stand by me
A story of friends who are on their way into adolescence, the movie Stand by Me shows the friends growing up to become an adult in a civilized world. In the present day, Gordie Lachance, a profession writer, reminisces back into the past of his childhood memories and how it leads to the death of his best friend Chris. When the boys are thirteen, Gordie Lachance, Chris Chambers, Teddy Duchamp and Vern Tessio were very good friends. They shared a tree house together with a secret knock to get in, have long and pointless arguments and have no interest in girls, the boys seem to be happy hanging out together. When they find out about the dead body of Ray Brower, the boys take a step closer to adolescence. Throughout the movie, the viewer can see the boys growing into maturity through symbolism and its significance to the story. In the beginning of the movie, the names of Gordie Lachance and Chris Chambers do not show the viewer any significance until the end. Their last names show what their personalities are like. Gordie’s last name Lachance, has the word chance in it. In the movie, Gordie is given a chance to steer his life into the right path and he does by going to college. Eventually Gordie becomes a successful writer and fat
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Approximate Word count = 835
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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