My Left Foot Analysis, - Disability

- 1980's
-Christy Browns life story
-Won 2 Oscars - Daniel Day lewis (Best Actor award)
Brenda Fricker - His mother (Won an Oscar)
-Irish Director - Hollywood based/worldwide.
-Historical (biography)

- At the beginning of the movie it shows that Christy is unable to sit with the rest of his family as he is seen to be disruptive to attend a ceremony (had to sit in the other room).
- Although carer asks him if he would like to watch.
-When showing his life story - he had to eat on his own and not all with the family, he lay/sat under the stairs and waited to be feed.
- Mother had to carry him up the stairs as she was his carer and he was unable to walk himself.
-The mother fell down the stairs ( Christy moved himself down the stairs and helped call for help)
- People called him a 'moron' - burden to his family and believe his mother fell when she was carrying him up the stairs.
- When teaching him also used the words such as D is for 'Dunce' - associated him with the word and felt sorry for his family and felt sympathy for christy.( He is seen as useless)
- Over the years he proves hiself by writing with his foot even though no-one understood what he wrote (able to solve maths equations) also corrected.
- He still got involved with other children and his brothers as they pushed him around in a wooden barrow (did not have enough money for a wheelchair - wheeled around in wooden barrow)
- He wrote 'MOTHER' with his foot
- Father becomes very proud and calls him a 'BROWN' = meaning that he is proud that is his son and knows he is clever.
- Family feels Christy can cause trouble so does not always involve him in activities and events.
- Alows him to blow out his own candels - believe he is capable of being independent try to help him do so.
- Plays football -- all the children get him involved - and he uses his left leg to score a goal.
- He starts to paint pictures with his foot - "super crippled" (no sympathy)- capable of independence.
- He paints a picture of a girl and a guy (seen as a love note)
- Gives the picture to a girl - all her friends laugh that it was Christy that drew the picture.
- She doesnt take the photo and gives it back to Christy - rejects his offers.
- Husband looses his job - lost money and always eating porridge.
-still cannot afford a wheelchair.
- He has adapted on his speech.
--Brothers listen to him - (not sterotyped)
- Decided to steal coal from a truck so the family have enough to keep their house warm - plan works - "super crippled" - adapted his abilities.
- Mother talks to Christy like a normal boy - tells him how it is bad to steal and she will not accept the coal in her house.
- Father puts on fireplace with coal.
- Mother forgot money was hidden - saving money for christys wheelchair
- Mother cares for Christy alot and aloud family to starve.
- His sister finds out she is pregnant - father shouts - emotion : anger. - starts screaming at his father gets angry and annoyed.

- Present: Talk to carer.
- Rude to her : "Dont need a fucking psychology lesson"
- She was a specialist in cerebal Pausy.
- Mother finds wheelchair for Christy and pays for it.
- Christy is taken to stay at a specialist place for disabled people - with cerebal pausy
- He felt uncomfortable staying there and felt he was being treated in a wrong way with younger children.
- Specialist gives Christy Hamlet to read - advanced book
- Meaning Christy has developed his learning skills and his up to a high level.
- He also understood hamlet well and enjoyed being taught and learning.
- As he developed on his paintings - had the opportunity to have his own exhibition of paintings -and was called a "cripple" painter. Shows of his talent.
-- DR.ELLIEN COLE.

-He was now able to have dinner with everyone - showing development in the way he is treated.
- Shows independence without his mother.
- He arguable fell in love with the specialist - angry about her marrying someone else - shows emotion.
- He has taken her love in the wrong way - becomes angry with everyone and ruins he layout of the resturant.
- '' ALL IS NOTHING THEREFORE NOTHING MUST END"
-- what Christy believed

- Mother never ever gave up on him - would be willing to do anything for her son
- Father helped continue to build the room - shows his one way of love. (as mother is the homemaker and cares for Christy more then the father)
- Father is lying on the floor (heart attack)
- More cannot open the door - Mother tells Christy to open it and he is capable of doing so and tries to help his father.
- Father dies ( Christy sings - everyone joins in)
- They started to argue as a man was rude about the "BROWNS" and their father.
- Christy told everyone his father would not like this - they listened at first.
- The guy then pushed out Christy's wheelchair from the pub (said: "we dont fight cripples")
- He then painted an image of his father - and as his brother tells him it is good he does not believe in his work.
- He then asks his brother to help him write his story of his life.

(BACK TO PRESENT)

- Flirts with carer that is looking after him at the hotel where he has to stay in a room and is able to have confidence is speech.
- He then shows Christy earning £800 (more then his father earnt in a year) he gave it to his mother - shows he is able to fend for himself and can care for hisself without the help of anyone.

- He fell for his carer and starts to argue with her and wants her to take him out but she does not feel confident in saying no to the idea of them to getting together - doesnt want to hurt his feeling.
- He then becomes aggressive again ( as he was about to be presented with his award)
- Capable of writing and achieved what he wanted to.
- Gives a flower which he received - (mother put it in his foot - links to poster)
- At the end the family goes home and leaves him to wait for the carer mary.
- Shows total independence and that he is able to now look after himself after all these years.
- Shows carer taking him out with champagne.

- Married mary and was shown as happy and was cared for by mary -- happy ending.