The governor of the western state, Hubert Hopper, has to pick a replacement for the deceased U.S. senator Sam Foley. His boss, Jim Taylor, wants him pick his handpicked stooge quickly while popular committees want to reform. Unable to make up his mind between Taylor's stooge and the reformer, he decides to flip a coin which leads him to chose Jefferson Smith. Smith becomes close with his late father's oldest best friend, Senator Joseph Paine, who has a daughter that immediately grabs his attention. The Washington post label his as an unfit senator that won't do any good. Paine suggests that he proposes a bill. Smith comes up with a legislation that would authorize a federal loan to buy some land in his home state for a national boys camp. Donations
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It was really interesting to see what the people had against him and how most of it was from the reports. It was also interesting to see the people on his side. This scene relates to the themes in the story because it shows how people chose him as senator and how many people didn’t like him.
One event that I think is accurate was when the reporters were interviewing Jefferson Smith and trying to get him to look weird and unfit as a senator. I think this is accurate because the reporters were trying to make him look bad since they didn’t like him. I also think this is accurate because reporters do crazy things to make their stories true.
Another event that I think is accurate is when the boys were very excited for Mr. Smith to go and become senator because I know that many of the boys thought highly of him unlike many people. The boys thought that he was hardworking and the best person to look up to. I thought it was interesting that many people couldn’t see that side of him.
Im not really sure if there are any inaccuracies because the film is so old and can be create very
It was really interesting to see what the people had against him and how most of it was from the reports. It was also interesting to see the people on his side. This scene relates to the themes in the story because it shows how people chose him as senator and how many people didn’t like him.
One event that I think is accurate was when the reporters were interviewing Jefferson Smith and trying to get him to look weird and unfit as a senator. I think this is accurate because the reporters were trying to make him look bad since they didn’t like him. I also think this is accurate because reporters do crazy things to make their stories true.
Another event that I think is accurate is when the boys were very excited for Mr. Smith to go and become senator because I know that many of the boys thought highly of him unlike many people. The boys thought that he was hardworking and the best person to look up to. I thought it was interesting that many people couldn’t see that side of him.
Im not really sure if there are any inaccuracies because the film is so old and can be create very