400 Blows- French film

The French film, The 400 Blows, directed by Francois Truffaut, is to the highest degree a troubled young male child named Antoine Doinel, who attempts to find meaning in his life because he has not been given the acceptance and respect for who he re solelyy is, which would enable him to become his real self. Antoine gains a sense of qualm of his produce when he sees her kissing some other man, cheating on Antoines stepfather, which compromises their relationship.Antoines main motive in the film is to find lawful value in his life, but he loses his desire to strive for a career as a writer after his teacher humiliates him for plagiarizing Balzac, and he realizes that his mothers offer to give him 1,000 francs if he gets a considerably grade on his paper is merely a bribe to maintain him from telling his stepfather nearly her affair. In the film, Antoine is shown as a troubled boy who is not being raised hale by his mother.Since Antoine was born to an unaffectionate mother, he cannot be blamed for the choices he makes. Antoines mother doesnt accept who Antoine is because she never valued Antoine to exist in the first place, which is wherefore she has no respect for Antoine from the start. When Antoines mother is introduced in the film, she treats Antoine as if he was nothing more than an inferior child and a mistake.Antoines mother doesnt play her role as an accepting mother because she doesnt give Antoine any guidance at that placefore she prevents Antoine from becoming the person he wants to be. In the scene where Antoine and Rene skip condition, Antoine sees his mother making out with another man therefore he gets the impression that his mother is not neat to the family. It triggers Antoines mistrust for his mother. Afterwards, his mother decides to be deceptive toward Antoine by bribing and set kind towards him in order to get him not to talk about her affair.Although his mother is nice to Antoine for the first era in the film, giving Antoin e fearful advice, Antoine isnt surprised by the mothers new appearance because he knows what his mother is trying to do, as we can see by the look of his eyes when she is talking to him. Antoine, feeling that he has to do well on the essay, decides to read a story by Balzac and for the first time he is motivated by what hes reading about. For Antoine, it was a way for him to discover who he really is by reading star of Balzacs works.Antoine is inspired by Balzacs line, Eureka, Ive found it, so he decides to place a picture of Balzac in a console table and light a candle by the picture, suggesting his admiration for Balzac. In class, Antoine has an delegate essay to write about and he chooses to copy Balzacs work, which he believed offered him a chance to succeed as a writer and possibly live a better life since he was concentrating on his school work for once like his mother expected him to, after the bring off they made.Later, while Antoine was having dinner with his parents, they discovered that the cabinet where Antoine placed the candle chthonian the picture of Balzac was on fire. The cabinet going on fire sensation Antoines ability to be blindsided because his stepfather questioned why he would light the cabinet on fire. At class the teacher decides to embarrass Antoine for plagiarizing Balzacs work, which tarnishes all of Antoines hard work, even his will to succeed. Furthermore, since Antoine couldnt get a good grade on his essay like he concur with his mother, his path to criminal behavior began.From there, Antoine knew that his parents would now want his future to be in the military because his life wasnt going anywhere. All Antoine wanted was just to see the ocean, he tells Rene. The ocean is symbolic of life. Now that there was no turning back for Antoine, his increasing criminal behavior leads him to the remark Center, where his path to success fades. Antoine accepting the bribe and the humiliation he trustworthy in class prevented him from becoming a better person and formation his own character.Antoine loses what he wants to achieve because of his mother trying to bribe him and his teacher for degrading Antoines character. Although he did plagiarize Balzacs work, he notwithstanding made an attempt to focus on his schoolwork even though he didnt do well on his essay. Antoines hazard to self-actualize fails because of his mistreatment he receives from his mother and his teacher. If only his mother supported Antoines work, he wouldve had the confidence to stay strong and succeed.