Michael Patrick MacDonald’s book was fantastic. All Souls was a moving‚ exciting‚ and revealing book about the life of an average South Boston family growing up in the white‚ Irish Catholic Old Colony housing projects. There is a huge focus on the crimes‚ drugs‚ and violence that occurred within MacDonald’s neighborhood around the time of the Boston busing riots. MacDonald tells us about his brothers and sisters. Many of whom were victimized by crime‚ drugs‚ murder‚ and suicide. He also goes into
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Introduction Social- Cognitive theory believes that humans are individuals who are capable of proactively making things happen to assist in their own development (Parajes‚ 2002). In Good Will Hunting‚ Will Hunting did not believe that he was able to make a positive change in his life. Will is a prodigy‚ particularly in mathematics‚ who did not recognize his gift. He was born and raised in the slums‚ where he is now comfortable. He was abandoned by his parents and in and out of numerous foster homes
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ACT ONE SCENE ONE (South Boston‚ MA. The Manager’s office at the Dollar Store. There’s a cheesy motivational poster on the wall – “If You Can Dream It‚ You Can Achieve It.” Margaret‚ early 50’s‚ stands by the door while Stevie‚ her manager‚ late 20’s gets a file from a cabinet.) MARGARET Did she ever tell you the ham story? Up at Flanagan’s? STEVIE No. MARGARET When I worked up there‚ and she came in? She never told you that story? STEVIE (goes to his desk) I don’t think so. MARGARET She
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directing‚ lighting and clothing. The characters of the play were Mike‚ Margie‚ Dottie‚ Jean‚ Stevie and Kate. Acting The acting of the play was highly good‚ and one of the play’s characters Margie Walsh‚ who had been a resident of Southie for many years‚ was sacked from her position of employment due to tardiness. She had been a cashier at a dollar-store business. Margie went to her old friend with whom she schooled in high school who had become a doctor and sought for employment.
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Good Will Hunting‚ two major words emulate from the presence of the main character Will Hunting: he is smart and he is useless. People are blown away that MIT and Harvard students do not have half the intelligence of that “low-life” janitor from Southie. Our society feels the need to judge everyone. You aren’t defined by what you could be or what you are able to do‚ but by how you act‚ what you look like and where you live. Does every extra zero on your income translate to an extra point on your
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obvious fear/intimidation on the faces and in the voices of the other characters. DIALOGUE: Envionment. She fell funny. Scorcese uses dialogue very effectively to establish setting and character. “Envionment” Costello’s accent is very Irish “Southie” Boston‚ this suggests to us that the film is set in the poorer gang controlled area of Boston. The dialogue also very effectively establishes Costello’s character‚ the Irish accent combined with the implication that we are in Boston and his total
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Bridging the divide by Tushima Rattan I had always heard that north and south Indians do not always get along. North Indians tend to look down upon the south Indians because of their dark skin and most of the south Indians point at the north Indians for not having as much education. Northies turn their noses up at the mosquitoes they have encountered on their holidays at backwaters‚ south Indians think that north Indians are snobbish‚ rude and think highly of themselves. Since the day I decided to
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his relationship with Skylar and his guidance from Sean. Even though Will enjoyed his life of literature and education behind closed doors‚ it was indeterminable whether Will was content with his life or eager to leave his comfort zone in Southie to challenge his intellect at the beginning of the film. For example‚ while working as a janitor at MIT Will solves a problem that the current students at the institute had yet to conquer‚ however Will would not admit to the professors that he had
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of trying to persuade a professional career. For Elliott‚ change is something that brings him anxiety and stress similarly to the character of Margie from Good People. Margie is a single mother who is raising her handicapped adult daughter in the Southie Boston area. She has just lost her job and is in a tough financial situation. She is going to be evicted if she does not pay rent and tries to get an old friend‚ who happens to be her daughters’ father‚ to help her find employment. Both characters
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Good Will Hunting For this assignment I have chosen to focus on the film Good Will Hunting primarily because I have seen the movie prior to this course and I feel it is one of the best films I have gotten a chance to see. Will Hunting’s profound genius was as much a burden as it was a gift. Initially seeing the film I enjoyed it but viewing the film in the scope of all that I have learned in this course made the viewing experience much more meaningful‚ as I now had a deeper understanding of Will’s
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