Comparison Documentary-RA 10/1/07

The movie "Roger and Me," gave me a good look at what a small town can look like. I had no idea that there were people to determine what season you were, that is a little odd, and that people actually sell live and dead rabbits out of their own home. What surprised me the most was that they were so ignorant, and I felt so sorry for people who had no idea that they could live a better life. They had no idea of where to go in life, especially after General Motors. It seemed as though the people of Flint, kept using that as an excuse to not move ahead. "Ragged Dick," however was poor, and could hardly make a living, and he still was able to save a boy from drowning when it could have cost him his life. I was shocked when I read that Mr. Rockwell gave him a job, and to find that when Dick got home, someone had broken in. So, I think that good deeds pay off in the end. I like the story of Dick a lot better, a man getting back up on his feet, due to the courtesy of a stranger, and most of all his own bravery. It is not very realistic, no, a man would pay a high price for his child, but only a handful of men would give a person who saved their child a job. I feel that the movie is more realistic, because it shows what can happen to people when they give up. I think that this doesn't happen as much as we think it does, but these are real people and it is a documentary. It is real, and dick's story is less likely to happen in our everyday lives. So, I think that the documentary is more real, due to the fact that it shows what can happen to a town, and the reading is just a story.