Stand By Me

The movie "Stand By Me" is a movie about "Coming of Age." Coming of age is when someone realizes that they aren't a child anymore, and they are countable for their own responsibilities and actions. They realize that they need to act maturely. This movie is about how four kids, Gordie LaChance, Chris Chambers, Teddy DuChamp and Vern Tessio overcome challenges that come their way, and how these obstacles help them to behave and act more mature.But Gordie's father doesn't care how mature Gordie is, he wants his son to hang out with decent, non-smoking children who aren't hooligans, and to act more like his dead brother once used to. No matter how Gordie is, his father doesn't accept him for the way he is. But don't most parent child relationships have problems like these?

Gordie is the type of person who doesn't cause a ruckus like his friends. Hes a writer type of a guy. Gordie's dead brother was a popular baseball player whom his father loved so much. Now Gordie's father doesn't accept him being a writer because he wants his son to take on his brothers footsteps. Ignorance was being occurred throughout the relationship with Gordie and his father. But don't all parent child relationships have problems like this? Don't they all have reasons behind it? Sometimes when a child doesn't meet a guardians expectations many harsh things might occur. For example in the play "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Capulet and his daughter Juliet had to face a few difficulties that came their way about marriage, but in the end the problem caused death.

Though the father wasn't quite shown a lot throughout the movie, I was able to notice a few things about his relationship with NOW his only son. One thing I noticed was how Denny (older brother of Gordie) payed more attention to Gordie more than the father. I mean come on you are a dad of two children, don't make one feel like a king and the other like debris. As mentioned previously Gordie was ignored by both his mother and father, but mostly his mother. I also noticed that in Gordie's dream the father said "It should've been you Gordie," at Denny's funeral. Now that's just crazy and no one should be treated that way. Gordie is your own blood man.

I can personally relate to this because my father and I have had a few minor problems. "Minor problems" for example are like me not listening to what he is saying, or him not listening to what I'm trying to say. But that doesn't mean he doesn't love me. He loves me more than his life, but sometimes what he calls "the best thing for me to do" isn't really the best. In the end we always solve our problems! I still think that Gordie's father loves him but doesn't know how to express or show himself to his son like he was able to with Denny. After Denny died, things around the house became worse. The father really does care about Gordie but doesn't show it as often as he needs to. All parents love their children no matter what they do. ♥