Cinderella man

1.  Certain events are described as Cinderella stories is because they are stories that are never meant to happen.  The Cinderella story itself shows that a house maid can become the brightest princess the world has ever seen.  James Braddock was supposed to be done with fighting because he retired but returned and started winning which was never supposed to happen.  The story of James Braddock is very inspiring because he was the people's fighter.  He struggled as much as anybody did during the great depression.  When he was winning fights again he turned his government loans even though he was not required to.  Braddock was a public icon during those hard times.

2.  If my family were starving and there was absolutely no way to get food or help otherwise then stealing is the last resort to survival.  If a member of my family was literally about to die and I had no other way to help them but steal then I would do it.  Braddock's son thought there was no other way to get food or money however, his father worked in the docks to get money for food.  James Braddock understood that stealing wasn't the only way to get food in these hard times.

3.  In Hollywood movies there always has to be some kind of antagonist in the story.  Besides that fact I believe it was very disrespectful for the filmmakers to portray him the way they did in the movie.  The movie makes it seem that James Braddock was the only "good guy" fighter in the entire tri-state area.  Every guy Braddock fought seemed to look mean and very unlikeable.  I think the filmmakers could have portrayed Max Baer fairly and at least should have showed that Max Baer was depressed for killing a man in the ring.

4.  I thought the scene showed that James Braddock was out of all his options and that begging for money was the only way he could keep his kids.  Braddock was very brave to go beg for money and I think most people just felt sorry for him.  I also believe that some people who gave him money believed that he could come back to the ring and still fight.  I find it very admirable that he did this.