The film, McFarland USA, is based on the true story of a cross country team from a mainly latino high school in McFarland, California. It shows a the new school’s coach, Jim White, lead the team, that was underrated because where they came from, to win a state championship. The characters were important to the movie but some were more exceptional than others. Most of the movie’s characters had major struggles, but they grew pass their struggles to exceed to their goals. This movie shows very important and inspirational lessons to everyone that watches it. Most of the characters it McFarland USA were terrific, but the best character was Tomas Valles. He had many obstacles in his life. Tomas was a troublemaker, he wasn’t going to go to college, …show more content…
and he was going to pick in the fields everyday, for most of his life. But, when Jim White came to his school, everything changed for him. When Thomas began running in cross country, he was the best right away. He wanted to give up in the beginning, and he didn’t see the point of running because he thought it was a waste of time. As the season progressed he began to love it. He wanted to run cross country in college, but his dad didn’t want that and he persevered through that and he went to college. By the end of the movie Tomas helped win the state title, he went to college, and ran in college. Tomas was a very inspiring character in the film. He shows people that even though someone comes from a little town, where no one expects anything great from them, that person can accomplish anything they set their mind to. Even though most of the characters in McFarland USA were favorable, there was some that weren’t as likable.
One of those characters were the Palo Alto coach. He underrated the McFarland team and was very obnoxious. When the Jim and his team went to their first meet the Palo Alto coach very ignorant, cocky, and obnoxious to Jim. At the end of the movie, when the McFarland cross country team improved, that coach wanted Jim to come to Palo Alto. So, at the beginning he was rude to Jim and the team and then he wants to take Jim away from them. That is very wrong. Jim almost took the job but turned it down at the end. The Palo Alto coach wanted to win no matter the cost and he thinks he’s above other coaches and other teams. In the end he lost. McFarland USA shows us not to underestimate the underdog, and to not have a big-head about yourself. For those reasons he is the least acceptable character in the movie. Most of the characters in McFarland USA had struggles that most people would not experience in America. Jim got fired from coaching football at his old school. Tomas, David, Danny, and Damasio's parents didn't want them to run; they wanted them to pick in the fields to make money. Also their parents didn't think they would have a future with them running cross country. Another struggle Tomas had was that he was trying to commit suicide. Luckily, Jim was there and saved him. All of these characters had struggles that were intimidating and they had to persevere through
them. The team and the coach’s obstacles were difficult to overcome and to grow past them. At the beginning of the movie Jim was forced to accept the McFarland coaching job because nobody else would take him. He didn't want to be there and the assistant football coach didn't like him. When he made the cross country team, it was rough at first. But, he kept working with them and he made them better. In the end he created cross country state champions and he kept making cross country champions. When David, Danny, and Damasio quit the team to help out their parents, Jim talked to the parents and they made him understand why they need to do that. So, because of that Jim helped the Diaz family out by working out in the fields with them. They had to run and work in the fields everyday. When Tomas wanted to quit, it was because he didn’t think that running would do anything for him, he thought he was just going to end up in the fields. But, as the film progresses he grows to love running and he wanted to go to college for it. All of the team grew from being a team wanted nothing to do with cross country to being state champions. If they would have quit, if they didn’t grow past their struggles, most if not all of those boy would have been what everyone expected of them. They would be picking in the fields for most of their lives. Instead, they went to college and became someone special.
Glory Road is a 2006 sports film directed by James Gartner starring Josh Lucas and Derek Luke. The film portrays the story of how Don Haskins had the first all black starting lineup in the NCAA and led Texas Western to a national championship. Along the way, the players and Coach Haskins face great adversity throughout the season because of their all black starting lineup. As the season progresses, the threats continuously grow worse and eventually are directed towards the family of Coach Haskins. This problem continues to grow due to the fact that Texas Western’s team gains national recognition not only for being the first with an all black starting lineup, but for making i through the regular season with only a single loss As the movie progress the audience sees one of the players get beaten because of his race. Another scene shows a hotel room that has been completely trashed because it was where the black athletes were staying. I will prove that that this scene where the hotel room is trashed is racist towards the black athletes.
This film represents our indigenous culture and regardless of what happens we can find good in a situation. Together the black and white community can come together and achieve more than they could ever do by themselves.
The times are changing and he's unwilling to give up the past. The world is becoming modernized and people like him, cowboys and ranchers, are slowly disappearing. He runs away from home because he desires to find peace within himself as well as a place where he can feel he belongs. Here begins the adventure of John Grady and his best friend Lacey Rawlins. It is important to note here the means of travel. The story is taking place after World War II, a time when cars are fairly common, yet these boys decide to go on horseback, like in the fading old days. This is just another concept of how they are unwilling to give up a fading past. When they first begin their journey, the boys are having a good time. In a sense they?re two buddies on a road trip with no real motive. Rawlins even mentions, ?You know what?I could get used to this life.? Then they meet Blevins, the foil in the plot that veers the two boys of their course and also has plays a role in the lasting change of their personality. Their meeting with him gives an insight into Grady?s character. Rawlins is against letting Blevins come along with them, but because of John?s kind nature he ends up allowing Blevins to come. It?s because of this kindness and sense of morality, he gets into trouble later on.
The film Friday Night Lights, directed by Peter Berg explains a story about a small town in Odessa, Texas that is obsessed to their high school football team (Permian Panthers) to the point where it’s strange. Boobie Miles (Derek Luke) is an cocky, star tailback who tore his ACL in the first game of the season and everyone in the town just became hopeless cause their star isn’t playing for a long time. The townspeople have to now rely on the new coach Gary Gaines (Billy Bob Thornton), to motivate the other team members to be able to respect, step up their game, and improve quickly. During this process, racism has made it harder to have a success and be happy and the team has to overcome them as a family.
The documentary is about a Honduran man named Johan who is trying to cross the border into the U.S.A. Although the man who plays Yohan (Gael Garcia) isn’t an actual immigrant, he interacts with real immigrants who show the daily struggles of crossing the border. An example of this is when he is in Mexico playing soccer at
There were really no very interesting characters in this book. I was never one to be interested in history. There were some interesting parts though, for instance, the chapter about the railroad man was pretty good, and it was kind of cool that he got promoted to vice-president of the railroad he work on within a year after he started the job. Some of the wars he was in were ok as well. It sometimes amazes me that there were so many unnamed heroes.
The movie I decided to analyze was Remember the Titans. I examined the dilemmas and ethical choices that were displayed throughout the story. In the early 1970s, two schools in Alexandria Virginia integrate forming T.C. Williams High School. The Caucasian head coach of the Titans is replaced by an African American coach (Denzel Washington) from North Carolina, which causes a fury among white parents and students. Tensions arise quickly among the players and throughout the community when players of different races are forced together on the same football team. Coach Boone is a great example of a leader. He knows he faces a tough year of teaching his hated team. But, instead of listening to the hating town or administrators, Boone pushes his team to their limits and forces good relationships between players, regardless of race. His vision for the team involves getting the players concerned in what the team needs to become, and not what it is supposed to be; a waste. Boone is a convincing leader with a brutal, boot camp approach to coaching. He believes in making the players re-build themselves as a team. When Boone says, You will wear a jacket, shirt, and tie. If you don't have one buy one, can't afford one then borrow one from your old man, if you don't have an old man, then find a drunk, trade him for his. It showed that he was a handy Craftsman and wanted done what he wanted done no matter what it took.During training camp, Boone pairs black players with white players and instructs them to learn about each other. This idea is met with a lot of fighting, but black linebacker Julius Campbell and stubborn white All-American Gerry Bertier. It was difficult for the players to cope with the fact they had to play with and compete with ...
The film, Fruitvale Station, is based upon a true story of a young, unarmed African American male, Oscar, who was shot by a Caucasian BART police officer. The film displays the final twenty-fours of Oscar Grant’s lives going through his struggles, triumphs, and eager search to change his life around. There will be an analysis of the sociological aspects displayed throughout the movie that show racism, prejudice, and discrimination.
...er and roam. In this vast land uninhabited between the United States and Mexico, John Grady encounter three men. “The man studied his eyes in the firelight” (McCarthy 281), looking for truth and honesty. This is who John Grady wanted to be. “Men of the country” (McCarthy 281). This was John Grady’s dream, his quest, laid out physically in front of him, but a struggle is created from the dream-like image of these men and the reality of becoming these men, although, John Grady has yet to reach this point. As the curtains close, John Grady rides off into the sunset, into vast plains, searching for the ideal qualities of a cowboy he will never find because of the unrealistic nature of his fantasy. For John Grady to live the dream, conflict between reality and fantasy leads to pain, suffering and darkens, forcing John Grady on a never-ending search for his fantasy.
Every sports movie is based on an inspirational story of a person or a team overcoming some hurdle to achieve greatness. Glory Road follows the 1966 Texas Western Basketball team. This team showed the world in 1966 that basketball talent is not based on race. The feat that they achieved forever changed the game of basketball and the sports world. The movie, Glory Road, made in 2006, depicts the concepts of emotional abuse, curfew, and stereotype.
Out of all of the characters in the movie, I thought that Daniel Ruiz, portrayed by Michael Peña, was the most likeable and that you get to see and understand more of his background and personal life compared
This movie is based on changing the lives of Mexican Americans by making a stand and challenging the authority. Even when the cops were against them the whole time and even with the brutal beatings they received within one of the walk out, they held on. They stuck to their guns and they proved their point. The main character was threatened by the school administrators, she was told if she went through with the walkout she would be expelled. While they wanted everyone who was going to graduate to simply look the other way, the students risked it all and gave it their all to make their voices
There is a scene in this movie where the coach takes the team on a long run in the middle of the night. They end up at the break of dawn at a cemetery. The coach tells the young men of the battle that was fought on that ground. He told of the blood shed on those grounds that turned the whole area red. This can help many people that want to make a difference in this world. They had to stand up for their new knowledge to people that they love and trust.
This movie is a wonderful production starting from 1960 and ending in 1969 covering all the different things that occurred during this unbelievable decade. The movie takes place in many different areas starring two main families; a very suburban, white family who were excepting of blacks, and a very positive black family trying to push black rights in Mississippi. The movie portrayed many historical events while also including the families and how the two were intertwined. These families were very different, yet so much alike, they both portrayed what to me the whole ‘message’ of the movie was. Although everyone was so different they all faced such drastic decisions and issues that affected everyone in so many different ways. It wasn’t like one person’s pain was easier to handle than another is that’s like saying Vietnam was harder on those men than on the men that stood for black rights or vice versa, everyone faced these equally hard issues. So it seemed everyone was very emotionally involved. In fact our whole country was very involved in president elections and campaigns against the war, it seemed everyone really cared.
The film is concentrated on Mexican-American nationalism and immigration. In the beginning of the film, the main character sees himself more of an American rather than Mexican. He speaks fluently in English but does not know how to speak or comprehend proper Spanish. This is an example of involuntary language loss. Rudy, the main character, who was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, does not see himself as a white man but does not see himself as a pure Mexican either and is stuck in the in-betweens of both ‘Mexican’ and ‘American’ culture. Because of this, he is not of specific origin or descent but rather a Chicano. A mix between both cultures instead of just one.