[A] Do you have hopes, dreams, and/or goals? [B] Well the people/ characters in Of Mice and Men, War Dance, and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Also Joe Wilner explains why hope is important in How we Lose Hope and How to Get it Back. [C] In each film/ documentary or article they have hopes, dreams, and/or goals that push them to get to a better place in life or just help them get threw life easier. [D] Hopes, dreams, and goals allow people to find happiness in any situation, no matter how tough or hard it is. [E] In the article How we Lose Hope and How to Get it Back, Joe Wilner talks about why hope is important to have. [F] Wilner thinks that having hope is good for you and makes it easier for you to succeed. …show more content…
[F] The film focused on three children, Rose, Nancy, and Dominic. [G] Dominic and his brother were abducted when he was nine, he escaped without his brother and two years later he still had hope that his brother was still alive. [H] Despite the fact that Dominic was abducted he was still a happy person and he still had dreams. Dominic wanted to be the best xylophone player in Uganda. [I] Dominic won an award at Kampala for best xylophone player and as part of the reward he won a new xylophone which he gave to the school so other kids like him can play xylophone. [J] Rose wants to be a singer and she wants her school to win Kampala. [K] Rose’s aunt doesn't want her to go to Kampala but she goes anyways so she can fulfill her dreams of winning the competition. [L] Rose’s life is kind of like a Cinderella story, her aunt makes her take care of all the kids and do all the chores, so when she wanted to go to Kampala her aunt didn't want her to leave. [M] When rose was packing her things so she could go to Kampala no one was helping her because they didn't want her to leave. [N] Rose, Nancy, and Dominic all sing and perform music because it makes them happy and it puts them in the happier place they dream …show more content…
[F] The film is a“spiritual film- not religious, yet deeply spiritual”, the film wasn't meant to be religious it was just meant to spiritual. [G] Walter Mitty was threatened to be fired so he flew all over the world and back in search of a photographer so he could get a misplaced photo. [H] Mitty is so determined to get the photo back because he doesn't want to lose his job so he made finding the photographer his goal. [I] Mitty didn't give up on finding the photographer until he had found him, he even went all the way to Iceland just to find the photographer. [J] Mitty literally travels all the way around the world doing extraordinary things. [K] He jumps out of a helicopter into the ocean, survives a shark attack, bikes up and long boards down the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland before it erupts and many more. [L] Mitty was willing to risk his life just to get a photo that was misplaced. [M] He even risked being burned alive by molten lava. Mitty eventually found the photographer and found where the missing photo was. [N] Walter Mitty was willing to risk everything so he wouldn’t get fired and he succeeded in fulfilling his goal to find the photographer and get the missing