considerate male protagonist

Reginald 2022-04-20 09:01:18

When Leon appeared, the male protagonist's past and present life explained clearly. The two conversations are full of mixed feelings, and the emotional relationship of the male protagonist is vividly shown in the director's few strokes.

The male protagonist is a responsible person. He pays the rent for his parents, raises a stupid wife, and also a man who marries him 'for his own good'. However, his income is limited, how can the male protagonist bear these? Life is really Oops, if you have money, you can solve these problems. The male lead thinks so. It is not the case.

The wife with whom she has children, is an idiot. A beloved lover does not love himself. leon is the only one who understands his pain, but is stingy in giving comfort. He didn't buy into what he paid for him. Of course, if he gave him money, he would still accept it.

The mother is a person who talks to herself, and the father is the person who pushes the wrong on others. Perhaps because he doesn't want to resemble his father, the male protagonist attributes all his misfortune to himself, even if it's not his fault sometimes. This is the male protagonist's thoughtfulness. He treats others well, but he dares not ask others to treat him well.

This kind of loss that has nowhere to put in life is probably not because of money.

In the end, the male protagonist instinctively said "don't shoot me". Everything has been settled. He failed his partner. Looking at his partner's body, he felt guilty. Does the male protagonist empathize with the people around him because he also has that side of the people around him?

The film shows a lot of content, and the story is not interesting, but it is very successful in shaping the male protagonist.

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Extended Reading
  • Carmine 2022-03-23 09:01:25

    Totally empathetic to a robber and drawn to his fate, from nervousness to despair

  • Clotilde 2022-03-15 09:01:02

    The first half had a lot of laughs, but the second half suddenly became serious. I got used to this contrast, and I felt very deep inside.

Dog Day Afternoon quotes

  • Leon: I couldn't explain the things I did. So I went to this psychiatrist who told me that I was a woman trapped in a man's body. Well, so, right away Sonny wanted to get me money for a sex change operation: but where was he going to get that? 2,500 dollars. My God, he was in hock up to his ears already.

  • Sonny: [on a TV broadcast over the phone] I'm robbing a bank because they got money here. That's why I'm robbing it.

    TV Anchorman: No, what I mean is why do you feel you have to steal for money? Couldn't you get a job?

    Sonny: Uh, no. Doing what? You know if you want a job you've got to be a member of a union. See, and if you got no union card you don't get a job.

    TV Anchorman: What about non-union occupations?

    Sonny: What's wrong with this guy? What do you mean non-union, like what? A bank teller? You know how much a bank teller makes a week? Not much. A hundred and fifteen to start, right? Now are you going to live on that? I got a wife and a couple of kids, how am I going to live on that? What do you make a week?

    TV Anchorman: Well I'm here to talk to you Sonny...

    Sonny: Well I'm talking to you. We're entertainment, right? What do you got for us?

    TV Anchorman: Well what do you want to get for it? Do you expect to be paid because...

    Sonny: No, I don't want to be paid, I don't need to be paid. Look, I'm here with my partner and nine other people, see. And we're dying, man. You know? You're going to see our brains on the sidewalk, they're going to spill our guts out. Now are you going to show that on television? Have all your housewives look at that? Instead of As The World Turns? I mean what do you got for me? I want something for that.

    TV Anchorman: Sonny, you could give up?

    Sonny: Give up? Right. Have you ever been in prison?

    TV Anchorman: No!

    Sonny: No! Well let's talk about something you fucking know about, okay? How much do you make a week? That's what I want to hear. Are you going to talk to me about that?

    [a "Please Stand By" graphic appears on the TV screen]

    Sonny: Hey, what the fuck happened?

    Mulvaney: I guess he didn't appreciate your use of language.

    Sonny: Fuck him.