Analysis Of Stand By Me

In the film ‘Stand By Me’ there are a lot of lessons that people need to learn and understand. I am going to Describe and Explain one important lesson from the film. One important lesson that people should learn is that if someone is born into a disadvantaged family that has a bad reputation you shouldn't assume that they will turn out bad as well. Chris, Gordie and Teddy all teach us this lesson throughout this film and I think it is important for us young people to learn it as well, this lesson could change what you think about other kids in disrupted families or it could alter the way you think about your own life.

People automatically think that kids that are born into bad families will turn out just as bad as their older family members …show more content…
I'm just one of those low-life Chambers kids” this is not good because Chris now thinks that he can't get out of the town and his reputation, people will forever view him in that perspective, people will not trust him and he will find it hard to have a successful career later in …show more content…
A real-life example was when a black guy sat inside his car outside this house waiting for his friend to get ready, he was doing nothing wrong. Five minutes later police turned up asking him what he was up to. The Black guy just said, “I'm waiting for a friend, am I doing something wrong, sir?” All he was doing was sitting there in his car. The police officer said “I've had a report that a shady looking man is sitting in his car ducking every time someone walked past” The African American said, “No sir I haven't even ducked once, am I not allowed to sit in my car to wait for my friend?” The police officer ignored the question and asked the man “Can I have a look at your ID” By this time there were cop cars around his vehicle. The man said “sure look at everything” The police searched his car and came up empty handed. This shows that people shouldn't assume thing just because of their cultural