Jake LaMotta Essays

Raging Bull is the 1980 biopic drama adapted from Jake LaMotta’s memoir Raging Bull, directed by Martin Scorsese. It stars Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta, an Italian American middleweight boxer whose jealousy, paranoia and rage make him into a ticking-time bomb, slowly destroying his relationships with his wife, and family while at the same time eating him up inside, leading his life in a slow but sure downward spiral. It is through the use of violence and jealousy, slow motion, and the idea of weight

The article "Is Jake Paul Bad for Boxing?" by Dotun Akintoye explores the controversial figure of Jake Paul and his impact on the sport of boxing. Jake Paul is a controversial figure in the sport of boxing, with many in the boxing world condemning him for his lack of experience and professionalism. He is a controversial person in boxing because he has very little experience as a professional boxer, but he has managed to generate a significant amount of attention and money through his fights. Many

In Michel Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, a couple, Joel Barrish and Clementine Kruzynski, relationship has taken a turn for the worst decides to undergo a memory erasing surgery and later end up dating each other again. Throughout this movie, one of the partners regrets their decision after realizing he still loves his partner and desperately tries to stop the surgery but fails. Due to the Joel and Clementine failure to reverse the procedure, they fall in love again. As due to their

The Zodiac Legacy, The Dragons Return, written by Stan Lee. Is a book about a teenager who has wielded the power of the tiger zodiac for about a year. His team in this book went to go save a man named Carlos but the team hadn't I believe Stan Lee wrote this book to continue to just write books. I believe the main point of this book is to. Show what can happen to someone if they have to much of something. By that I mean that, that something can consume their mind or physical state. What I constantly

The choices you make will always have consequences and those consequences can always affect your most loved ones in the novel Montana 1948 , the Hayden's boys take advantage of their last name, the choices that Frank the doctor of Bentrock made ends ups leading a big events of family problems, the event that happened that summer in that small town will forever hunt David childhoods and the Hayden's family. There is sometimes a person that can no longer remain loyal even to a family member.

The analysis of the reflections of society in Zootopia Zootopia is one of many of Disney and Pixar’s most celebrated productions. The animated film is the sixth highest-grossing animated movies of all time. Set in a world of anthropomorphic animals the movies protagonist is a young rabbit named Judy Hopps who comes from a small town with the dreams of becoming a police officer. When coming of age, Judy leaves her hometown to pursue her dream by going to live in Zootopia a city where anyone can become

In the book Surviving the Applewhites, written by Stephanie S. Tolan, a boy named Jake, who is an absolute delinquent, and recently burned down a school he was going to, is taken in by a homeschool in Wits End, ran by a creative yet crazy family named The Applewhites. Jake goes through the story meeting and gaining relationships with the whole family, then ultimately discovers he loves to sing, and that he doesn’t have to be a bad person. There are many different themes, but only one main theme.

of age film. Using familiar themes of alienation and rebellion and first-love, Kelly employs humor, time travel, and a six-foot-tall bunny rabbit who alone sets the creepy tone that is present throughout Donnie Darko. The cast is star-studded with Jake Gyllenhaal playing the lead as Donnie Darko, Maggie Gyllenhaal as Donnie’s sister, Mary McDonnell as Donnie’s mother, as well as Drew Barrymore and the late Patrick Swayze cast as smaller roles. Categorized as a teen coming of age slash science fiction

On Friday, February 16th, Dave Meltzer reported that WWE is interested in signing New England Patriots Tight End Rob Gronkowski to the company. In the report, Meltzer said that the company is willing to offer a similar style deal to Gronkowski that they offered to Ronda Rousey. After the Super Bowl loss, Gronkowski took to the podium saying that he is going to think about his career. With retirement questions looming, should Rob Gronkowski join the WWE once he decides to call it a career? Even though

In Walt Whitman's poem Song to Myself, he stresses the importance of people, but more specifically himself. This of one of egocentric poems in human history as he begins with "I celebrate myself" (1:1). In some form or another, Whitman elaborates on Me, Myself, and I in all fifty-two sections of the poem. He mentions that "Welcome is every organ and attribute of me, and of any man hearty and clean, / Not an inch is vile, and none shall be less familiar/ than the rest" (5:20-23). But as he is enjoying

character Jake LaMotta goes through a long and grueling conflict with himself in the search for sanity. The victories and titles that he spends his whole life searching after wind up ruining his life and destroying the relationships he cherished the most. The problem that Jake faces the most is his lack of humility and his personified arrogance, also known as hubris. As Jake’s life and career progress, his inability to control this hubris lead him to rock bottom. The consequences Jake encounters

between the two movies will detailed in the first paragraph and the difference will be detailed in the second paragraph. Raging bull (1980) and Rocky (1976), both are sports movies about boxing. Boxing is the game violent but pay well. Jake LaMotta (Robert De Niro) is the main actor in raging bull. Boxing is his Profession. Boxing contracts are taken by his brother, his life of boxing. He never refuse a boxing contract. He likes to fight, he is certain that he is the best. He does not suspect

middleweight titles six times with a record of 173 wins, 19 losses, 6 draws, 2 no contests, 108 KO’s (knockouts), and never once suffered a 10 count in his professional career. Robinson also fought all of the top boxers of his time such as Carmen Basilio, Jake LaMotta, and many more, unlike Mayweather who cherry-picked and avoided most top fighters who posed a threat to his undefeated record (Augustyn, Smith). First

Basilio, Jake LaMotta, Rocky Graziano, Gene Fullmer and Fritzie Zivic. Sugar was so efficient that he won his first fighter of the year award in 1942 and his second fighter of the year award in 1951. He became pro in 1940 and won his first 40 fights before losing against Jake LaMotta. He wouldn't loose for another eight years. During Sugars time as a welterweight he won against Jimmy Doley, Chuck Taylor, Bernard Docusen, Gavilan, and Charlie Fusari. In 1951 Sugar challenged LaMotta. Sugar overwhelmed

a self destructive, highly emotional boxer named Jake La Motta as he battles through life. As his fierce attitude and violent temper takes him to the top of ring it ruins his family and life outside of boxing. Throughout the film we discussed the importance of the cinematography through out the film and why it played such an important role in developing “Raging bull”. Also the theme of anger and violence is displayed throughout the film. Jake never changes, from start to finish he is an emotional

viewer intimately with only one character. Often, this is used to extract more empathy from the audience, especially if the character at hand would be disliked otherwise. For instance, in Martin Scorsese’s film, Raging Bull, the main character, Jake LaMotta, is an aggressive Italian boxer. As a clearly flawed character, he makes some poor decisions but since Scorsese puts the audience into his mindset, then the viewer can at least understand the motives behind LaMotta’s actions. Meanwhile, omniscient

Recently, in Dr. Buttino’s Moviemakers and Scholars Series class we had the privilege of watching a documentary film called, Fighting the Mob: The Story of Carmen Basilio. In perspective, this was very special because the story is held dearest by our own, Dr. Buttino, as he was directly involved in the story and in the making of the film. The ESPN documentary, Fighting the Mob: The Story of Carmen Basilio, was created to inform the American people about the corruption involved in the sport of boxing