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Grace Short Term 12 Analysis

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Prompt: Explain why a particular novel, film, poem, or other work of art has been especially important to you. Be sure to emphasize what the work of art reveals about you. Online quizzes claim to have found the perfect algorithm to determine who each person is. There are quizzes created to determine who your celebrity boyfriend would be, or what Harry Potter house you are in. However, I discovered just who I am through the 97 minutes of Short Term 12. The film depicts the journey of Grace, the manager of a foster care facility for at-risk teens. Grace, while dealing with her own personal issues, connects with these kids who have unstable lives at home; she cares for the kids through their peaks and hardships. The film also carries a new meaning of home — one that doesn’t involve a physical structure so much as an …show more content…

One specific scene that piqued my interest was a heartfelt moment between Grace and a newer teen Jade. Grace is comforting Jade after she has a meltdown when Jade offers to show her a children's story she wrote. It tells the life of Nina, an octopus who systematically gives up all of her tentacles to a shark who convinces her that’s what friends do. It is also an allegory for the relationship between a victim and her abuser. Grace saw through the cryptic message to reveal the beast behind the mask — Jade was being abused. I remember feeling awestruck at the closing of the scene. My lungs felt heavy, and my face had a trace of a wondrous smile. However, it wasn’t until the conclusion of the film that I knew why I felt that way. As the credits rolled, and after witnessing such a raw and emotional intercommunication, I felt small. I felt there were so many big things going on in the world that I didn’t have time to worry about the small ones. If I used my attributes to connect with others then maybe, just maybe, I could do something a little

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