The “Cinderella man” or more formally known as James Braddock is an inspiring, diligent man who was born in New York City and unfortunately lived the prime of his life struggling in the depression, desperate for any amount of money to support his family. After being decommissioned from boxing and losing it all to the stock market crash, he and his family were strained financially. Despite this, they still showed a massive amount of persistence and did everything in their power to make life work in such a difficult time. The Braddock family made strong efforts to survive the depression. James Braddock went the extra mile for his family to live as securely as possible. Many examples of this are shown throughout the movie. Commonly working at …show more content…
They lost their heating and instead of complaining, James' kids and wife are breaking up the fence to use as wood for a fire. The last example I have to show their constant strive to pull through would be their meals. This family's diets mainly consisted of cheap meats, that they still couldn't afford, and milk that had been watered down by tap water. James Braddock showed righteousness during such a horrific time, regardless of whether or not he had to. This is displayed when he is with his family, especially his children. When they had next to nothing in the pantry, he is still shown granting the small amount of meat he could afford for breakfast to his young daughter when he would have needed it to even remotely function and have the stamina to box as heavyweight. James made his son return the food he stole from the butcher when they would have most certainly benefited from keeping it. He refused to have his children living under another family's roof without him and their mother, when they would likely benefit drastically in terms of financial stability if they only had to worry about 2 mouths to …show more content…
From working hard to provide for his family to working hard to win a match, he was persistent and this motivates many. He never gave up in any situation and would do anything for success, continuously supporting his family boxing, taking on extra jobs, cherishing his children and wife with diligence. He even kept up with these behaviors with a broken hand and anyone could imagine how difficult, painful, it would be to engage in physical labor while injured. He kept his head up high and carried on with his profession in boxing as soon as he got the chance even after a major loss resulting in his decommission and being frowned upon for his failure. James went against Baer, a man who had killed the people that failed to keep up with him for the title of heavyweight champion of the world, sustained himself the whole time, and eventually finished taking home the victory, and comically, a baby turtle for his kids who misheard the word title. In conclusion, “Cinderella man” is an encouraging, relentless, family oriented man who motivated and supported his struggling household during a difficult
First of all, the Cinderella Man used emotions to illustrate the tough times of the Great Depression. The Great Depressions was a worldwide economic depression starting from the 1930s to 1940s. For example, during the scene in which James Braddock needed money to support his family, he went to the loading docks for labor. Men were lined up clinging to the gate bars as they begged to be chosen for one day's salary. The expressions of these men clearly shows how hard it was during that time and how distressed they were. In addition, in the scenes where Braddock was walking through the streets, the faces of the miserable stand out. The viewers can get a lucid picture of what life was like during the depression
In the movie the Cinderella man Mike Wilson was a very wealthy person because he had a very nice lifestyle and he had money to live and get food for his family and he was currently working at the docks everyday cause he always got there first and jimmy got a job at the docks and while doing his job he meet a person called Mike Wilson In the movie James Braddock’s Wife was so happy that he came home from when he finished the fight and she never liked him fighting because she knows that he is going to get hurt from boxing and she was worried that they were not going to have money to feed their kids and themselves cause she had to stay with the kids and one of the three kids got really sick and nearly died because he did not have medical attention from a
James J. Braddock possesses an enticing story of overcoming obstacles and denying defeat. Braddock was an amateur boxer before 1929 and was fairly successful. After the Stock Market Crash his career took a downturn. He lost many matches and crushed his right hand. Later, desperate for money, he participates in another match. Surprisingly he wins and becomes next in line to fight the heavyweight champion Max Baer. In a great upset he defeats the defending heavyweight champion. James Braddock’s story is told in the film: The Cinderella Man. The Cinderella Man refrains from adding inaccurate thematic elements and accurately portrays James J. Braddock’s life, his boxing career, and the Great Depression.
The first barrier to a better life had to do with surviving poverty or the absence of certain privileges. In Angela’s Ashes, Frank, the protagonist of the book, along with his family had to endure persistent rains, exposure to disease and starvation. Frank and Malachy Jr. had to resort to stealing food several ...
...fect on the Braddock family and friends changes the way they eat, the housing they live in, and money income. Finally, what really kept the Braddock family together were there strong character traits. All of those points together made the movie Cinderella Man a very accurate source of information about the Depression.
Cinderella Man is the story of James J. Braddock, a struggling boxer who was faced with many hardships during the great depression, and learned to overcome these obstacles to provide for his family. Cinderella Man illustrates the journey of how James Braddock became a hero for his family. His quest is driven solely by his will to provide for his family. The Hero’s Quest can be categorized into 3 steps: Departure, Initiation, and Return.
It’s a typical October afternoon in picturesque New York City. You are on wall street waiting to see how your investments turned out. The closing bell rings and immediately, panic ensues. The day that everyone thought was impossible happened: the stock market crash. For millions of Americans this seemed like the end of the road. Unfortunately, the market nor economic conditions wouldn’t get any better as now, the Great Depression was in full spring. As roughly a quarter of Americans were now out of work, people lost their identities. One of these people was a boxer named James J. Braddock. Before the depression, Braddock was widely regarded as the next big thing for the sport. However, Braddock’s career fell off a cliff after the crash as he
In this article, she interprets her own version of thinking toward Cinderella. She interprets the Big Bang into Cinderella and tells an entire new side of the story that no one else thought about. She asks the question “What Is Cinderella, Exactly?” and answers in the most fashionable way possible. She says that “Americans will call almost anything a Cinderella story that involves a good thing happening to someone nice. We slap that title on movies and books, but also on basketball games won by tiny schools full of scrawny nerds, small businesses that thrive and even political ascendancies that upend established powers.”
The biography begins when the impoverished Carnegie family leaves their home in Scotland having been replaced by machines in the Industrial Revolution. People started sailing to America because their “old home no longer promised anything at all” (Livesay 14). They end up earning twice as much as they did in Scotland with their son Tom in school, the parents Margaret and Will shoe-binding, and Andrew working as a bobbin boy. Money earned without work was an opening to corruption in the eyes of a Republican nation and it was also assumed that hereditary wealth had caused the decline of Europe (Lena). Carnegie soon rises from poor bobbin boy to railroad superintendent, all the way to manager at the Pennsylvania Railroad. "I have made millions since, Carnegie later claimed, but none of these gave me so much happiness as my first week's earnings. I was now a helper of the family, a bread winner” (16). The background exposition on his family became crucial to understanding Carnegie’s drive to succeed. Livesay also fluently demonstrates the various professional relationships Carnegie develops throughout his life and how they affect his career. When his first investment pays a profit of $10, Carnegie discovers a whole new world of earning money from the capital. In 1865, he establishes his own business enterprises and...
William Faulkner’s short story “Barn Burning” describes a typical relationship between wealthy people and poor people during the Civil War. The main character, Abner Snopes, shares the ropes to make a living for his family. He despises wealthy people. Out of resentment for wealthy people, he burns their barns to get revenge.
The Great Depression of the 1930’s caused widespread poverty, but the popular culture of the time did not reflect this. People wanted to escape from this harsh time so movies, dancing and sports became very popular. Radios broadcasted boxing matches and boxers became stars. The heavyweight champion James J. Braddock aka “Cinderella Man,” gained popularity. James Braddock gained fame by winning many fights and proving everyone wrong when they said he was too old and couldn’t win.
The struggles that many face while experiencing poverty are not like any other. When a person is experiencing poverty, they deal with unbearable hardships as well as numerous tragic events. Diane Gilliam Fisher’s collection of poems teaches readers about labor battles within West Virginian territories, at the beginning of the twentieth century. Some of these battles include the Battle of Matewan and Battle of Blair Mountain. The collection of poems is presented in many different manners, ranging from diary entries to letters to journal entries. These various structures of writing introduce the reader to contrasting images and concepts in an artistic fashion. The reader is able to witness firsthand the hardships and the light and dark times of impoverished people’s lives. He or she also learns about the effects of birth and death on poverty stricken communities. In the collection of poems in Kettle Bottom, Fisher uses imagery and concepts to convey contrast between the positive and negative aspects of the lives of people living in poverty.
Sarcasm, mockery and satire are common themes used throughout “Cinderella”. The reader asks: Why does the author use this style of writing? How do these literary elements enhance the author’s overall theme and tone? Sexton’s use of multiple literary devices demonstrates her beliefs about fairy tales and enables the reader to clearly see the absurdity of such tales. She does not try to make the reader decipher what she wants them to take from the story, she lays it out directly. By the author using her own hyperboles and satire, the reader is able to see the impracticalities of the original story in a different way. The comical remarks made by Sexton such as: “That is the way with amputations. / They don’t just heal up like a wish”, add humor and light-heartedness to the
It is this element of hope in a true fairytale that creates the support for a protagonist to overcome the opposing force that has been thrust onto them. A genuine fairytale is said to have the element of, “A innocent character [placed against] the evil character who normally loses somehow,” (Gokturk) which is seen as Cinderella is chosen by the prince over the evil step-sisters at the ball. As human beings with a developed moral system, it has been seen that the more deserving, mistreated character is favored to succeed in the story. Cinderella is seen as this “underdog” character in her quest to find love with the prince and overcome her step-sisters’ mistreatment. As Cinderella is mistreated by her new family, sympathy is built for the emerging protagonist and hope of her to conquer her situation follows. The underdog of this story grows in favorability to be picked by the prince due to the societal belief that the more deserving candidate should overcome their opposition. If there was no sense of hope thought the story of Cinderella, this story could not be categorized as a true embodiment of a
...eam but have transformed her in a Cinderella way the place she will take in the world (Berst 100). So the Cinderella success in society has been for the moment (Berst 100-101). But her screams have changed through the education she learned through pronunciation and her felling about the problems she faces can be stated clearly is seen as a Cinderella accomplishment (Berst 101).