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Graham Hess In The Film Signs
Testing along with questioning.
In the film “Signs”, the main character, Graham Hess is left as a single parent. He is overloaded with many tragedies and hard decisions which makes him test his own beliefs along with his faith and trust in god. Living in the Hess household, there is two children, Morgan and Bo along with their Uncle Merrill and father Graham. Although the family lives in a rural area, they are outside of civilization because they live on their farm. With the family living on a farm, the kids depend on their father to entertain them and show interest in them, but Graham is having a hard time being a parent to his children because of the death of his wife, Collen. This along with many other reasons is why Graham has quit his
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The main character is Graham Hess, a once former priest. He is the father and care giver for his kids but right now he is not mentally there for them. Graham recently lost his wife Collen. She was walking in the night when a driver fell asleep at the wheel and hit her. She unfortunately did not make it through the accident. With this tragedy taking a toll on Graham’s life, it is making him also question his beliefs. The two children are Morgan, the oldest son and Bo, the youngest daughter. Morgan’s character plays the role as the “adult” throughout this film. Morgan has bad asthma which leads to many difficulties he has to overcome in his life. He knows that his father is having a hard time coping with the loss of his mother so he then takes on the responsibilities that a father would have. Bo, on the other hand is a young girl that is not afraid of much and has shown her cleverness since the day she was born. Lastly, there is Uncle Merrill. He once was a professional baseball player that had hit the farthest ball in the minor leagues. When he knew his brother needed someone, he came to live with the family for

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