Coal Miners Daughter Research Paper

The coal miner’s daughter, an instrumental film, was voted as an Academy Award Winning Motion Picture. This motion picture depicts an adolescent’s girl’s life, and her journey of living in a small coal mining town to becoming one of the world’s most known country female stars. This film was shaped to show the personal life of Loretta Lynn. Coal Miner’s Daughter demonstrates the life stumbling blocks of family struggles, significant friends, and emotional ploys of life’s pains.
In the 1930s-family life was tough and laborious. Loretta Lynn was born and raised in Butcher Holler, Eastern Kentucky, in 1932. She was the first out of seven children. Her father, Ted Webb, was a coal miner and work hard and long days. With little money that he made,

Loretta and her family had to budget tightly. Many houses in Butcher Holler were made from mud and word. Loretta states “it was a very nice and insolated house, but annual repairs were mandatory” (Loretta Lynn 34). This financial struggle centered around the “coal mining operation; affected by the British companies invested coal in the united states companies” (European Union). The lack of high pay coal miners and their families were tight resource users. In one of Loretta songs she states, “I’ve never had a pair of shoes”, Loretta and her siblings would go summer without shoes only to get them when winter rolled around. Even though Loretta and her family struggled, she still rose and showed her true self through many motivational people.
Loretta had many friends that inspired her throughout her life. One of the most inspirational people she had were her parents, Ted and Clara Webb. Since she was a child, Loretta’s valued her relationship with her parents. She would help them out has much as she could around the house and with the other children. That quickly changed when she fell in love with Doolittle Lynn, an army recruitment man. This put a strain on her relationship with her mother and father. They felt that he was not good enough for her, but she believed she was in love. After a short month after their meeting, Loretta and Doolittle were engaged. Her once valued relationship with her parents, was now damaged and would never fully be improved. Lorretta states “Daddy did not talk to me for about three weeks after Doo and I got married. That was a major emotional struggle for me” (Lynn 157). Loretta quickly learned that the loss of her relation with her parents was not worth it. After a few months of being married, Doo left her. Even though her family could not forgive her for choosing Doo over them, they allowed her to live with them for a while. Doo still had a major effect on Loretta’s life. He was the one who urged her to perform in front of a crowed. He took her out and made her perform at Honky Tonk Bar and Casino. This was the motivation behind the first song she wrote “Honky Tonk Girl”. Doo also influenced Loretta to write another song called “You Ain’t Woman Enough to Take My Man”. This song was written after she caught him cheating with another woman. Doo was not the only person who influenced Loretta’s life and music career.
Pasty Cline was another individual who shaped Loretta’s life. Cline was well known woman in the country music industry and someone Lorretta looked up to. The two become close friends after Loretta sung one of Clines songs, honoring her after she was in a terrible car accident. Cline was so flattered by Loretta’s gesture, she sent her husband to get her and bring Loretta to the hospital to meet her. From there on the two performed many shows together. Pasty Cline soon died after a tragic airplane crash. Many tragedies and events shaped Lorretta’s life and career.
Born in 1932, Loretta was living in the Great Depression era.

Butcher Holler was known as a mining community. The movies express the economic struggles that was brought on during the 1930s. For the duration, this time, the United States employment decreased. Millions of jobs wiped out, including the coal mining industry. With Britain playing a huge role in coal mining manufacturing, and the American industry, jobs were lost and coal cost were lowered. The created an enormous battle for the coal mining families in America. “However, the Coal Mines Act passed in 1930, created a little more trusting, better conditioned coal companies” (European Union). Even though the acted was passed, many families were still limited to a low- salary budget. This led to many children to be “home schooled” and following the coal mining footsteps. This however, was the turnaround for Loretta. She broke the barrier and soared away from the coal mining life, becoming one of the most famous country singers in America. Although she tried to stray from the stress of the coal mining life, she quickly realized the life she chose was just as stressful. As seen many times in the movie, Lorretta experiences many migraines, much like her father. In result of this, Lorretta took a break from singing, before returning to

music.
The Coal Miners Daughter, portrays the life and emotional journey Loretta takes on in her musical career. It shows the people that shaped her throughout her life and made her the woman she was in her time. The Film, Coal Miners Daughter, based off the book written by Loretta Lynn, flawlessly illustrates the history and life of the “First Lady” of country music, Miss Loretta Lynn.