A Wonderful Life

Picture a man, living on the threshold of suicide, believing he’s worth more dead than alive..”Your life has Purpose” means to have impacted someone or even changed certain places , and that’s exactly what George Bailey has done. The story “It’s a Wonderful Life displays “Your LIfe has Purpose” through George Bailey by preventing the death of his brother Harry Bailey, stopping Mr. Fowler from having the accidental poison in his medical pills from being sold, and preventing Mr. Potter from taking over the Bank and Loan Business which counters the never-ending debacle of Bedford Falls. To begin with, If George Bailey had not been born consequently, there would not have been anyone to save Harry Bailey from his ghastly death, when he had fallen in the ice-water. You see, if George had not been around…

7th, at 7:30pm, I attended It’s A Wonderful Life, A Live Radio Play. Illinois State University’s adaptation of this classic film took place in the Center for the Performing Arts. The actors took the stage as members of a 1940s radio show, playing a multitude of characters depicted in the original film. Although vastly different from the cinema version, this adaptation was very successful due to the congruous 1940s costumes, the use of varied voices to portray numerous characters, and the…

The monologue I performed is from the movie It’s a Wonderful Life directed by Frank Capra (Capra). The focus of the movie is on a young man named George Bailey, who lives in the small town of Bedford Falls (Capra). George’s dream is to leave Bedford Falls and become a world traveler. The day before George is supposed to get on a train and start his world travels, his father suddenly dies. His father was the owner of the Bedford Falls Building and Loans, so George has to go to the board meeting…

the snow crunching beneath his wet boots. As he wipes them on the welcome mat, mom hands him a steaming cup of hot chocolate with three marshmallows smiling back up at the child with the puffy coat. He settles down next to the fire that was slowly dying, and noticed mom was searching for something. “Aha,”she exclaimed. In her hand there were two DVD cases, labeled: “It’s a Wonderful Life,” directed by Frank Capra, and “A Christmas Carol,” written by Charles Dickens. She placed a disc in the DVD…

One possible reason is what Gould described in his essay “Wonderful Life”, an idea that he called contingency. He reasons that sometimes the development of these odd traits occur by chance, and in the case of the tardigrade, are the reason for their survival. Gould states in his essay “We are the offspring of history, and must establish our own paths in this most diverse and interesting of conceivable universes—one indifferent to our suffering, and therefore offering us maximal freedom to…

It’s a Wonderful Life is a well-known uplifting holiday classic that is impactful both in its emotional depth and traditional cinema excellence. Filmed and released in 1946, it is a black and white film that has meaningful themes on the importance of life, and the impact one individual can have on the world. Directed by Frank Capra, it is a critically-acclaimed film that won five Academy Awards, and has often been regarded as one of the best films of all time. It’s a Wonderful Life follows…

Life is is what you make of it, nothing more, nothing less. George Bailey feels like he hasn’t made the most of his life. However, he finds that he has touched so many of his peers when he goes into a world where he doesn’t exist. The short story version was written by Philip Van Doren Stern. He sent his story on the back of Christmas cards, however with the help of publishers it was on the back of newspapers. It was made into the present day holiday phenomenon known as It’s A Wonderful…

What would you think of a man who used his money to tempt the poor? This is exactly what Mr. Potter does in Its a Wonderful Life. (4) Filming was published and completed by Frank Capra and published in 1946 as a holiday movie. The main villain, Mr. Potter, is extremely cruel and maniacal (Quality adj). (7) Enraged with hatred for the protagonist, George Bailey, he will not stop at anything to get his way. Having three enumerations in it, this paper will talk about how greed can consume your…

Nobody should ever be ignored. In It’s a Wonderful Life, angels were sent to save George’s life, people cared about George, and George knew he was important. It’s a Wonderful life displays that each life is important through sending an angel, getting to see what life was such as without you, and and by knowing you are cared for. An angel was sent from the universe to prevent George from committing suicide. The angel, Clarence, was sent to look after George. In a way, Clarence risked…

The film, It’s a wonderful life is a timeless classic that has strong portrayals of one of its themes, solidarity. None of the characters show it better than the fictional George Bailey. Solidarity which is the virtue of putting others’ needs before your own is shown frequently in It’s a wonderful life. The movie is about a man, George Bailey who has big dreams to attend college and leave his fictional hometown, Bedford Falls, but his solidarity and many sacrifices for his town forced him to…