South Boston from the eyes of Good Will Hunting
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s first production Good Will Hunting, is a movie about an orphaned teenager from South Boston struggling to stay out of jail. unbenounced to most, Will is a mathematical genius, but has meager motivation to showcase his talents to the world. South Boston has harbored Will from seeking opportunities to his genius and plagued him with low expectations that surround him. The movie portrays low class struggles of South Boston, that include: welfare, low paying high labor jobs and discrimination from higher classes. The movie suggest an almost inescapable position from the lower class in South Boston created by commitment to status quo manual labor jobs, lack of knowledge …show more content…
If there were more opportunities for non-manual labor jobs why would the writer make such a point of manual labor throughout the movie? The writer is saying not only is it hard to attain a job in this lower class community, but the jobs available are most often manual labor.
This assumption of hard manual labor is supported further in the movie when Chuckie (Will’s best friend) and Will are working a demolition job in a parking garage. Will and Chuckie are wearing hard hats and professedly struggling to throw concrete bricks off the top floor of the structure. Their shirts are ripped and their muscles struggle with vigor to grasp the concrete. It is obvious to me that it would be impossible to continue such hard labor as an elderly adult. What happens when our body becomes incapable of such demanding physical work, and you are ill equipped with skills to obtain a job with less demanding physical requirements? We look for financial …show more content…
He meets with Will’s boss trying seeking information concerning where he might find him. The Professor, Dr. Lambeau is a very well respected mathematician, but Will’s boss (a lower class individual) doesn’t hesitate to call Professor Lambeau an expletive derogatory name. Dr. Lambeau wasn’t disrespectful to Will’s boss and displaced a kind disposition. The viewer feels a sense of rivalry between the two parties. I also notice the the professor is dressed sharp while Will’s boss is wearing mechanic coveralls stained in oil. The mocking of the Dr. Lambeau shows the relative thinking of lower class individuals concerning upper classes. Why would Will’s boss have any reason to mock Dr. Lambeau? Dr. Lambeau being a successful man. Let me note that there is no prior relationship between the two. It is because lower class individuals are accustomed to a mindset of negativism towards higher classes. Motivation to become successful and progress through the classes is nonexistent if it is not
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s first production Good Will Hunting, is a movie about an orphaned teenager from South Boston struggling to stay out of jail. unbenounced to most, Will is a mathematical genius, but has meager motivation to showcase his talents to the world. South Boston has harbored Will from seeking opportunities to his genius and plagued him with low expectations that surround him. The movie portrays low class struggles of South Boston, that include: welfare, low paying high labor jobs and discrimination from higher classes. The movie suggest an almost inescapable position from the lower class in South Boston created by commitment to status quo manual labor jobs, lack of knowledge …show more content…
If there were more opportunities for non-manual labor jobs why would the writer make such a point of manual labor throughout the movie? The writer is saying not only is it hard to attain a job in this lower class community, but the jobs available are most often manual labor.
This assumption of hard manual labor is supported further in the movie when Chuckie (Will’s best friend) and Will are working a demolition job in a parking garage. Will and Chuckie are wearing hard hats and professedly struggling to throw concrete bricks off the top floor of the structure. Their shirts are ripped and their muscles struggle with vigor to grasp the concrete. It is obvious to me that it would be impossible to continue such hard labor as an elderly adult. What happens when our body becomes incapable of such demanding physical work, and you are ill equipped with skills to obtain a job with less demanding physical requirements? We look for financial …show more content…
He meets with Will’s boss trying seeking information concerning where he might find him. The Professor, Dr. Lambeau is a very well respected mathematician, but Will’s boss (a lower class individual) doesn’t hesitate to call Professor Lambeau an expletive derogatory name. Dr. Lambeau wasn’t disrespectful to Will’s boss and displaced a kind disposition. The viewer feels a sense of rivalry between the two parties. I also notice the the professor is dressed sharp while Will’s boss is wearing mechanic coveralls stained in oil. The mocking of the Dr. Lambeau shows the relative thinking of lower class individuals concerning upper classes. Why would Will’s boss have any reason to mock Dr. Lambeau? Dr. Lambeau being a successful man. Let me note that there is no prior relationship between the two. It is because lower class individuals are accustomed to a mindset of negativism towards higher classes. Motivation to become successful and progress through the classes is nonexistent if it is not