Back To The Future Analysis

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Ben Slingo
Mr. Mahler
Heroes and Monsters
26 October 2015
Back to the Future: What Values is it Trying to Teach Through the Transformation of Marty?
In Back to the Future there are multiple themes, and values that it seems to be attempting to show through Marty’s transformation as hero. A few values that are in the film are no one is bulletproof people will need help to get through the certain situation(s) of their weakness(es). There is no denying the fact that no person can do everything; it seems like an illusion if people think that they’re invisible and can do anything, but the fact is there is something in the world that is unachievable alone and there is something that someone else has a strength to counter the weakness(es). Zameckis’ …show more content…

Marty goes back to 1955 which is an adventure in itself because the car ran out of its fuel and needed 1.21 gigawatts of electricity to power the time machine to take him back to 1985. Since Marty knows nothing about the Machine Doc built, he sets out to find the doc; which the doc tells Marty that plutonium that powered the time machine hasn’t been invented yet which to Marty’s surprise the only thing that can generate enough power to send him back to present day is a bolt of electricity (Back to the Future). Marty is a pretty lucky guy because lightning doesn’t happen everyday, and fortunately a week from the day he arrived there was a major event in the town of Hill Valley that destroyed the clock tower which he needed to use to get back to the future. With Doc’s help they create this hook-like metal object to attach to the top of the car that runs along the line and Marty needs to hit the target area at eighty-eight miles per hour for the car to be struck by the lightning sending him to the future. Doc is a major influence for Marty, and he definitely helped Marty get back to present day. Without Doc’s help Marty would not have been able to get back to the future resulting in him not being born and the future would have been altered

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