James J. Braddock possesses an enticing story of overcoming obstacles and denying defeat. Braddock was an amateur boxer before 1929 and was fairly successful. After the Stock Market Crash his career took a downturn. He lost many matches and crushed his right hand. Later, desperate for money, he participates in another match. Surprisingly he wins and becomes next in line to fight the heavyweight champion Max Baer. In a great upset he defeats the defending heavyweight champion. James Braddock’s
again. James J Braddock was a fairly wealthy man in the Roaring twenties, but it didn’t take him long to become just the average American living in the Great Depression working to keep his family from starvation. James J. Braddock was truly an inspiration to many Americans during the Great depression because he was a family man, he cared for others’ wellbeing, not just his own, and he showed little to no fear. Many men left their families during the Great Depression, but James J Braddock never did
Cinderella Man, released in 2005, stars Russell Crowe playing James J. Braddock. James is a husband, father, and a champion boxer. In the late 1920’s, the Braddock family is very well off. James or The Bulldog of Bergen is becoming more and more popular with each fight. He is able to bring home more than enough money to support him and his family, then the Great Depression hits. Even though Braddock is a wealthy, nationally known man, him and his family fall into the crisis. They move out of their
plot about heart, grit, and determination. James J. Braddock is a boxer from the state of New Jersey, who broke his hand in the ring, forcing Braddock to give up boxing. Due to James’ reiteration of his boxing career, Braddock is forced to work as dock laborer in order to earn sufficient wages to support his wife and family. Braddock has a drive and ambition for the sport of boxing and deep down wishes to get back into boxing. Suddenly, Joe Gould, James’ past coach and mentor, offers Jim a position
The movie “Cinderella Man” portrays how families during the Great Depression had to live and all the hardships they faced. For example James J. Braddock and his family. While the family is having dinner one evening James and Mae’s daughter Rosemarie asked for more because she was still hungry Mae was not able to give her more because they did not have much and had to save some for her boys to also eat. Jimmy comes up with this story about how he had steak with a bunch of celebrities and that he
matches and boxers became stars. The heavyweight champion James J. Braddock aka “Cinderella Man,” gained popularity. James Braddock gained fame by winning many fights and proving everyone wrong when they said he was too old and couldn’t win. James Braddock took his father’s lessons to heart when he practiced fighting in the old schoolyard before he reached his teenage years. He practiced for several years to be an amateur fighter. When Braddock first started boxing he avoided professional competitions
is when our destiny is before us, and with the choices we make, depict our course for the rest of our lives. In the novel The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho and Cinderella Man directed by Ron Howard show how the hero’s journey affects Santiago and Jim Braddock lives. In The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Santiago is a poor Shepard. He travels across Spain and the middle east selling wool from his sheep. For some time, Santiago has been having the same dream about treasure by pyramids in Egypt. While selling
the fact-based tale of depression era boxing champion James J. Braddock. The film is titled after Braddock’s nickname, which he earned for his fairytale-like rise from a defeated man to the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. In the 1920s, Braddock was a talented professional boxer with notable strength and tenacity. Then, he suffered a series of defeats that caused his career to tailspin. In the midst of the Great Depression, Braddock broke his hand in the ring and was forced to retire from
Great Depression, James J. Braddock (The Cinderella Man) became one of the most surprising sports legends in history. By the early 1930s, his career appeared to be finished, after losing fights and a broken right hand the boxing chairman, Jimmy Johnston revoked his license to fight. Down on his luck, James began working at the New York docks and go on Public Relief. In a last-chance bid to help his family, Braddock returned to the ring. No one thought he had a shot. However Braddock, fueled by family
Cinderella Man tells the tale of James J. Braddock as he struggles to maintain his family well fed and alive during the Great Depression. During this sever economic depression, many people lost jobs. This left families starving and cold, having no money to pay for food or heat for their homes. This was portrayed in Cinderella Man. Everyone had to adjust to a new way of living to be able to support themselves and their families. Although Braddock was not the average working man of the early twentieth
Ron Howard’s film Cinderella Man tells the real-life story of James Braddock and his family before and during the Great Depression. The film begins with his first light heavyweight championship during the Roaring 20s, and then fast-forwards to his Great Depression, when he struggles with a broken right hand and eventually loses his right to box after too many losses against minor opponents. Braddock then tries to find work on the docks but only succeeds some of the time, and even has to resort
In “Cinderella Man” a man named James J. Braddock is a man of many words. The movie shares controversial sightings of constant struggle with Braddock and his family of four: his wife Mae Fox and children James jr., Howard, and sweet little Rosemarie. The movie is cast upon true events of how this man not only fought for his family but fought in the ring. He’s an outstanding heavyweight champion back during the Great Depression years. He was unstoppable, an unlikely source. He grew doubt in himself
Cinderella Man The film “Cinderella Man” directed by Ron Howard, is nonfiction movie created in 2005. The story is based on a boxer named James J. Baddock, played by Russell Crowe. Braddock starts off as a wealthy man living in a time where the economy was at a strong point. He owned a nice home and lived in a friendly neighborhood. However, this is all changed in the 1930’s when the biggest economy downfall caused unemployment to rise and money became scarce. This movie accurately depicts what
The Man, the Father, the Legend In Damon Runyon's Cinderella Man From its title, one gets the idea this story is going to be a myth about redemption and empowerment. In actuality, this is a tremendous true story about a man named Jimmy Braddock who lives out a fairy tale, not a sugar coated fairy tale, but more of a grimace one. Cinderella Man is a film of survival and people finding strength within, to do what they have to do to carry on, particularly for what it takes a man to provide for his
Many events occurred in the movie “Cinderella Man”. The main character in this movie was James J. Braddock. Some other people that were in the movie were the Braddock family and Joe Gould, Max Baer and Father Roddick. The story takes place in New Jersey. It was about his family and other people's lives when the depression started. It showed how people were losing money and had a very hard time, some even had to sell all of their items just to keep food on their table. The main focus of the movie
The film, the Cinderella Man is a biographical film following the life of boxer James J. Braddock during the Great Depression. Movies such as Seabiscuit always over-exaggerate the horrible lives of people during the Great Depression. However, the Cinderella man correctly shows the life through the 1930s and accurately portrays the struggles during the Great Depression. The director, Ron Howard, depicts the depression perfectly and gives the viewer a sense of what life was like during that time by
ex-champions in heavy weight like Primo Carnera and Max Baer. Joe Louis’s first defeat came from Germany’s Max Schmeling on June 19th in 1936. Almost a year after this fight, in 1937, Louis faced world heavyweight champion James J. Braddock. In the eighth round the Brown Bomber knocked Braddock out, making Joe Louis the first heavyweight champion of color. In the heat of World War II and the rise of Hitler and the Nazi’s, Louis got his revenge on Schmeling. This fight was one of the most fa...
Cinderella Man The visual text, “Cinderella Man”, directed by Ron Howard, is centred around James J. Braddock, otherwise known as Jimmy Braddock, a washed-up ex-Boxer living in 1930’s New Jersey with his wife, Mae, and three kids, during the height of the Great Depression. When his manager and friend, Joe Gould, gets him a one-time-only fight after he loses his boxing license, everything begins to change and Jimmy’s luck begins to improve. Not only that, but he becomes a national icon and a symbol
James Jim Braddock I have done my essay on James Jim Braddock, (“Cinderella Man”). A American Boxer born and raised in New York City NY. He died on November 29 1974, he was 69 years old. James had immigrant parents, Joseph, Elizabeth Braddock. James Jim Braddock was a famous boxer from the 1930’s. Braddock grew up in a family with five brothers, and two sisters. He also had lived threw a very hard time, called the Great Depression. Braddock like most kids loved to play marbles, baseball
The film Cinderella Man focuses on the main character, James Braddock, an ex-boxer, who loses his job due to the Great Depression. Not over analyzing, the film may seem as though the intended audience is for ex-boxers or for those who lived through the difficult times of the Great Depression, but, analyzing the film more thoroughly, it seems as though the intent is to aim for those who have suffered or are in the midst of suffering poverty and for those who lack determination or a support system