Movie Summary
The Movie opens up with a voice over through the marriage of Clarice and David. Even though we can hear faint sounds of people talking and music, David's voice was the one talking over the whole marriage. In the book, it started off directly at the accident scene then took us back to how the whole thing happened but in the movie, it started at the wedding and then let us meet all the characters then the accident scene happened. The movie cut out the parts where they were taking Clarice out of the car and the boy that hit them, the scene was short, the accident happened then the showed the ambulance coming then they went straight to the hospital. Just like in the book, the movie focuses on Dave's prospective of the marriage. But the book also highlights Julie Sawyer's life with her son and the movie cuts down on some of that and focuses more on Julie's relationship with Dave. There were a lot of birds eye view of the street with cars on the highway. There was also a character cut out of the movie that was in the book, Dr.Carmen McAtee, instead of the couple going to Dr. McAtee , they just went to talk to their Bishop, Bishop G.A. Wilkes. At the end of the movie, there was a tracking shot that lead to the sky. The music was also based on the event, when there was a funeral, they had really sad music and at the end of the movie, there was every happy music because the couple ended up working it out.
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Not Easily Broken (150-245)
Sumamary
Clarice is starting to notice that her marriage is on the verge of falling apart so she decieds to go talk to her priest, the person who married them, G. A. Wilkes. He then told her to contact the family practitioner Dr. Carmen McAtee. Now Clarice is trying to get her life and her marriage back on track after messing it all up. When they were at Dr. McAtee, they had to answer questions and in the boxes, they had to check off boxes about what kinds of problems they had. Some of their problems that they checked were my marriage, depression, communication with significant others, and sexual issues. But the real thing that they needed to deal with was learning how to accept one another and letting a husband be a husband and a wife be a wife, and also learning when you are in need of help that you shouldn't be afraid to ask. At the end of the book, Dave's baseball team won their game and Clarice finally understood why the team was so important to him and why it meant so much to him, also for the first time, Clarice called him Dave and not David. They ended up getting through their problems and moving foward and being the married couple that they should have been in the begining, and thats why their marriage was Not Easily Broken because they made through everything.
Quotation
"There was a tiny dot inside the one that said, "Having thoughts of suicide," but no check" (Jakes 151).
Reaction
When I read this quote I was shocked, but at the same time I didn't really feel sorry for her. The reason is because she digged a hole on her own and now she has to pay the consequence for her actions. But it still really surprised me because when I think of suicide I think that, that is the last resort and that suicide is not even a choice because every problem can be solved.
Clarice is starting to notice that her marriage is on the verge of falling apart so she decieds to go talk to her priest, the person who married them, G. A. Wilkes. He then told her to contact the family practitioner Dr. Carmen McAtee. Now Clarice is trying to get her life and her marriage back on track after messing it all up. When they were at Dr. McAtee, they had to answer questions and in the boxes, they had to check off boxes about what kinds of problems they had. Some of their problems that they checked were my marriage, depression, communication with significant others, and sexual issues. But the real thing that they needed to deal with was learning how to accept one another and letting a husband be a husband and a wife be a wife, and also learning when you are in need of help that you shouldn't be afraid to ask. At the end of the book, Dave's baseball team won their game and Clarice finally understood why the team was so important to him and why it meant so much to him, also for the first time, Clarice called him Dave and not David. They ended up getting through their problems and moving foward and being the married couple that they should have been in the begining, and thats why their marriage was Not Easily Broken because they made through everything.
Quotation
"There was a tiny dot inside the one that said, "Having thoughts of suicide," but no check" (Jakes 151).
Reaction
When I read this quote I was shocked, but at the same time I didn't really feel sorry for her. The reason is because she digged a hole on her own and now she has to pay the consequence for her actions. But it still really surprised me because when I think of suicide I think that, that is the last resort and that suicide is not even a choice because every problem can be solved.
Not Easily Broken (100-150)
Summary
Clarice is now back to work and she has a walking leg brace on. Since her right leg was the one who got broken, she had to learn how to drive her car with her left foot. But through all those troubles, she was still happy to be back at work. On the other hand, Dave invited Bryson, Julie Sawyer's son to play baseball with his team. But because Bryson is a swimmer and not a baseball player he wasn't that good and the other kids on the team laughed at him because he couldn't hit the ball. Dave is starting to feel like he is safe and relaxed and happy around Julie and Bryson. He feels more at home when he is with them than with Clarice. He feels so much better when he is with them that he starts to dream about Julie in ways that he doesn't dream about Clarice. Dave lies to Clarice about who his talking too and he meets up with her to eat. He would even go through the trouble of driving 3 hours to see Bryson swim.
Quotation
"Chill, sister," he said, holding up a hand. "If I want to drive over on Saturday and watch my man Bryson, you don't need to make a thing out of it, you know what I'm sayin'?" (Jakes 122).
Reaction
This quote shows that Dave is treating Bryson like he is his own son. Because Clarice doesn't pay him any mind and doesn't give him any attention so he is trying to find happiness from somewhere else. He would travel 3 hours to see Bryson swim in a swim meet, that shows that he is dedicated to this family. I think that maybe if Clarice didn't push Dave away so much, maybe he wouldn't try to find love and happiness somewhere else.
Clarice is now back to work and she has a walking leg brace on. Since her right leg was the one who got broken, she had to learn how to drive her car with her left foot. But through all those troubles, she was still happy to be back at work. On the other hand, Dave invited Bryson, Julie Sawyer's son to play baseball with his team. But because Bryson is a swimmer and not a baseball player he wasn't that good and the other kids on the team laughed at him because he couldn't hit the ball. Dave is starting to feel like he is safe and relaxed and happy around Julie and Bryson. He feels more at home when he is with them than with Clarice. He feels so much better when he is with them that he starts to dream about Julie in ways that he doesn't dream about Clarice. Dave lies to Clarice about who his talking too and he meets up with her to eat. He would even go through the trouble of driving 3 hours to see Bryson swim.
Quotation
"Chill, sister," he said, holding up a hand. "If I want to drive over on Saturday and watch my man Bryson, you don't need to make a thing out of it, you know what I'm sayin'?" (Jakes 122).
Reaction
This quote shows that Dave is treating Bryson like he is his own son. Because Clarice doesn't pay him any mind and doesn't give him any attention so he is trying to find happiness from somewhere else. He would travel 3 hours to see Bryson swim in a swim meet, that shows that he is dedicated to this family. I think that maybe if Clarice didn't push Dave away so much, maybe he wouldn't try to find love and happiness somewhere else.
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