Age Of Adaline Essay

Directed by Lee Toland Krieger, Age of Adaline is an enchanting film of a woman, who in 1937 mysteriously stops aging after a tragic accident causing her to live a lonely life for the fear of revealing her secret; however, the plot is implausible because of its circumstances. Adeline Bowman was born on New Years Day in 1908, got married, had a child, and became widowed at a young age when her husband had an accident at work. Her daughter rapidly approached the age of 29, the same age that Adaline is frozen in. When questions aroused, Adaline would blame her flawless skin on creams, treatments, and special beauty routines. Soon the inevitable happened—Adaline could no longer cover up her secret. From that point on, Adaline was on the run; changing her name, residence, and appearance every decade, …show more content…
Adaline’s first accident producing her agelessness happens when her body is thrown into frigid water, triggering her breathing and heart to stop. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning sends a charge into her body causing her to be jolted out of her anoxic state. Her agelessness is said to be due to Bond Lamons Principle of electron compression and deoxyribonucleic acid. Although this is a rare and unexplainable occurrence the principle is not discovered until 2035. After sixty years of never aging, Adaline gets into another accident, just as she decides to no longer live her life in solitude. Adaline now 107 years old and is by any definition, dead. Ellis who has gone after her, finds her at the scene and he immediately begins CPR. The ambulance arrives and defibrillators are used on Adaline. In this instant 750 volts of electricity are used, reviving her and causing her telomere structure in her genes to re-gain their pliability causing her to regain her ability to age. Consequently, this second accident adds to the unlikely-ness of these events making the movie seem