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Short Story/Film Analysis
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Short Story/Film Analysis |
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Short Story/Film Analysis
Short Story/Film Analysis
Aric McDonald
Short Story/Short Film
Comm. 411-35
11:30-12:45
Spring 1997
The three short stories are similar because they all involve jealousy. This
type of jealousy surrounds the main characters who are envious of the
achievements or the attention that another man receives. The first story is
about an old man who is taking his wife on a second honeymoon when she
encounters an old suitor, creating jealousy for the husband. In the second
story, the jealousy surrounds Smurch who is envious of Charles Lindbergh's fame
and accolades. The jealousy in the final story is the envy of the attention
that any man with fame can receive from a woman. Each person's own insecurity
allows envy to control their actions and creates trouble in their lives. The
three stories all have jealousy, in some it is more clear than others. Jealousy
lead two of the characters to make a fool of themselves, and it cost another
character his life. In the first story, Charley took his wife Lucy on a second
honeymoon, or Golden Honeymoon, as it is titled. While they are in St.
Petersburg Fla., Mother was at the doctors office and began a conversation with
a lady, only to discover that she is Mrs. Frank M. Hartsell, Lucy's ex-fiancee.
This made Charley uncomfortable because he had rivaled Frank for Lucy's hand in
marriage. A story that began as a second honeymoon for Lucy and Charley, became
a jealous contest between two men. This reminds me of the movie, Grumpy Old Men,
because of the unofficial mini contests that the two men have with each other.
Comparing the film and the book, they were very similar except the sequence of
events were different. In the story, The Greatest Man In The World, Smurch was
jealous of the fame and accolades of Charles Lindbergh. Only some members of
congress, the President, and the press knew this information. They felt it
would be a disgrace to the United States if it was known to the public that this
world hero was a man with poor upbringing ,bad manners, and seen as a hooligan.
Smurch was not willing to change these traits, so the few officials that knew
about them, pushed him out the window saying that he fell on accident. The
book and movie had some discrepancies. One was the fuel tanks. In the film,
Smurch dropped the tanks almost on top of his crowd, while in the book, he did
not drop them at that site. Another con
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