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Boyhood Hope Floats Movie Analysis

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Life, the longest event any human will experience. Many people spend their entire lives trying differentiate themselves. Whether we are trying to cure a disease or break a world record, we will find a way. However, I would like to pose a question. Are our lives really that different? The movie Boyhood, Hope Floats, and the play Our Town all show us just how similar the events of our lives really are. Movies are often used to play with our emotions. This is especially evident in the movie Boyhood. This movie follows the character through their lives and tries excessively hard to be as close to real human life as it can. In the movie, the son asks why his mother would marry someone who is horrible to her. She responds “ So you could have
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