During ones existence, new discoveries about one?s self tend to occur. One of these discoveries is identity: who we are and what we really want to be. Teena Brandon, a.k.a. Brandon Teena, goes through this tough time in the movie Boys Don?t Cry. As you will see, self-identity is not an easy thing to figure out. In the movie Boys Don?t Cry, Teena Brandon was born a girl. As she grew older she changed. She felt as if she was really to be a guy. She proceeded to make herself look like a male by cutting her hair shorter, wrapping an ace bandage tightly around her breasts, and putting a sock in her groin area.
Everyone she met saw and believed she was a guy. No one knew the truth. She then got mixed in with a new group of people and fell in love with a female named Lana. She gets very close to Lana. During this John and Tom, who are friends of Lana and her mother discover who Brandon really was. They proceeded to rape and beat her. Then they later killed her after they found out she reported the rape to the police. The movie does a very good job of exploring identity. It does it by showing how difficult it is for some people to figure out what and who they are and the pain they go through. For instance, Brandon got along with John, Tom, Candace and Lana?s mom in the beginning. They accepted her when they thought she was a he. When they found out that he was really a she, they despised her and called her a lesbian and a freak. It also does a good job of showing how Lana was also confused about who she was. Lana became very attached to Brandon. Even after she found out that Brandon was a girl, she still felt the same love. This is why many people who are confused about their identity keep it inside because they?re scared of what people will think and what people will do to them. It is a very frustrating but at the same time helpful process. Identity can be a struggle for not only the person who is confused but also for the people around them. As shown in the movie, not only Brandon was effected by this. Lana and John were also very effected. More Lana than John. It is a serious situation and should be talked out with a professional.
The Essay on Overweight People Jack Movies Farley
Anyone who loves comedies as much as I do will notice that in many comedies overweight people are used as a tool of humor. Now I'll be honest I laugh along with everyone else at these movies but sometimes it's not really funny. Gwenth Paltrow acted out the role of an overweight woman in Shallow Hal. Mike Myers played Fat Bastard in the Austin Power movies. Chris Farley played Tommy in Tommy Boy as ...
