Antwone Fisher

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Last night we watched a movie called Antwone Fisher. It was about an African-American male who had been abandoned as a child by his parents. His father was shot and killed and his mother was in prison; where he was born. Ever since Fisher was a child, he was bullied. The bullying started when he was a child in his foster home. 

In that home Fisher had 2 foster brothers, his foster parents Mr. and Mrs. Tate and a foster cousin. Fisher was mainly bullied by Mrs. Tate and his foster cousin, they tortured him by beating him, calling him the "N" word and his cousin made him please her in sexual ways. One day Fisher got tired of all of this and ran away to Jessy's house, Jessy was Fisher's best friend and the only one he could count on. When Fisher got older he decided to go into the United States Navy and even there, he was bullied. Because Fisher was bullied so much in the Navy he was always in trouble for fighting. In result of him fighting so much he had to start seeing a psychologist. 

Denzel Washington played the psychologist in this movie. During the first few sessions, Fisher refused to talk but eventually he opened up and began to express all of the anger and hurt he was feeling inside. After talking with the doctor for a couple of weeks, Fisher began to develop a relationship with him and that made him want to open up to the doctor even more. The doctor encouraged Fisher to go find his real family, even though his father was dead. When he went back home, he had the wonderful opportunity of finding his aunts, uncles, and a host of cousins. They all welcomed Fisher with open arms and warm smiles. Even though Fisher's father was dead he still found people who wanted him and who loved him which is what he had been missing all of his life. 

In the end Fisher never developed a relationship with his mother but he did go see her and expressed his feelings to her, even though she didn't have words to say to him you could see the hurt and pain in her face. I think Fisher meeting his family brought closure to his life. It seems as if he was missing that piece all along but all he really wanted to know was that someone cared that he existed and I think he found that after meeting his father's side of the family.