In Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me if you Can, the main character, Frank Abagnale Jr. runs away at the age of sixteen after his parents split. After several years Frank is finally caught by Carl Hanratty. He is sentenced to life in prison but Carl gives him a chance to make things right. Frank goes to work for the FBI, helping with cheque fraud cases. In this scene we see the process of Frank getting away from Carl once again, using college students and a driver in a pilot suit. Several film techniques are used to show the theme of deception. People deceive others because it can make them feel better about themselves. Frank has deceived many people to get where he is. Techniques such as gestures, cross-cutting, lighting, and music help show deception. …show more content…
He thinks it’s normal. In this case, we see the combination of the song ‘Come Fly With Me’ and a yellow filter. This gives off positive connotations, as the song is upbeat and the colour yellow is associated with happiness. Frank feels powerful when wearing the uniform, he knows that people will respect and trust him. We see lighting and music come together at the end of the scene to show Frank’s mood, happy, knowing that he has got past Carl once again. When it cuts to Carl on the phone the song stops and the yellow filter goes away as Carl is flustered as he has still not caught Frank. Spielberg has done this to show us that Frank and Carl view this situation very differently. Frank is happy and confident with his plans, hence the filter. However, Carl if not feeling the positivity from Frank. Carl is struggling to keep calm even though Frank is slipping away. This shows that Frank has learnt that deceiving people is the only way to get the things you want in life. It’s as if Frank has ‘rose coloured’ glasses on. He is unaware of what he is doing and the consequences of his actions. He is unaware how he is hurting people, like Brenda and Carl. I think Frank is like this as he only likes to hear what he wants to hear and Frank won’t do anything for other people unless it is beneficial to him. Spielberg wants us to realise that us as a community, at some point, whether that be while under the influence, running from something or going through tough times, we will ‘abuse’ family, friends and other people to get what we want in life and not realising that we are hurting them in the process. We do this to hide our problems. The world as a whole, people want to feel like they are in power, and they do this by putting others down when they feel threatened or
While working as a paper boy he has many adventures, but he manages to raise the money for a ticket on a boat that took him back to New York. Frank faces many battles through out the story, but he always looked at the brighter side of things and did not let himself get put down. He says, "Sing your song. Dance your dance. Tell your tale.
Frank Cray alleges during his testimony at the trial that Baptiste and Peterson left the bar after the drink was spilled, and when they attempted to come back in the bouncer would not allow them to re-enter. At this point Baptiste came to the door and somehow cut Frank, who allegedly turned his back when he saw Baptiste approach with a shiny object. Frank claims at this point he returned to the bar to put pressure on the cut he had received to the back of his neck. While sitting at the bar, someone reportedly told him his brother Jason was getting beat up outside. He then allegedly went to help his brother who was on the ground surrounded by four men.
Even after he arrests him he is still trying to protect the family name. He brought Frank to his house, and locked him in the basement. He tells his wife and David as soon as they returned home. “He’s in the basement. Godamn it don’t
A little while after the argument in Wesley's house, a close friend of the grandfather came to Wesley's home and tried to break Frank free. At this moment Wesley was not around, it was only David and his mother occupying their house. The mother had to fire shotgun pellets just to keep the four men from breaking into their house. After the incident the mother argued, "Let him do whatever he wants to do to whomever he wants. I don’t care anymore.
Frank isn't just a war hero, he is also the doctor in town and everyone is happy to have him there because of his great success. Or are they? " The reason, Wesley, the reason Marie didn't want to be examined by Frank is that
For instance, when there is no food and Frank’s mother is sick, Frank has to resort to stealing food in order to feed himself and his family. After stealing bread and lemonade from Kathleen O’Connell’s shop he reflects “I'm worn out trying to make ends meet, keeping the home fires burning, getting lemonade for Mam and bread for my brothers”(240). This shows that even at the age of 11 Frank is able to cope with his circumstances. He is willing to do anything necessary to take care of him and his family even if that means exhausting himself. Continuing, Frank’s need for money also forces him to make adult like decisions.
No, he had some adults help spread the message of him and his friends all in different ways. When Frank was young, the Board of Education in his school town fired five black teachers for telling the kids about voting and rights. This was what started the fire in Frank’s head. He started protesting on the actions. Seeing the students protest shows the Board something they should regret.
Frank committed a large scale crime, and was sent to a higher security prison. When Frank arrived, he learned the Penitentiary was unforgiving and broke spirits. “His lips were colorless, his fine teeth looked yellowish. He glanced at Alexandra sullenly, blinked as if he had come from a dark place, and one eyebrow twitched continuously” (Cather 103) Frank was portrayed as the antagonist in the entire book, except readers will sympathize for Frank
In the movie Frank Abagnale Jr. did a lot of potentially wrong things that did ruined his teenage life, but there are different opinions on whether or not Frank did do the right thing. Even though some people may not agree, I believe that Frank Abagnale actions in the movie was particularly not the most beneficial thing to do. Foremost, with his parents getting a divorce he wanted to get everything back to what it was, thinking about that he cashed various cheques into multiple banks. Secondly, Frank was emotionally abusing two people in particular; Brenda Strong and Carl Hanratty. Most importantly, he lied to almost every he met in the movie about his life his personal information etc.
Frank’s passion never ceased, even during his transition into becoming an
In the case of eric he got the harshest form of punishment compared to the rest of the characters in this book, frankly, Eric deserved this form of punishment and it only strengthens the fact that you can’t get away with lying someone is going to find out someday. This was an important part of the book because it clearly shows that lies can break a person and you can learn a lot about Eric’s personality just from looking at this sentence. A fifth and final way lies and deceit is a significant theme in this book is the ending. Near the end of the book, mom has a meeting with all of the other citizens of Lake Windsor Downs and discloses that Eric and Arthur have been stealing from other people and gave some items away. This was the most significant event in this book that showed lies and deceit.
In his book, Frank states, “I know when Dad does the bad thing. I know when he drinks the dole money and Mam is desperate and has to beg at the St. Vincent de Paul Society and ask for credit at Kathleen O'Connell's shop but I don't want to back away from him and run to Mam. How can I do that when I'm up with him early every morning with the whole world asleep? He lights the fire and makes the tea and sings to himself or reads the paper to me in a whisper that won't wake up the rest of the family.” (Angela’s Ashes, Chapter 8).
Frank beat Albert as well as Charlotte, Albert’s mother. One particular incident involved Frank beating Albert with a lead pipe. From these incidents, the police knew the DeSalvo’s very well, as they had arrested Frank numerous times. The money that Charlotte made as a seamstress fueled Frank’s alcohol addiction. This addiction lead to his inclination to prostitutes, and frequently abused their services.
However, Frank was very well known and had lots of connections so they couldn't pin anything concerning drugs against him. In a short period of time 10 people were arrested but they still couldn't tie Frank back to any drug operation until his nephew broke the code of secrecy and started giving up information about the location of where drugs were being sold. Richard gathered enough evidence to take Frank to trial, and at trial the jury turned in a guilty verdict and he was sentenced to 70 years in prison. Frank only served a couple months until he became an informant and started to
The way I see it, Frank shares many similar characteristics to Richard. In class we discussed the opening scene for Richard III. The audience becomes seduced into wanting to learn more about Richard and his plan to rule the throne