Stand By Me Character Development
Stand by Me This movie contained the growth and development through physical and emotional stages of middle childhood boys. Their ages were around twelve years old and they were just starting junior high. In this movie we learn the background of each of the four boy 's lives and how his development has changed over the impact of a fellow boy 's death.
We first look at Gordy, who is them main character of the movie. He has a hard life due to the death of his older brother in a jeep accident. He feels as if his father has rejected him as a soon because he wasn 't the "good" son. We see this in his father 's question of why he didn 't have friends like his brothers. Gordy 's father said that his friends were liars and thieves. At this stage, …show more content…
He was a stereotyped kid in every way possible. His father was a drunk and a burden of society and Chris supposedly had the same fate. Chris was more mature than the other boys. He was always the cool and collected one. When one of the other boy 's tried to dodge a train, it was Chris who saved him. He wasn 't sorry for pulling the other boy from the train. He was fine that the boy was ok. He was always the problem solver. He saw the potential of the boys even if they didn 't, especially in Gordy. He told Gordy to seize the opportunity to make something of him rather than be pulled down by the society 's blemishes. Although Chris was always being put down for the bad things that he did, it almost seemed as if he wanted to be redeemed from society. With the drunk and abusive father as a role model, Chris was given a low chance of making something out of his life. Exposure to violence may lead to two different kinds of behavior; the development of aggressive behavior, or emotional behavior that ranges from temporary upset to clear signs of post-traumatic stress disorder. (Osofsky, 1995; Weissburg & Greenburg, 1998). It was almost as if seeing the outcome of such a father, he used his self control for any temptation of wrong doings so he could be
We first look at Gordy, who is them main character of the movie. He has a hard life due to the death of his older brother in a jeep accident. He feels as if his father has rejected him as a soon because he wasn 't the "good" son. We see this in his father 's question of why he didn 't have friends like his brothers. Gordy 's father said that his friends were liars and thieves. At this stage, …show more content…
He was a stereotyped kid in every way possible. His father was a drunk and a burden of society and Chris supposedly had the same fate. Chris was more mature than the other boys. He was always the cool and collected one. When one of the other boy 's tried to dodge a train, it was Chris who saved him. He wasn 't sorry for pulling the other boy from the train. He was fine that the boy was ok. He was always the problem solver. He saw the potential of the boys even if they didn 't, especially in Gordy. He told Gordy to seize the opportunity to make something of him rather than be pulled down by the society 's blemishes. Although Chris was always being put down for the bad things that he did, it almost seemed as if he wanted to be redeemed from society. With the drunk and abusive father as a role model, Chris was given a low chance of making something out of his life. Exposure to violence may lead to two different kinds of behavior; the development of aggressive behavior, or emotional behavior that ranges from temporary upset to clear signs of post-traumatic stress disorder. (Osofsky, 1995; Weissburg & Greenburg, 1998). It was almost as if seeing the outcome of such a father, he used his self control for any temptation of wrong doings so he could be