leave Weed because of what Lennie did, they had to find a new place to work and live. .Once they had both left Weed, they had to think of where to work, “well look we're going to work on a ranch like the one we came from up North” (Steinbeck, 4). This demonstrates that he cares about Lennie and doesn't let him get in trouble or get hurt because George also left even though the problem was not his only Lennies. Lennie had ripped a girls dress when he was on the street it was not on purpose, but he got scared because she pulled away. George has to be careful with what he says and make sure he doesn't regret what he tells Lennie later on. George tells Lennie “I ain't takin’ it away jus’ for meanness” (Steinbeck, 5). This demonstrates that he is caring given that George is taking along with Lennie George is helping him and wants the best for Lennie all the time. Besides George being overprotective a person with low patience he is also caring, yeah at one point you will have to just let
Despite the frustration that Lennie causes, without him George would probably be a lot like the other men on the ranch; simply roaming the country-side of California looking for work, and although he often prides himself on being different, he sometimes complains, usually after Lennie has caused trouble, and wishes that he could be like a normal guy and not have to live with Lennie’s hindrance. An example of this is seen when George responds sharply to Lennie's constant request for ketchup. "If I was alone I could live so easy…no trouble…no mess at all.
He never understood things the way “normal” people do. He is like a giant baby, not able to make any decisions himself and pure at heart. George is wise and witty is fully capable himself, yet he sticks around Lennie regardless. “… if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an’work, an’no trouble.” George expresses his frustration of how much trouble Lennie cause him. And how if wasn’t with Lennie he would have a simple live and wouldn’t have any trouble. However, when Lennie ask George if he should leave George says no. This is because he cares for Lennie despite how much work he is. The means that there is now way George would have even though of killing Lennie if he thought I wouldn’t be the best and only possibility for him. He always cared for him and knew that if Lennie did go live alone he wouldn’t be able to
Biff never kept a steady job during his young adult life, and did not possess a healthy relationship with anyone that was in his life. As the play progresses the reader sees how much Biff becomes more self- aware. An online source states, “Unlike the other members of his family, Biff grows to recognize that he and his family members consistently deceive themselves, and he fights to escape the vicious cycles of lies.” When Biff returns home it becomes a struggle to keep a healthy relationship with his parents. Once Willy and Biff decide together that Biff will go and ask Bill Oliver for a loan is when the differences between the two characters are truly seen. Biff accepts reality for the first time in his life, and realizes how ridiculous it is to ask Bill Oliver for a loan, when he barely knows the man and worked for him about ten years ago. When Biff meets up with Willy after the ‘meeting’ Biff is talking to his Father and says, “Why am I trying to become what I don’t want to be? What am I doing in an office, making a contemptuous, begging fool of myself, when all I want is out there, waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am!” This quote reveals that Biff recently has just experienced an epiphany, and realizes that what he was doing was making no sense. Biff is escaping the self- deception he was caught in with the rest of his
In many ways Biff is similar to his father. In the beginning of the play we see that Biff shares many of the same ideas as Willy. He values being well-liked above everything else and sees little value in being smart or honest. One of ...
In many ways Biff is similar to his father. In the beginning of the play we see that Biff shares many of the same ideas as Willy. He values being well-liked above everything else and sees little value in being smart or honest. One of Biff's main flaws is his tendency to steal. Early in the play we learn that he has stolen a football from the school locker. When Willy finds out about this, instead of disciplining Biff, he says that the coach will probably congratulate him on his initiative.