Three Sons In The Movie example essay topic

Tiffany Lindsey History 102- Movie Review 9-25-02 The movie that I choose to review was the movie Legends of the Fall. This movie is a story about a family that has three very different sons. This movie represents the passions of family values, of love, and of honor. The family values begin with the father who is called throughout the movie as The Colonel. The Colonel fought in the army for many years. Toward the end of his career, he fought in the American-Indian War.

He ended his career with seeing the slaughter of thousands of Indians. He said that there was no more horror then seeing the children and women slaughtered like pigs. The Colonel tried very hard to protect his sons from the politics of the world, which was one reason why the family lived out in the country. The wife of the Colonel said that the winters were getting too cold for her, and at that note, she left the countryside to go live in the city.

The three sons in the movie were all quite different from each other. Alfred who was the oldest, was the realistic character in the movie. Alfred will later become a politician and fight in the war. Triston was the middle son, and the wildest. Triston had the heart of a bear but the looks of a cat. He was always out looking for death, for he did not believe in waiting for it to come to him.

He was also the Colonel's favorite son. Samuel was the youngest son and the most protected. He could not do much of anything without having one of his brothers right on his back helping him. In the beginning of the movie, we find that Samuel is engaged to a woman named Susanna. Susanna, in my opinion, becomes the reason why the family keeps falling throughout the movie. On October 14, 1914, the three sons leave home to go fight in the war.

Obviously, this is against what the father wants, for he does not believe in fighting war or the cause for it. Throughout the war scene, the three boys are mesmerized by how different the war scene is to what they thought. In the war section of the movie, Samuel is killed. Triston cuts out his heart and sends in home with Alfred, who is injured in the leg. Triston is dismissed from the Army but must go to a hospital for mental illness. When Triston finally arrives home, Susanna is still living at the house.

Alfred has already told her that he loves her and she has said that she does not love him back. Triston finally makes his move on Susanna, and it works, they both fall in love. Soon after, Triston becomes mentally ill again and leaves for an extended amount of time. Susanna tells Triston that she will wait for him forever, because she loves him very much.

Triston writes a letter a few months later and tells her to find another husband, because he has become a hunter and has died inside. Many seasons pass, and the Colonel is hit by a stroke. He still lives but he loses his speech and much of his normal stature. Triston finally returns home and he seems to be content. He finds out that Susanna has married Alfred and now lives in a mansion style house in Helena. Alfred is now a senator and is very high on himself.

Triston marries, has two children and seems to be enjoying life for the first time. Toward the end of the movie, Triston, his father and his brother Alfred become a family like they used to be. Susanna has killed herself because she could not have Triston. Triston dies an old man by a bear attack the same bear that was said to be in his heart.