One Tree Hill Analysis

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“So make your wish, do you have it?” “ Good, now believe in it.” “With all your heart.” These were the last three lines of One tree hill, spoke by the three main characters. This is how they decided to end their saga. It is quite fitting if you are familiar in the show, they encourage you to chase your dreams regardless the obstacles, to keep fighting even when it is hard, and to never lose hope. That is why One tree hill is a success it's not afraid to be a one of a kind show and to encourage and guide its viewers. In season 9 episode 12, the second to last episode, Julian, a producer, has just pitched to a company the making of a tv series. Now the thing is this series is based off the character, this show that he is pitching is, in …show more content…
Days go by and still no sign of Nathan. Although, he is not fed or hydrated and he is being beaten and threatened the whole time, Nathan scott does not lose hope. He never loses the fire from his eyes. In season 9 episode 10 he says while still kidnapped “ There was a moment when I was lost, when they had beaten me. And I decided to beg them to let me live to see my beautiful wife,my son, and my daughter. To breathe another breath and lie in the sun and just live. But begging them wouldn’t change things. It would only give them satisfaction and that I wouldn’t do. No, this would be the job they carried with them for the rest of their lives. This would be the one they felt guilty about. That their older, fading selves woke up regretting in the middle of the night trying to quiet their remorse before their own deaths were upon them. So I made a decision to give them nothing. And in that moment one word came to mind...FORTITUDE.” This line was so important because standing in the face of death with no hope left Nathan Scott thought of one word “Fortitude.” Google defines fortitude as “ Courage in pain or adversity.” That is exactly what nathan scott carries out through his kidnapping. Nathan Scott teaches us the importance of fortitude through this series in ways such as training for basketball, fighting for his broken family, rehabbing from an accident, and here being courageous while

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