“I’m standin’ over here now”. At the end of On the Waterfront Terry has gained a new understanding of himself and the world. Discuss.
At the end of the film ‘On the Waterfront’, Terry gains a new understanding of the world and of himself. When Terry says “I’m standin’ over here now” it shows that he understands life more and has a sense of triumph in his voice as it is the first time he has stood up for himself. At the beginning, Terry is confused and burdened as he did not know that the mob were going to kill Joey Doyle, he believed that Joey was a nice person and didn’t deserve to die. These things confuse Terry as he believes no one deserves bad things to happen to them. The death of Dugan and the death of his brother Charley brings him to breaking point and makes him want to kill Johnny friendly but Edie and Father Barry calm him down and explain to him that the only way to beat Friendly is in a courtroom. This opens his eyes to stand up for people and that it’s not okay to be treated like him and the other longshoremen. By the end Terry finds his voice and understands just how important it is to speak the truth and standing up for yourself is, as he has been tossed around his whole life and feels that it is his turn to get the rights he deserves.
At the beginning of the film, Terry becomes distressed by the death of Joey Doyle as he thought “the worst they were going to do was lean on him a little bit”, this shows just how surprised he is by the death of Joey and this affects him throughout the movie. Terry doesn’t really have much of an understanding of himself and the world as he does what everyone else does, remain D&D and not speak against the union. When Terry says “I don’t know nothing, I haven’t seen nothing, I’m not saying nothing” it shows just how important it is for a person to remain silent and not speak against the union because it can be their life on the line. Terry doesn’t have much of an understanding of the world as he just gets by with the bare minimum and doesn’t have ambition.
After the death of Dugan and Father Barry’s speech in the hold, Terry realises just how important it is to speak the truth because by not speaking it people die. Terry begins to understand himself and by confessing to Father Barry and Edie that he set up Joey
admiration.’ ‘On the Waterfront’ is a film that depicts a young man’s struggle between conflicting choices in the cruel and unforgiving waterfront days of the 1950’s. Director Elia Kazan opts to shoot the film in black and white to distinguish between the obvious right and wrong state of affairs on the waterfront. Despite how obvious they are, the decisions Terry Malloy must make are not so easy. As Terry fights his own internal battle and continues to stick to the waterfront customs of being ‘D and…
The mob warned Terry to not see Edie and he listened for a while. Gentle – he cares for Edie Softer – he smooths talk to Edie. Task #1 Terry’s progression from a naïve thug to the longshoremen’s saviour is a central element to the plot of On the Waterfront. Initially, Brando’s nervous gestures, inarticulate speech and mumbling convey the sense that Terry is a “confused kid”. He is particularly remorseful about his involvement in Joey’s death; the reoccurrence of barred fences represent the extent…
My Practice Essay Question: ‘It is Terry’s anger that leads him to testify against Johnny Friendly, not his newly awakened conscience.’ Discuss Essay While Terry’s conscience has indeed been ‘awakened’ by the deaths of Joey Doyle and Kayo Dugan, and the influence of key figures such as Edie, Father Barry, Charley & the Golden Warriors, it is not the only factor that convinces him to testify against Johnny Friendly. Similarly, it is not merely the death of his brother Charley that angers…
Camden: The Downtown Waterfront In chapter five of Camden After the Fall, the story of economic and financial struggle continues as the planners and politicians of the post-industrial city of Camden tries to change its reputation and appearance. The center point of this chapter on the city of Camden’s waterfront really interested me because I did not know the whole story of how the Camden Aquarium came into being. The main focus in this chapter consist of the pursuit of capitalist and economic…
Analysis of Major Characters Terry Malloy The brooding, inarticulate protagonist of On the Waterfront nurses a seething bundle of contradictory emotions for most of the film. Terry doesn’t particularly care about work and instead devotes his dreams, energy, and care to his racing pigeons. After being pushed around for too long, however, he realizes that his actions have definite, provable results. Marlon Brando’s portrayal of Terry is key to our understanding his character. Brando shuffles around…
On The Waterfront Apologia – for Elia Kazan’s naming of names in the House On Un-American Activities Committees Directed by Elia Kazan Written by Budd Schulberg Score composed by Leonard Bernstein Cinematography by Boris Kaufman Shot in Hoboken, New Jersey after 36 days in 1953 Received 8 Oscars at the 1955 Academy Awards ceremony, including Best Pictures Film noir – black film – genre Traditional melodrama 3 act structure (classic Hollywood narrative) Act 1 – Joey’s murder/corruption…
Research tasks 1. In this data set, the dependent variable is sale price of the house. There are nine dependent variables which are SQFT, BEDROOMS, BATHS, AGE, OWNER, POOL, TRADITIONAL, FIREPLACE and WATERFRONT. Meanwhile, OWNER, POOL, TRADITIONAL and FIREPLACE are dummy variables. This data set collected 864 houses sold over last year. The sample mean of the price is $155792.2 and median is $130000. The maximum is $1580000 and the minimum is $22000.the standard deviation is $130250. 2. The normal…
businesses can lead people to shutting away and not stepping out of their comfort zone when changes happen, leading to limit of ideas and information because individuals feel as if they are been judge. (m00c0w06, 2011) Finally, through the movie “On The Waterfront”, Elia Kazen (1954) asserted obviously the corruption in organization. During the 1800’s laws were very tough and people were been restricted with many things, in other words people were been controlled by the “man upstairs”. In this movie, Jonny…
UK, home to over 250 Shops, Retail Park, Cinema and an Eat Central food hall and 10,000 car parking spaces. Adjacent to the main shopping site is The Waterfront, which accommodates offices for HM Revenue and Customs and has a marina area providing space for a number of bars and restaurants. The Dudley No.1 Canal passes though the adjacent Waterfront site and high above the edge of the shopping centre, before descending Delph Locks. Large single storey premises on a greenfield site off the M3 25.3…
Consumption at Waterfront Campus Project Sponsor Darrell Stevens Project Manager Darrell Stevens Version 1.0 2. PROJECT BACKGROUND/CONTEXT There is currently no in depth data on hand for the amount of water used on campus. Our Woodside Wing is Gold in LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and Harbour Wing is Silver. 3. Project OBJECTIVES (purpose) Cut down on the water consumption at the Waterfront campus. Educate student and staff of water consumption at Waterfront campus.…
