Character Analysis of the Film, Changeling - 714 Words

Changeling is a 2008 film directed by Clint Eastwood that dramatizes the disappearance of Walter Collins, the mistreatment of his mother, Christine Collins, by the Los Angeles Police Department, and the Wineville Chicken Coop kidnapping and murder case of Gordon Northcott, who allegedly kidnapped and murdered Walter Collins in 1928. The film focuses on Christine Collins plight to find her missing son and the consequences of her quest due to egregious corruption and incompetence on behalf of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). A few weeks after her son disappears, Mrs. Collins receives a call from Captain J.J. Jones of the LAPD informing her that her son is alive and that he is going to be returned to her shortly, however, the boy that the LAPD claim is her son is, in fact, an imposter and when she attempts to inform them thusly they accuse her of trying to shirk her responsibilities as a mother and have the state take care of him. Fortunately, Reverend Gustav Briegleb, a Presby terian minister who is on a quest of his own to bring the LAPDs corruption to the forefront, aids Mrs. Collins in her quest (Changeling, 2009). In the scene where the LAPD return Mrs. Collins son, Mrs. Collins (Angelina Jolie) is manipulated into taking Walter Collins imposter home by Cpt. J.J. Jones. He first convinces her that the boy is her son and that she does not recognize him because she has not seen him in a while and the boy has lost weight. Additionally, he guilts her intoShow MoreRelatedThe And Other Monsters Of The Night By Eric Kripke4165 Words   |  17 Pagesbecause then humans are able to see themselves within the monster; they are able to see their own characteristics reflected right back at them through a monster. In a particular episode of Supernatural that deals with shapeshifters, the two main characters in the show, the brothers Sam and Dean Winchester, are called by one of Sam’s old college friends to investigate a case. In this case, the brother of the college friend of Sam, named Zach, had been arrested for torturing and killing his girlfriendRead MoreThe Theme Of Homo Eroticism Within The Play As You Like It And How It Differs From Various Other3688 Words   |  15 Pages Within this analysis, I will inquire into the theme of homo-eroticism within the play As You Like It and how it differs from various other plays written by Shakespeare and elaborate on how ground-breaking this play was during the time it was written and when it was performed, the differences in social constructs between then and now the differing views of society in the time it was written and the present day. As You Like Its first performance was in London in 1740, a time when popular literatureRead More The Perception of African Americans in the Media and How it Affects Their Self-Identity3877 Words   |  16 Pagesand upbeat side of African American identity: In the last decade something beyond the watch and guard of statistics has happened in the life of the American Negro and the three norms who have traditionally presided over the Negro problem have a changeling in their laps. The Sociologist, The Philanthropist, the Race-leader are not unaware of the New Negro but they are at a loss to account for him. He simply cannot be swathed in their formulae. For the younger generation is vibrant with a new psychology;Read MoreThe Epithet in the Novel Jane Eyre18849 Words   |  76 Pagesaim. In our research we would like to concentrate our attention on â€Å"epithet†, a figure of speech which gives the opportunity to create the most expressive and vivid images. Despite the fact that there are many works devoted to the problem under analysis some important aspects such as structural - the lexical stylistic device the epithet as its component have not been fully investigated. This defines the actuality of the work and its theoretical value. The basic purpose of this course-paper is formulated