Overcoming Adversity In Remember The Titans

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Walter Winchell once said, “Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.” The movie Remember The Titans gives truth to this quote. Produced in 2000, this movie stars actors such as Denzel Washington, Will Patton and Wood Harris. One may think that this movie is just about football but its depth is so much more. Taking place in Alexandria, Virginia, race mixing is unheard of until 1971 when T.C. Williams High School is established. When the schools are integrated a new football coach is brought in and the community and students are not happy about it, as the new coach is an African American. This movie shows how people overcome adversity and unite as one to achieve a common goal.
At the beginning of this movie, Coach Yoast, the Caucasian head coach, is told that the schools would be integrated and he would be losing his position to an African American man, Coach Boone. As Boone takes his position, there is a lot of tension on the team and he has found a way to resolve it. The team takes off to Gettysburg where they are told that if they survive camp they will make the team and if not then they simply will not be on the team. While in Gettysburg these guys learn more than football. As they stand on the soil where men lost their …show more content…

As Coach Boone takes the boys to Gettysburg, they see first-hand where men laid their life on the line for them. The small town of Alexandria shows how a Friday night football game should be and what football and community are all about. The community also proves that even though not everyone sees eye to eye, there is always a compromise. Coach Boone and Coach Yoast also face many difficulties. They must also come together and work as a team to lead this football team where it needs to be. Coach Yoast realizes that he must work with Coach Boone for the sake of the boys he has watched grow up. These two do a great job in showing that overcoming problems is

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