James Bradock Cinderella Man

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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

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