It's a Wonderful Life

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 his life therefore…

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…

seeing the significance of his life on others after being transported to a world where he wasn’t born. George helped houses be built in his town, providing agreeable homes for the people in Bedford Falls. George moreover rescued Harry, George’s younger brother, from drowning when Harry was small. George saved Mr. Gougher, the drug store owner, from putting dangerous poison in someone’s medication accidentally, as well. The movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life” displays all life as meaningful in the way…

He retreats further into himself and avoids trying to find the reason for his depression which prolongs his healing process. Instead of going for therapy sessions, attempting to cover up his symptoms, for example, self-esteem, and trying to keep his life the same, he should have just embraced change. The words sprinkled in the story are not to demonstrate Laurence’s shortcomings as a writer; they are there to remind readers that some issues cannot be solved by glossing over them and convincing…

In the film “Life as a house” directed by Irwin Winklers, demonstrates the qualities of the link between relationships and happiness in great depth. George Monroeine is the main character who is middle aged man, divorced, fired from his job and has terminal cancer. Due to this he decides to rekindle the relationship that he has with his drug using, body-pierced, suicidal, Marilyn Manson-following son, Sam. George forces Sam to spend the summer with him in his run down home on the beach side. The…

films both be considered classic holiday movies, yet be so different? Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life shows the life of George Bailey and his impact on the people around him. In contrast, George Seaton’s Miracle on 34th Street is a story about one man who believes he is the real Santa Claus. Both films exemplify all of the qualities of a classic film. However, these films focus on different ideas about life as well as life’s meaning. Viewers of both of these films will notice that they…

The images and metaphors used to depict God in the movies It’s a Wonderful Life and Chocolat are very similar, while God is represented in a more negative way in The Truman Show, and in the film Crash, God is not represented by a physical element, but rather symbolism is used to depict experiences that renew hope within the characters. The depictions in It’s a Wonderful Life and Chocolat are the most similar because God and religious images are represented by people and objects. These movies are…

film, “It’s a Wonderful Life,” expresses the importance of a man’s life. A businessman, George Bailey, considers suicide when his angel stops him by showing what life would be like without him. George realizes his life is worth living and begins to appreciate his friends and family. George was overwhelmed with the amount of stress his bank was causing that he almost jumped off a bridge to solve his problems. When people are upset about their life, they have to think of all the good things life…

A small town called Westford, in New York State, that’s where I resided in for eighteen years of my life. Westford is about two hours of the city. The closest grocery store is thirty minutes away, and the nearest hospital is twenty three miles. Westford is all country in every way. Animals ran wild everywhere. Some of the animals you would see are squirrels, quails, chipmunks, deer, and even bear. They were not afraid of anything, until hunting season. The trees are so tall with many colors, red…

Have you ever wondered what would happen if your life was switched around completely in the blink of an eye? Some would believe that it would make everything better, but they are wrong. In both stories, “It’s a Wonderful Life” and “A Christmas Carol”, the main characters are put in very strange positions in life that will alter the way they see the world, forever. In both narratives, the main characters are very rude and cold-hearted without a care in the world about their family or friends, and…