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Million Dollar Baby Throughout this course we have discussed about making good and bad decisions in life. In grade 12 curriculum we have watched a movie called A Million Dollar baby cast by Clint Eastwood as an Frankie Dunn (coach), Hilary Swank as an Maggie Fitzgerald (female boxer) and Morgan Freeman Eddie "Scrap Iron"(gym keeper). In this movie Eastwood has shown in his movie a story about a struggling life of boxers and coach. In this movie an actor and director is playing a role as Frankie Dunn a boxing coach. Frankie has played his part very well in this movie by high training level of boxing and giving them skills that they are applicable for. Making every boxer in his gym a very strong fighter. One his most favourite boxer in his gym (hit pit) was that black guy Frankie taught him all the techniques from his experience, taught him how to win every single fight of his life. As the final Championship game was very close. The black boxer who used to fight for Frankie, betrayed him and start fighting for another manager. Though Frankie was very upset because he lost his most favourite and well trained boxer. Frankie past is very devastating as well, because Frankie himself is very aggressive and full of self steam men, Frankie has been cast aside from his relatives, colleagues and his daughter Katty. Maggie Fitzgerald a 31 year old mature women knew about Frankie's work and his coaching; because she saw his boxing fights. Maggie herself is very passionate about boxing she is very desperate to learn how to do boxing by Frankie, but as we have seen in the earlier that Frankie dislike girls who wants to fight. There are many reasons why Frankie does not want to train a girl, because Maggie is 31 year old, also Frankie thinks that girls cry as they fight and he really dislike the fact in himself that he cannot tolerate any women crying. Maggie is very passionate for learning boxing from Frankie, Maggie does not belong to any great family

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