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Kristin Copeland

Ms. Bolton

Literature, Film and the Media

3 May 2013

The Evolution o !elationships

"lmost everyone has heard the sayin#, $%ou &an't (ud#e a )oo* )y its &over+, )ut people

o ten ma*e that mista*e. The ha-shan* !edemption is a ilm -hi&h had its s&reenplay -ritten

)y Fran* ara)ont. /t is the story o t-o men -ho are inmates and ho- they survive the terri)le

prison system throu#h their riendship. "vatar is a s&ien&e i&tion ilm dire&ted )y ames

Cameron that tells a uturisti& tale o an e Marine named a*e ully -ho, throu#h the "vatar

pro#ram, learns to love and appre&iate nature. Beauty and the Beast is an animated ilm dire&ted

)y ary Trousdale and Kir* 4ise. /t is the &lassi& tale o a ma#i& spell &ast on a prin&e -ho

)e&omes a terri)le )east. 5e &aptures a )eauti ul #irl -ho he must #et her to all in love -ith

him or the spell -ill last orever. !elationships &han#e as people are in luen&ed )y the

&ir&umstan&es in their lives. ome a&tors that a e&t this &han#e in&lude time spent to#ether and

the opinions o others. The &han#in# o relationships &an )e &learly seen in The ha-shan*

!edemption, "vatar, and Beauty and the Beast.

4hen t-o people irst meet, they immediately &reate an impression o ea&h other in their

heads, )ased on the other's appearan&e, the -ay they tal*, or perhaps even thin#s they've heard

a)out the other person. $/ must admit / didn't thin* mu&h o "ndy irst time / laid eyes on him.

5e mi#ht'a )een important on the outside, )ut in here he -as (ust a little turd in prison #rays.

Loo*ed li*e a sti )ree6e &ould )lo- him over. That -as my irst impression o the man.+ 712,

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ara)ont8 These are the -ords o Ellis Boyd 9!ed9 !eddin# as he des&ri)es his irst impression

o "ndy. !ed o)viously -asn't very impressed -ith "ndy -hen he irst arrived, )ut it is ound

that !ed -as mista*en a)out "ndy. /n the movie "vatar, :eytiri's irst impression o a*e -as

that he -as (ust an immature human -ho -asn't very smart. 5er pre(udi&e a#ainst humans made

it easy to ma*e this ;ui&* (ud#ment. /n the animated eature Beauty and the Beast, Belle and the

Beast have mutual eelin#s o disli*e immediately. The Beast -as holdin# Belle's ather in

prison so o &ourse she had a )ad opinion o him. "ll o the irst impressions in these e amples

-ere ne#ative at irst )ut time sa- them &han#e into somethin# )etter over time.

Many people thin* they are ree o pre(udi&e. / they dis&over that they do, indeed, have

pre(udi&es, many a&tors &an help eliminate them. /n The ha-shan* !edemption, one o the

-ays that !ed's )ias a#ainst "ndy &han#ed -as -hen "ndy as*ed him to #et him a ro&* hammer.

"ndy (ust en(oyed dis&overin# ro&*s and he *ne- that !ed &ould #et the instrument or him.

This -as the )e#innin# o mutual interest and respe&t

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re ined, and &onsiderate and she responded #rate ully. Empathy and &ompassion are elements

that so ten relationships and al-ays improve them.

4hen a person )e#ins to empathi6e -ith another, it is the )e#innin# o understandin# and

relationship. 4alls are easily ere&ted -hen -e meet people. Trust is somethin# that is earned,

sometimes very slo-ly. "ndy -as mistreated )y some o the prisoners in The ha-shan*

!edemption. !ed &ould not help )ut eel sorry or him and did -hat little he &ould to help him.

:eytiri slo-ly starts to reali6e -hat a terri i& and &oura#eous #uy a*e is and even starts to all in

love -ith him. Beast #ives Belle his li)rary, a #esture that means a lot to Belle as )oo*s are her

avorite thin#. =n&e you #et past irst impressions, it is an adventure #ettin# to *no- a person.

!elationships &han#e over time )e&ause people #et to *no- one another )etter and they

&an see ea&h other's point o vie-. " ter a dismal )e#innin#, they may even all in love or

)e&ome )est riends. First impression are not al-ays a&&urate. Fa&tors that )rea* do-n

pre&on&eived ideas in&lude other people's opinions, len#th o time spent to#ether, and

&ompassion or human su erin#. Empathy and &ompassion )uild relationships.