Rebellion In A River Runs Through It

In the movie “A River Runs Through it” the theme is rebellion. The movie is about two brothers named Norman and Paul that go on two different paths in life. Paul the younger brother chooses to rebel throughout the movie against what his father taught him. He also develops a gambling and drinking addiction. This leads him into trouble. Norman tries to help out his brother, but Paul does not want any help. In the movie Paul rebels against his father from beginning to end. Early on in the movie the family is sitting at the table eating oatmeal except for Paul. His father tells him how his father, grandfather and great grandfather ate oatmeal. But Paul chooses to rebel and sit at the table for an extremely long time instead of eating. Paul later rebels against his father teachings while fishing. Their father would have Paul and Norman practice a ten to two casting for fishing. Norman would cast ten to two but Paul wanted to cast his own was. Paul rebellion against his father leads Paul down a dark path in life. …show more content…
They drink and then Paul thinks it would be fun to ride down this incredibly dangerous waterfall. Paul talks his brother Norman into going with him. The boat breaks but they make it out safely. Afterward Norman realized how dumb the idea was. Paul on the other hand is giving his friends high fives he really did not care that he put his brother and himself in danger. Norman then goes off to college and Paul graduates from high school and gets a job for the paper. Paul spends his nights drinking and partying. When Norman returns from college Paul takes him out on a double date to a bar. Paul's date is an Indian woman who is not welcome at the bar. Later that night Norman gets a call from the police station that his brother got into a fight over the Indian girl. The police officer explains to Norman how Paul has a drinking and gambling