For my English coursework I am going to discuss the story of Christie Brown. Also I will give my opinion on the following statement: "Both heart breaking and wildly funny by turns, My left foot is a film which celebrates humanity and the triumph of the will". I will refer to the scripted parts and therefore hope to compose a summary and evaluation of them.
The first way in which Christy is portrayed is in a helpless way. His friends take advantage of his condition, cerebral paisley, by blaming him for things he didn't do. As he cannot speak to defend himself, this leads to less affection and less respect off others. At the beginning of the film he was not sitting at the table with the rest of his family, he was sitting on the floor. This was a heartbreaking moment for me because he was being treated differently because of his illness. As Christy was born with cerebral paisley he can't help being like that. Although saying that humanity is present in the Irish community. Christy does get support off others especially his mother, she won't hear anything against him and when somebody suggests a "home" for Christy she replies, "I"d rather see him dead then in a home". .
It is obvious from the start that Christy is closer to his mother. His father, Mr Brown is a violent man with a short temper. His children are scared of him. I think it must be awful to have your children scared of you. Many people think its "macho" or "hard" but I totally disagree.
The first extract I will refer to is when Christy writes "mother" with the chalk. This is a good example of the will and determination mentioned in the statement.
Christy takes the chalk in his left foot and tries to write something. At first it looks like a triangle, and Mr Brown tries to help by demonstrating what a triangle should look like. Christy looks at him furiously with frustration in his eyes and by doing this makes it known to everyone that it wasn't a triangle he was trying to draw.
" MY LEFT FOOT" A movie about the life of Christy Brown The movie, "My Left Foot", was a story about the life of a genius and his Catholic family in Dublin Ireland. ... The amazement was that he wrote these letters using his left foot! ... If I were Christy's Social Worker, I would have tried my best to get him SSI and insurance. ... The amazing thing is that he did it with his left foot! ...
Well in My Left Foot Daniel Day-Lewis, who plays the courageous and ambitious Christy Brown, shows us the true value of life and how to appreciate the things that really do make up a satisfying life. ... During My Left Foot we travel through the heart filled tale of Christy Brown trying to be just another ordinary person in a brutal world. ... Even if it involved soccer, something that would be impossible to play due to the fact that Christy has no control over any body part with the exception of his left foot, he still played a mean goalie and all the kids treated him as one of them, never ...
The film, "My Left Foot," examined at length, explores the relationship of the disabled character Christy Brown to his Mother and Father in order to identify familial ideology and its role in the construction of disability. ... Eventually, Christy matures into a cantankerous writer who uses his only functional limb, his left foot, to write with and paint. ... He couldn't talk yet he was able expressed his feelings by writing with his left foot. ... I would first review my behavior to analyze what prompt my behavior and his behavior, if Christy starts to have feelings for me as a social wo...
The flipper was a 6 foot raft. ... I was in front of him to the right and my sister Jammi was to my left. ... I loved being on the right, it was so much easier for me to paddle then the left. ... Wampinita is a 5 to 6 foot rapid, with large rocks all around it. ... A 6 to 8 foot rapid. ...
But three stood out in my mind, they were his mother, Katriona Delahunt, and Dr. ... said my mother" (13). ... Then she would rub them out with a duster and make me write them down again from memory with the chalk held between my toes" (18). ... "I couldn't refuse to do whatever my "dream-girl" asked me" (64). ...
Free falling from ten thousand feet up in the air, having my cheeks up to my ears, and screaming "ahhhh!... "When will they call my name?... It was my turn to jump. ... I was sitting in the door, facing out with my left foot on a little step, while my right foot just dangled. ... I was left hanging in the big empty sky like an ornament falling off the tree after Christmas. ...
I was taught by my father and I am going to try to teach you. ... The left foot however is used to control the third pedal on the left which is the clutch. When starting the car the drivers left foot must place the clutch pedal completely to the floor and the right foot should be placed on the break. ... Now keeping your left foot on the clutch take your right foot off the brake and place it on the gas to bring the RPM's to approximately 2,000. ... As your left foot is released the RPM's will drop and at this point you need to apply more pressure to the throttle. ...
