Straight Story
Alvin Straight finds himself on this journey to visit his brother. As a man of his age one would think that he already knows who he is, and most people are set in their ways by the time they reach old age. Alvin on the other hand found out many things about himself. Simply the fact that he HAD to drive all the way there on his own, which meant it had to be on a lawn-mower was a great show of pride. But also it seemed as if maybe he never dealt with a lot of the pain in his life. During the encounter with the young girl we got to know a lot of his background about his family and their rural lifestyle. Then what was most suprising for me was that he shared his stories from the war with the other older man in the bar. He clearly is bothered by these memories every day of his life and it seemed as if he almost maybe got a sense of closure, or accepted what had happened for the first time. Alvin Straight definitely found himself on this journey.