being shown in this movie. In this movie‚ the main character‚ John Q‚ struggles for his son to get the treatments in the hospital although he has no money to pay it. He believes that insurance should cover his son‚ but in fact the insurance would not covered. Finally John was successful to declare that there should be equality between classes and that human’s life is more important that wealth or money. The movie’s main character is John Q. Archibald (Denzel Washington)‚ a working class factory stiff
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work that relates to the quote is John Q starring Denzel Washington. One device that is present in this work which will help to support my interpretation of the quote is conflict. In the work of John Q takes place a poor African American family that lives in Chicago. John Q the main character has a son named Michael Archibald that is interest in body building. Then‚ one day he had some sort of an attack‚ turns out he has a weak heart and is need of a transplant. John Q’s wife Denise Archibald is very
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the movie John Q the main character John acts like he is a threat and the cops think he is going to kill the hostages if he does not get what he wants. The cops have a different perception of the type of man John is. He won’t stop until his son gets the help he needs to survive. The public sees the situation as a man desperately trying to save his son any way he can and he is looked at as a hero. John’s son needs a heart transplant and he cannot get on the transplant list because Johns insurance
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“benefits” of it. In the film John Q this was represented throughout the movie and it was actually part of the plot. In the movie‚ conflicts‚ characters‚ and themes shown in the movie are relevant to the world and society we live in today. In the film‚ John Archibald is a man of low income and some bad choices. John has a wife‚ Denise‚ and a son‚ Mike. John is at his son’s baseball game. Mike hits a the ball and runs; although when he is running bases Mike collapses. John and his wife Denise rush Mike
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John Q One of the disrespectful scenes that I saw was when John Q’s wife yelled at him through the phone and told him to do something‚ while she couldn’t do anything about the situation but pushed him to do something extreme like holding hostages at the Hope Hospital. This also demonstrated the deep pain that both parents were going through at the time. The reason being‚ the wife pressured her husband who she loved dearly to do something very dangerous. It also shows how that John Q was having deep
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John Q. Question: Feature films can reinforce and/or question what is important to society at particular times. Discuss how John Q performs one or both of these social functions. Society is constantly changing to make the world a better place to live in. This is why we need to be informed regularly of the issues we have in the world. A lot of issues are not really being discussed in print media therefore these issues are presented to the society through other mediums such as films‚ documentaries
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JOHN Q. REVIEW Jessica Francisco Duties and consequences Capella University June‚ 2015 Movie Interpretation John Q. is a movie that will definitely leave you in deep thought. I saw the movie John Q. many years ago for the first time. For the purpose of this paper‚ I chose to watch this movie again but from an ethical and moral standpoint. I did not look at this movie in the same way as I did back then.
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In this movie‚ John Q. Archibald and his wife Denise recently attended their son Michaels baseball game. During the run to second base he collapsed and was rushed to the hospital‚ later on finding out Michael has an enlarged heart and will need a transplant soon otherwise‚ they should make the next couple days‚ weeks‚ or even months memorable before his passing. John and Denise were on the verge of poverty and couldn’t manage to afford $250‚000 for the surgery. Johns job for years knocked him down
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What is more important for me? The movie “John Q” made me think what should come first. Money‚ this subject is always with me. In the movie‚ the capitalism created one victim whose name was John Q. He was an ordinary father who worked at a factory and took care of his family. However‚ He took the emergency room hostage to save his son’s life. I think John Q’s actions of hijacking the emergency room are justified because the hostage situation was his only hope in his circumstance. He did not have
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In the story “The True Story of Ah Q”‚ Lu Xun wrote nine episodic chapters describing a series of adventures of Ah Q. Ah Q represented a combination of the weaknesses of the Chinese people. Using Ah Q‚ Lu Xun wanted to analyze certain particular “Chinese characteristics” such as gaining merely “psychological victories” through arrogance‚ belittling‚ the strong bullying the weak‚ foolishness‚ escaping from reality‚ and despising females‚ in order to deliver his message that would to reveal the “diseased”
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