assignment #2
For this assignment I chose the movies “Stand by me” and “The Goonies”, I had only viewed these movies once as a child years ago. I decided to go buy them both and I watched them with my family.
I found incredibly interesting the fact that both movies deal with a range of issues we have previously discussed in class concerning peer relations, peer pressure, parent-conflict, child abuse, etc.
In the movie “The Goonies” we have the five main characters they call themselves The Goonies whom are: Mikey, Mouth, Brand, Chunk, and Data.
Mikey and Brand are siblings, when Mikey takes off with the rest of The Goonies tying Brand down to avoid him chasing after them because he knows they will not be allowed to go search for the treasure and the truth behind one eyed Willie; this is a prime example of autonomy vs. attachment. Brand feels Mikey and the rest of the gang are perhaps a bit young to venture off on such a dangerous adventure aside from the fact that he doubts the legitimacy of such story.
Brand makes every effort to untie himself and get to Mikey, finally when he is able to meet up with him he realizes it was all true and wants to take over the role of leader, protector of The Goonies, you could say Brand’s identity achievement kicks in. He realizes it’s crucial to protect the gang and feels he should do it since he is the oldest, it is a crisis and he is committed to take care and protect everyone.
This group of children venture off into a perilous adventure selflessly to help out their parents, their amity is outstanding and it shows how peer relations can be well balanced even if each individual is diverse.
Chunk befriends a quasimodish type individual called Sloth whom is related to some delinquents called the Fratellis the gang runs into throughout the movie. Sloth is horribly abused and neglected by his mother and siblings, so when Chunk befriends Sloth his self-esteem and self-efficacy take a boost, he feels encouraged to stand up to his
I found incredibly interesting the fact that both movies deal with a range of issues we have previously discussed in class concerning peer relations, peer pressure, parent-conflict, child abuse, etc.
In the movie “The Goonies” we have the five main characters they call themselves The Goonies whom are: Mikey, Mouth, Brand, Chunk, and Data.
Mikey and Brand are siblings, when Mikey takes off with the rest of The Goonies tying Brand down to avoid him chasing after them because he knows they will not be allowed to go search for the treasure and the truth behind one eyed Willie; this is a prime example of autonomy vs. attachment. Brand feels Mikey and the rest of the gang are perhaps a bit young to venture off on such a dangerous adventure aside from the fact that he doubts the legitimacy of such story.
Brand makes every effort to untie himself and get to Mikey, finally when he is able to meet up with him he realizes it was all true and wants to take over the role of leader, protector of The Goonies, you could say Brand’s identity achievement kicks in. He realizes it’s crucial to protect the gang and feels he should do it since he is the oldest, it is a crisis and he is committed to take care and protect everyone.
This group of children venture off into a perilous adventure selflessly to help out their parents, their amity is outstanding and it shows how peer relations can be well balanced even if each individual is diverse.
Chunk befriends a quasimodish type individual called Sloth whom is related to some delinquents called the Fratellis the gang runs into throughout the movie. Sloth is horribly abused and neglected by his mother and siblings, so when Chunk befriends Sloth his self-esteem and self-efficacy take a boost, he feels encouraged to stand up to his