Movie
Title Essay
I
will be using Gone With The Wind as the inspiration for my essay. I will be
exploring my feelings toward writing in general as it applies to the overall
themes in Gone With The Wind.
The main focus of my essay will be my
feelings toward this particular assignment as the plot of the first half of the
movie progresses. I will start with a brief synopsis of my writing experience.
Then I will move into the heart of the movie beginning with carefree feeling,
briefly passing thru abject panic, and ending with determination to succeed.
It
has been years since I was required to do any creative writing. I left high
school in 1996 and dove headfirst into the working world in Branson. Working in
the tourist industry requires creativity but not in the written form. I also
never learned how to type. In 2002 I went into LPN school. All of the
instructors were new to teaching that year. There was an air about the whole
class and faculty of “We don’t know what we are doing. Please just don’t let us
kill anyone.” Needless to say term papers weren’t a priority. Nurses are
discouraged from creative charting. The terms we use are concrete and uniform. When
I started in my first position as a nurse my manager was excited that I even
knew how to turn on a computer. Until about 10 years ago computers were not
used in nursing.
When I
initially saw the requirements for this essay I was excited. I love movies. I
have always been told I am well-spoken, intelligent, and imaginative. I was as
carefree as Scarlett at the barbecue. Just as she felt that she had life in the
palm of her hand, I knew this essay would be a breeze. What neither she nor I
knew was that a storm was brewing. We were both about to be shoved headfirst
into a war. Hers was the Civil War, mine was a war with Microsoft Word.
The panic
slowly started to escalate. Scarlett was dealing with situations she had never imagined,
as was I. She was birthing babies,
escaping Atlanta in the dead of night, and shooting Yankees. I was trying
desperately to get Word to download, figuring out what a header is, and learning
how to double space. Scarlett was rescued by Rhett Butler with the threat of
Atlanta’s fires licking at her heels. I was rescued by my sister as the threat
of a due date licked at mine.
Trials and
tribulations are a normal part of life. Some are just more dramatic than
others. We as people are forged by the fire of those trials. Scarlett stood in
the fields of Tara desperately searching for food and was determined to make it
through. She said, “As God is my witness I’ll never be hungry again.” I stood in the library desperately searching
for a synopsis of the movies on our list and was determined to get this essay
written. I said, “As God is my witness I will get it done.” Scarlett went back
home, pushed up her shirt sleeves, and got to work. I went to the park, plugged
in my laptop, and got to work. In the end we both succeeded.
In conclusion I
have come full circle. I actually did enjoy writing this essay. It’s fun to be
able to get the creative juices flowing. I have learned a few new valuable
skills. I look forward to more assignments in the future. And, no people or
animals were harmed in the writing of this essay.
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