

Next Section Symbols, Allegory and Motifs Previous Section Quotes How To Cite in MLA Format Oscar, Elizabeth. Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. The movie gives the audience an insight into how to cope with the issues concerning disabilities. Such challenges are inevitable to disabled people. Cole announces her engagement to another man, Christy becomes suicidal. Cole’s professional interest as romantic love. In another incidence, Christy misconstrues Dr. However, when his advances are declined, Christy becomes depressed. In fact, he draws a nice picture and decides to gift it to the girl.

For instance, when he gets a kiss from a girl, Christy starts longing for her. Social skills struggles that come with such a disease make Christy mistake normal love for romantic love. The director’s objective is to communicate the narrative with the viewers through certain emotions.Ĭhristy’s condition places him between the rock and hard place on matters of love. The initial scene is used as a reference to the eventual scene. However, in the second scene, Christy’s father is portrayed to have accepted the ability of his son. Subsequent to the first scene, Christy’s father is seen accusing his wife of giving Christy false hopes. Although in the former scene Christy is presented lying alone, the latter shows him lying beside his father. In both scenes, Christy is displayed lying on the floor looking exhausted. The scene in which he is shown writing his first word with chalk fixed in the toes of his left foot is analogous to another scene observed later in the film. At the age of six, Christy is eager to write and uses his left foot to draw on the floor. In contrast, Christy’s father has no hope for his son.
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Christy’s mother discerns the hidden intelligence and potential in her son at a very young age. Every person, save for his mother, loses hope with Christy. Christy is raised in Irish slums depicting the harsh life of disabled persons born within poor settings.

The plot setting of the movie primarily takes place in Dublin, Ireland. The movie focuses on the story of Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
