The Five Stages

I am elevated in my mindset by several movies, but my favorite movie would have to be “The Edge of Seventeen”. This is my favorite move for numerous reasons. For example, the movie has a deep meaning and touches what life as a real seventeen year old is actually like. This movie also explains how to go through the five stages of grief after suffering a loss. The first factor that makes this movie great is the meaning behind it. The meaning really touches your soul and hits home in a way that other movies do not. The meaning behind this movie is to stay alive and not let the many depressions of the world steal your life from you. For example, when a loved one dies and your best friend leaves you, you should prevail against all of the odds and …show more content…
For example, Nadine, the protagonist of the movie, suffered through many things that seventeen year olds all over the world go through. She suffered through loss, break ups, peer pressure, and losing her best friend. However, despite all of these difficulties she pushed through them and she turned out to be a diamond in the rough. The last factor that makes this movie great is that it explains how to go through the five stages of grief. Nadine went through denial, anger, depression and acceptance. However she never ran into “bargaining”. After her father died, she had to learn how to not take her anger out on her mom and her brother, how to take depression pills to make the pain a little less, and how to accept that her father is gone. I found this extremely enlightening and interesting to learn about. In conclusion, the movie “The Edge of Seventeen” is my favorite movie for several reasons. A few of these reasons are the fact that the movie has a deep meaning and touches what life as a real seventeen year old is actually like, and it teaches you how to go through the five stages of