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The Blind Side (2009)
a. Exposition: Should he be helped or not?
b. Climax: “He changed my life.”
                   Forget everything is possible.
c. Resolution: Family helps each other without reasons. 

"Based on the true story of Leigh Anne and Sean Tuohy who take in a homeless teenage African-American, Michael "Big Mike" oher. Michael has no idea who his father is and his mother is a drug addict. Michael has had little formal education and few skills to help him learn. Leigh Anne soon takes charge however as is her nature,  ensuring that the young man has every opportunity to succeed. When he expresses an interest in football, she goes all out to help him, including giving the coach a few ideas on how best to use Michael's skills. They not only provide him with a loving home, but hire a tutor to help him imporve his grades to the point where he would qualify for an NCAA Division I athletic scholarship. Michael Oher was the first-round pick of the Baltimore Ravens in the 2009 NFL draft." --- IMDb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvqj_Tk_kuM

How to find climax? 
a. Parallel to exposition
b. ex: Why should Charlotte be saved? 
          B/c he got friends.

The Help (2010)
a. Sisterhood: Sisterhood of travelling pants
b. “You is kind. You is smart. You is important.” 
     à spoken by African-American maid
     à showing lovec. Subjectivity: 黑人的事情由黑人自己講、女人主義由女人自己講 

"Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives -- and a Mississippi town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter's best firend's house keeper, is the first to open up -- to the dismay of her friends in the tigh-knit black community. Despite Skeeter's life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories -- and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friends are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themsevles when they become unwittingly -- and unwillingly -- caught up in the changing times." --- IMDb 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbuKgzgeUIU

Related Vocabulary
a. Blue collar: a working class person who performs manual labour. It may involve skilled or
                        unskilled manufacturing, mining, sanitation, custodian work, oil field,
                        construction, mechanical maintenance, warehousing, firefighting, technical
                        installation and many other types of physical work. 
b. White collar: a person who performs professional, managerial, or administrative work, such
                        as performing in an office, cubicle, or other administrative settings. 
c. Pink collar: performing jobs in the service industry. 
d. Scoop (muckraker) 耙糞記者，又稱作黑幕揭發記者，是指美國 19 世紀末 20 世紀初掀起的一股新聞報導浪潮。

What Dreams May Come
a. Encounter “what have you found? Have you found…?” 
b. Commitment (family, love, life, lost)
c. Who are you? (dream/adventure)
d. Turning point: death do us apart (1998)

"Chris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, his wife, Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven." --- IMDb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmZ-FuBThuQ