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China Syndrome Character Analysis

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Character Analysis In the movie China Syndrome Jack Godell was an engineer at the Ventana Power Plant where he showed the habit of seeking first to understand, then to be understood. The reason I think he showed this habit is because in the movie he was in the control room where an accident had occurred so he had to be investigated because other people didn’t think it was an accident. At the time he didn’t think anything was wrong but latter in the movie he then knew something was wrong, that it was more then just an accident but he didn’t want to say anything because his life was in danger if the word got out that the power plant wasn’t safe. While Jack hid in his house a reporter came knocking on the door to ask him some questions about what had happened that day back at the power plant. As he …show more content…

The reason I think this character also shows this habit is because in the movie Jack tells Ted that the accident that happened that day at the Power Plant was not a mistake but human error. At first Ted didn’t think much of it he just though that Jack needed time off of work. Until Jack sadly got killed he then realized that he should have listened to his friend, that what he was saying wasn’t just crazy talk but him trying to save hundreds of lives. Then finally he had the chance to say something when a reporter asked him if Jack was crazy or what he was claming was indeed right, then without hesitation Ted spoke up and told the reporter that Jack wasn’t crazy that he was trying to help save lives. This example shows the habit of seeking first to understand, then to be understood because Ted had to understand that what Jack was saying was the truth and that he was trying to help save lives. Then Ted him self wanted the world to understand that Jacks death wasn’t just a death of a crazy man but a man who cared about not himself but

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