Argumentative Essay On Stand By Me

As said by Gordie, “I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve.” In a small town, four boys, all with troubles at home, go on an adventure to find a dead body. On their journey they come to deal with a few obstacles, each of which brings the boys closer together as they learn more about each other. The journey was a life changer for the boys, as they came to see things differently. Rob Reiner’s film, Stand by Me, captures a friendship amongst a group of boys that will eventually fade away as they grow older and become men. While watching Stand by Me I came to like Chris Chambers the most.
My reader-response towards the way that the town judged Chris before they knew him because of his family’s actions angered me,
As Gordie said, “You can do anything you want, man” (Reiner). Most of the people thought of Chris as a bad character, but that was because they did not know Chris, instead they knew his family. Due to the way Chris was seen by everyone, he decided to be the person he was said to be and stole the milk money. After Chris stole the milk money he felt awful about it, and tried to make it right. Chris knew what kind of person he was and what kind of person he wanted to be, but no one but Gordie and his friends saw the real him. Gordie knew what kind of person Chris was, and because of the confidence Gordie had in Chris, Chris went on to college and became a lawyer. Gordie, who knew Chris better than anyone said, “Chris who would always make the best peace tried to break it up” (Reiner).After becoming a lawyer Chris was stabbed to death trying to break up a fight in a fast food restaurant.
The way people treat Chris is upsetting, Chris is a caregiver, and the moral found because of Chris is that you, yourself defines who you are. Chris played a major role in Stand by Me and because of this it was easy to personally connect with him, see that he had a parental feel, and learn a thing or two from