ice storm and witness
When adults look back on their lives they often remember their childhood with much nostalgia. For everyone it is a time of adventure. Everything is new and exciting and yet to be explored. Often we remember this period of our lives as the best time of our lives, a time when we were free from the responsibilities that mount, as we grow up. Indeed we view the experience of childhood with such reverie that when authors or directors attempt to recreate it in literature or movies, they may be plagued with stereotypes trying to recreate some ideal. Childhood is widely regarded as a time of innocence where no responsibility is taken for ones actions. It is also a time where the child is governed by adults and as such is subject to their restrictions. “Witness”, a Peter Weir film identifies the relationship of the adventure of childhood as being subject to the restrictions of the adults who supervise them, a sort of domestic realism. Throughout the film, Samuel has various “adventures” which are governed by the different people whose jurisdiction he is under. Similarly we see the same process take place in the movie “The Ice Storm”, a portrayal of two families in the 1970’s. Here we see an entirely dif
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Approximate Word count = 1796
Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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