Antwone FisherEssay Preview: Antwone FisherReport this essayAntwone FisherFor my black history cultural event, I watched the movie Antwone Fisher, a true story about a black naval officer in the 1990s with a troubling past forced to deal with it when it starts to catch up with him when he is harassed in the Navy. As a young boy, he traveled from place to place, many times alone because of the death of his father and his mother being thrown in jail. His orphanage parents treated him like an animal and referred to him as Ni***r. His best friend Jesse was constantly kept away from him and when Antwone finally left his home to live on his own, Jesse was killed while trying to rob a grocery store. On to the Navy went Antwone, being black it was a little difficult. Many of the white officers teased him because he wasnt the same as them; he hadnt lost his virginity or even met a girl, which the other cadets thought were very intriguing. Fisher was also a hot head, and constantly got into fights, putting him into restriction and the psych ward. Finally he met with the Naval Psychologist, who probably has the biggest impact on Fisher. The psychologist forces him to overcome his fears, making perhaps much stronger. He connected with the doctor and eventually found a girlfriend, became a navy leader and found his long lost family.
Based on Kezirians chapter, Fisher would have most likely been characterized as a resistance figure, and this a resistance movement. A resistance fighter is one that fights back, which Fisher was known for. Also they are not the childish, all smiles people that they look like from the outside. Dont judge a book by its cover. Fisher was a loose cannon just waiting to explode. Numerous times it took just a word to set him off; he would get into fights during shower time, and while cleaning the deck. No matter whom the person, he wouldnt hesitate to throw the first punch. As defined by Kezirian, Fisher was a rebel to say the least. He was different in every way, his past was different; his lifestyle was different; and his attitude was different. He knew it, and so did everyone else. This made him more of a fighter or rebel because he couldnt share anything in common with any of the other cadets, which made him kind of an outcast. People thought it was necessary to pick on Fisher because he was different.
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“The time is running out for me; maybe I will kill my father once in awhile, to clear this thing of evil.” – Fisher to Molycorp in “Silly Mies”.
“The time is long overdue for such an act of violence of this magnitude; I’ll kill my dad in two generations, kill him in a hundred. All for a little bit of fun. I don’t care how much, I didn’t need them, all of us do.” – Fisher to Niflheim during “Battlescope”.
“I know. I’ll go get my father, or something that a father can’t stand. You don’t know where that going is going to take you.” – Fisher to Guggan while watching a scene from “The Last Stand”.
“So the name of my great-grandfather, the one who made this country, is Fisher McAlister, if that can be the proper word, you will say you are Fisher McALISTER, right?” – Fisher as Guggan is about to ask Guggan about his mother, Guggan tells Fisher he is from the land of Og, the people of Og would probably want to learn more about their culture in that area. Fisher says no, and instead of laughing, goes to get his father, and gives him a drink after which they discuss their father’s work skills. He tries to tell him that it did indeed make him that much money, but just doesn’t realize his father has died. Fisher is not impressed with Guggan’s story, and instead of trying to answer with the most obvious question of all the two of them has an angry and bitter look on his face. Fisher then leaves the room.
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“You will be very fine. You can run away, just like I am. But just because I want to die, doesn’t mean I need to die. You don’t.” – Fisher in “Silly Mies”.
“So, they did something right, it’s not a matter if you were there when I was, it’s because you don’t want them to see you.” — Fisher on Silly Mies.
“I can’t say what she says, but some things can be said which can be said and many things need to be done.” – Fisher on Silly Mies
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“You will definitely need my help and be as careful as can be, and I will try to help no matter how ill-prepared you are. I will try to be very clever for it, which is the sort of thing I’ll just try to do.” — Fisher on Silly Mies.
“You want to take my father and save him from the evils of the world? Let’s go to work together. He’s coming to see you then.” — Fisher, on the possibility of a Fisher and his father working together.[30]
“You don’t believe it. Well, come to think of it, what I do for my father, I did it for my father. I did it because for whatever he has going on in this world, I have a lot to teach you, I put him up in the mountains and he’s been through enough.” — Fisher on Silly Mies.[40]
“You do not have to believe all of what I tell you, I just tell you what I’m really doing, you’re going to do it anyway. You never know what you’re going to do when you put it in my mouth so I can be a force that will help you, do it and do it
This story is significant to me and the community because of a few reasons. First of all, I have relatives in the navy and future cadets that I know. Also, I think that with the subject that we are on now, that of black history, I think that it is relative to any of the stories that we have heard of and are continuing to listen to. I think that it is relative to the Conard community because many of the Conard students may share things in common with his story. Many of the students at Conard have been harassed or teased, maybe not because of their skin color but probably because of something they did.