With themes of vengeance and heroes and villains, 'Mean Creek' is a story told with a series of complex layers. When the shy Sam confides in his protective older sibling, Rocky, about the bully in school named George, Rocky and his friends devise a plan to humiliate and exact their revenge on his brother's tormentor during a boating trip. When their plan goes too far, they must deal with the unexpected consequences of their actions. Portrayed by Josh Peck, the complex personality traits of character George Tooney is apparent in this film, where the audience forms conflicting opinions on him. Clever film techniques are used to shift the power of the characters and the audience’s emotions to determine whether he is a bully or not. Bully or Victim? Set at school is the opening …show more content…
Behind George’s impulsive enigma you can see just how much he wants to be accepted and make friends. Isolated and lonely, George bullied children who were smaller than him and appeared as ‘easy targets’ because deep down he didn't feel good about himself and wanted to be accepted due to his learning difficulties and other assorted problems. George readily agrees to the invitation to Sam’s birthday, seeing the trip as an opportunity to finally make friends. You see a glimpse of his caring nature when he gives Sam a birthday present, using all his savings to purchase him a water pistol, and ensuring he likes it. However, he was unaware of the true purpose of his invitation by the resentful Sam, forcing you to sympathise further on George and expressing his innocence and desperation to form friendships. This is further demonstrated later in the film where he lies and tells the group that he smokes cigarettes in hopes to be accepted in the group and appear as ‘cool’ by doing the things they
George and Lennie were lifelong friends and had varying personalities even from the start. Lennie thought about how his Aunt Clara said he should have been more like George. At the time when the story took place, the two men were travelling together, and had been for some time, working and then moving on to search for the next job they could find. They were like many other men in search for work, except it was rare for men to travel together. George felt a need to take care of Lennie because he was somewhat slow. George was an average man of the time. He was a good size, nice, but firm, and he had aspirations to be more than just a nomadic laborer. Lennie, on the other hand, had always been a little different. He was big, goofy, clumsy, but sweet. They were also both good workers. George was concerned with working and getting his money before they got into trouble and had to leave camp. Lennie was the one who normally started the trouble. He was a hard worker and lived to appease George, but he got distracted easily which angered George. George told about how they would own a house and a farm together and work for themselves. Lennie loved to hear the story and think about the possibilities, even though nobody knew if any of it was a possibility. George and Lennie's differences in part led to George's inclination to kill Lennie. Despite their dissimilarity, the two men needed each other probably more than they realized.
A young boy gets older and even though they struggle financially his parents make sure they teach him the honest values of life. But in this film George Jung is a high school football star and wants to see other options and forget what values his parents have taught him. The young man from a small place gets millions from distributing cocaine and ends up losing it all. The behaviors of George Jung become intense with curiosity as he arrives in California to attend college with his friend Tuna.
When Mr. Potter asked him to join his side so he could get more money, George thought better of himself and decided the best thing to do was to turn down the deal even though it was a once in a lifetime deal. George didn’t want to do it, but he at sometime had to face up to the problem of not getting to see the world like he wanted to when he was younger.
Throughout the whole book, George was impulsive and acted on his instincts in many different situations. His desire to satisfy his curiosity got him in a number of tricky situations that could have resulted in injuries, such as his desire to fly, his curiosity in using the telephone, and his want for the red balloon. All of these situations occurred because of George’s consciousness. The id is the part of human consciousness that wants to instantly satisfy our needs and wants. In the book, George ran around based on his instincts, trying to satisfy his curiosity which equates to his needs and
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.
Early in the movie one of the other workers shoots Candy’s dog. The dog was Candy’s only true friend. Candy said he should have been the one to shoot his best friend, not some stranger. This is one of Candy’s biggest regrets. This is a lesson George learns later in the movie when he is forced to make a tough decision whether to kill Lenny himself, or watch as Lenny gets lynched. George can not bare the idea of this happening to Lenny. George takes Candy’s advice and decides since Lenny and him are best friends he should take it upon himself and shoot Lenny. This example of George killing Lenny shows that George can only live with himself if he has his self- respect and self- esteem. Although he is killing Lenny it shows he has self- respect and self- esteem because Lenny is his only friend and rather than watching him get tortured and lynched he takes it upon himself to end his only friend’s life. Lenny isn’t smart enough to realize what will happen to him, so George makes this decision. This is when George knows he can’t live without self- respect and self-
As I watched the movie and observed George`s addictive behavior, I realized that it started as a child and the first obsession came in the form of money. George’s parents were not wealthy and always fought over money this is where as a young child George placed his values. George’s deviant behavior started with smoking cigarettes, drinking beer, and smoking marijuana, as a direct result of the illegal possession of marijuana George was sent to prison where he fine-tuned his skills of trafficking marijuana to trafficking cocaine and changed the product from marijuana to cocaine.
The negative consequences of mean girls’ harsh bullying (depression, suicidal thoughts, and eating disorders) are absent in the movie. Therefore, the viewer will associate bullying with ‘coolness’ as they showcase it when students were asked about Regina Georges, and one of them said “One time she punched me in the face and I loved it”.
Before going to Alaska, Chris McCandless had failed to communicate with his family while on his journey; I believe this was Chris’s biggest mistake. Chris spent time with people in different parts of the nation while hitchhiking, most of them whom figured out that McCandless kept a part of him “hidden”. In chapter three, it was stated that Chris stayed with a man named Wayne Westerberg in South Dakota. Although Westerberg was not seen too often throughout the story, nevertheless he was an important character. Introducing himself as Alex, McCandless was in Westerberg’s company for quite some time: sometimes for a few days, other times for several weeks. Westerberg first realized the truth about Chris when he discovered his tax papers, which stated that “McCandless’s real name was Chris, not Alex.” Wayne further on claims that it was obvious that “something wasn’t right between him and his family” (Krakauer 18). Further in the book, Westerberg concluded with the fact that Chris had not spoken to his family “for all that time, treating them like dirt” (Krakauer 64). Westerberg concluded with the fact that during the time he spent with Chris, McCandless neither mentioned his
The play “Fences” by August Wilson is set in a time when African Americans are coming out of the clasps of slavery and seeking a new life. There are many new opportunities in the job market as well as in the sports world. In the play the main character and father, Troy, is put into many controversial two-sided situations. He evaluates them from what he thinks is just and only uses his perspective, not heeding anyone else’s advice. In doing so he contributes to the rising action of the story where Troy refuses to let his son, Cory, play football when everyone else thinks it is a good idea. Troy thinks it will lead him on a path to nowhere because of his past experiences but doesn’t acknowledge how times have changed since he was younger.
Growing up, George had a wild childhood. His parents owned a tavern, which they lived above, and they were rarely around to give George the guidance a small child needs. George felt little love from his parents. He came from a poor family and sometimes didn't even know where his next meal was coming from.
After reading the novella I think that George is a really good friend to Lennie. The first reason that I think that he is a really good friend to lennie, because that he runs off with Lennie when Lennie gets in trouble. George have a choice of running off with Lennie and been trace by those people or he could just don’t care about Lennie and keep his job. But he choose to run off with Lennie and been trace by those people. The second reason that I think George is a good friend to Lennie is because that in the novella it shows that George care about Lennie. On the first section it shows that George tells to Lennie to get off the the green water and throw away the dead mouse that Lennie had. He did that because the mouse might get him
Mark Watney, from The Martian, is exactly the character I would chose to be should I be given the choice. For months, he lived in my ideal situation: alone, inside, and eating potatoes. This will probably become my own lifestyle one day, so I appreciate the relatability. I also appreciate how incredibly smart Watney is. A botanist coming out alive from a place such as Mars is a feat to be had. In fact, anyone leaving Mars would have more than just a working brain. However, on a slightly more personal note, Watney has got a large dose of perseverance. Few people are willing to use their bodily fluids to survive for so long. Fewer people would face a death-or-death situation with hope. Mark Watney is a strong character. He has a strength I would
...y” and that he “has a way of finding out” (168). This gives the reader conclusions that George, similar to tom, turns to aggression to deal with unsettling situations.
In fact he is quite the opposite; he is very humble. George knows he is “one of these trusting fellas” who does not want to “think any harm to nobody”(158-159). Throughout the novel, humility is rarely seen in any characters but George. He knows that he is not smart and he admits that he is too trusting, which is tragically what leads to his demise. He knows his place in society and does not pretend to be someone else. This unparalleled humility just proves his good nature. He knows that he is too trusting and he knows that he always sees the...