Stand by Mer

The film Stand By Me directed by Rob Reiner is about four best friends Gordi Lachance , Chris Chambers, Vern Tessio and Teddy Duchamp who go for an adventure to find the dead body of the missing local boy Ray Brower. Through their journey they discover their true identity. Reiner presents four main themes in the film Death, Masks, Growing up and Friendship. Death is presented through many ways like Gordi’s reaction to the death of his brother Denny. It is also presented through the ways each of the four boys reacted about finding the body of Ray Brower. Masks in the film were exposed through all the characters in a way of hiding who they really were, and their feelings. Growing up is presented with each four boys in the film, and it changed each characters personality and their perspective of life. Friendship was the most important theme in the film it is shown through each the four boys, and how they have grown closer throughout their journey in the film.

Death is presented through many ways like Gordi’s reaction to the death of his brother Denny.   The impact of Denny’s death was huge for Gordi, because his relationship with Denny was strong. It also had an impact on his parents. Before the death of Denny, Gordi’s parents portrayed Denny to be the star of the family the sporty one.   Whereas Gordi was the one in the family which kept to himself, and he was the one who wrote stories. His parents never paid much attention to Gordi. An example of this was when the whole family was at the dinner table talking about Denny’s football game and how there was going to be scouts coming to watch him. When Gordi asks his father for the potatoes he just ignores him. Reiner has a close up shot to show the expression of Gordi’s face. Denny then tries to include Gordi into their conversation and tells his parents about the stories Gordi had wrote. But they just ignore him and keep talking about Denny’s football career. When Denny died his parents felt as if they had nothing...