Movie Analysis: Examples Of Motivation In The Intouchables

What is motivation to you? Motivation to me is the process by which one is moved, whether the process is external or internal. It encourages one to do something they fear or achieve something good. It can bring about positive change or a negative reaction depending on the situation. The intouchables movie has many great examples of motivation. In this film Philippe is an extremely wealthy man who, after a paragliding accident became a quadriplegic. As as quadriplegic Philippe needed an around the clock caretaker to look after him, ironically out of all the men, he employs a poor man named Driss, who just got out of jail. Driss initially had no intention of being hired, and had applied for the job simply to be eligible for unemployment benefit. One could say that Driss was a selfish human being for only going to

“And that’s what I want. No pity.”

Luckily, Philippe was able to see past Driss’ appearance and in return, Driss was able to see Philippe for the person he was. Though when one comes to think about it Philippe motivated Driss to leave the bad life behind, through the condition that he had to work in order to get his benefit. Which at the end ends up being good for Driss because he didn’t go back to his bad ways.

In conclusion, The intouchables taught me that whether it be in relationship, living life and becoming a better person motivation is needed. Motivation is something that drives us to complete a task, a challenge, it's something that drives us from within. In other words it's a reason for doing something. Some of us need more motivating than others, some people are self motivated and some need to be motivated by others. It doesn't matter how we are motivated, just finding what motivates us is what is important. The right motivation can help us to improve our lifestyles or to tackle that task that we know is going to be a challenge. Finding something that motivates us can mean the difference between failure and