Personal Narrative: The Princess Bride

Growing up I had my fair share of princess movies and of course the Princess Bride. We used to watch it all the time at my babysitters and it easily became one of my favorite movies. The characters were so interesting to my 8 year old self. They were all so brave and beautiful that I never knew what was going to happen next even if it was the third time I had watched it that day. But as I grew up, just as much of other things I grew out of, I saw the the Princess Bride for what it truly is. The characters weren’t so much brave and beautiful, I could soon predict everything that was coming up and not because I had seen it so much but it was just obvious. Sadly, now I hate the movie for all its worth.
I always continued to think about how much
Get a grip on life. The girl doesn’t even bathe or comb her hair, okay I can’t really say anything about the hair but seriously the bathing? When Westley became the Man in Black, he learned a lot about life, love, and the desire to live. He could beat Inigo in sword fighting, he could take down Fezzik, and fool the poison guy who hired Fezzik and Inigo, into drinking the poison. The Man in Black is extremely smart and a person you should not mess with. Westley on the other still very smart but all he cares about is Buttercup. Which is sweet and all but when he puts on the black ensemble he transforms himself into something so much greater and aspires to greater things. It’s not that Westley couldn’t do the things the Man in Black could it's just he only cares about one thing and it's quite
The famous line from the movie and books. But it got annoying real fast. Though it shows massive respect that he wants to avenge his father, like really man, the guy who killed your father could be halfway across the world or even six feet under. Don’t spend your entire life searching for him when you have no way of knowing where in the world he might even be or further more whom he even is. Plus then he didn't make the situation any better by becoming an alcoholic and drinking his life away. But I will give him props for never giving up. That is something we can all take away from Inigo, even though he had no idea who this man was or where he might even be, he never gave up and that is the sign of a true