"My Left Foot"

Term Paper # 101847

Film > Analysis, Criticism, Etc.

"My Left Foot"

An analysis of the movie "My Left Foot", directed by Jim Sheridan.

834 words () | 0 sources | 2006 Israel

Paper Summary:

This paper looks at the movie "My Left Foot" about Christy Brown who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth and who was born to an archetypal Irish working-class family. The paper relates that the film portrays how Christy, despite his severe disability and impoverished status, displays hope and resilience and how, although he proves himself as an artist and a writer, he is a simple man who craves a normal life.

From the Paper:

"Despite his ability to produce creative paintings, which were often representative of his tumultuous emotions, Christy was nothing other than a simple boy trapped in the body of a complicated cripple. I do not suspect that Christy experienced depression or self-pity for lack of physical abilities, since he physically adapted well to his surroundings and handicaps. On the contrary, Christy fought his greatest battles in an effort to prove that his dissimilar shell held all of the same ingredients inherent in other human beings. In the end of the film, Christy mentions that he considered calling his memoir "Reminisces of a Mental Defective", a sign of the mental anguish he probably suffered and endured from lack of friends and intimate love. "