I AM SAM :: essays research papers

I Am Sam was an enlighten story of a struggle of a humankind and his fille to stay together. In this movie the director showed the viewers a realistic situation between family and state. The director also did an excellent job portraying the fiction of the main(prenominal) character (Sam) and his daughter (Lucy) personal struggle in spite of appearance. This story showed the importance of love and family. The movie I Am Sam introduces conflict between the family and state. The main character (Sam) and his daughter (Lucy) represent the family and Social Services represent the state. The conflict is first seen in the movie when Sams daughter Lucy becomes age seven. At the age of seven Lucy is smarter than her mentally-retarded forty year-old man with autistic tendencies. When the Department of Social Services discovers this situation they take action. The conflict also toke place due to the accompaniment that Sam had to rely on help from his friends, including his eccentric neigh bor (Diane Wiest) and a lovable group of similarly challenged friends to care for his child.Sams struggle within himself was a hard and usual struggle unlike any thing that ordinary people go through in their every day life. He didnt just have to adjust to the fact that the mother of his child left him alone with their child after giving birth. Sam was an mentally-retarded forty year-old man with autistic tendencies, who had the responsibility of raising a daughter. His daughter Lucy on the other hand had her own battle to fight. Lucy realizing at the age seven she was smarter than her farther. Even at a young age Lucy understood the importance of this and tried to hide this.