BILLY ELLIOT

BILLY ELLIOTT “Hopefully, young people will see that you can be young and make the sacrifices to follow your dreams.” In order to find success and follow your dreams you must face and overcome obstacles. The best example of this is the movie Billy Elliot and Billy’s perserverance in overcoming his obstacles.In the movie Billy Elliott Billy is faced with numerous obstacles all to become a ballet dancer. There were three major obstacles Billy faced that were his peers and communities varying forms of disapproval of him becoming a ballet dancer, Billys families financial issues, and lastly Billys own self doubt.
One of the major obstacles Billy overcame in the movie Billy Elliot was his community's disapproval on him becoming a ballet dancer. He overcame his family's disapproval and scorn against him becoming a dancer. This was a major step because as a child your parents approval and support is the most important thing for a child to succeed and prosper. And for Billy to overcome his fathers and especially his older brother’s Tony scorn and not being influenced by what they told him was a huge obstacle he overcame to become a ballet dancer. Billy also overcame Debbie’s attempts of stopping him to go for his audition in London by following his heart. As well as not listening to Michael’s opinions that it isn’t worth becoming a dancer. Billy overcame a huge obstacle that most kids his age wouldn’t have.
Another major obstacle Billy overcame was his financial issues. His father and brother were on strike at the time and for him to ask for a seemingly large amount of money to go and study ballet would be a huge burden for his family. As well as if Billy wasn’t successful in ballet it would’ve been a huge waste of money adding to the hardship his family was already going through. Another important obstacle Billy overcame concerning his financial issues is how regardless of his family participating in the strike he was already living in