Saturday, February 13, 2010

On the Film, Cora Unashamed, by Jordan

I would recommend the movie Cora Unashamed to everyone. The movie takes place in the early 1900s. In Cora Unashamed, Cora has a baby named Josephine. Cora’s daughter Josephine dies from whooping cough. 

Cora works for Mrs. Art Studevant. While she works for Mrs. Studevant, she grows closer to Jessie, Mrs. Studevant’s daughter.  
As Jessie grows up she falls in love with Willie Matsoulis who is Greek. Mrs. Studevant didn’t like the fact that Jessie was falling in love with a Greek. Jessie informs Cora that she is pregnant and wants her to tell her mother for her. 

Cora tells Mrs. Studevant that Jessie is two months pregnant, that she loves Willie, and wants to keep the baby She also tells her that Jessie wants to marry Willie. Mrs. Studevant doesn’t approve of this, so she lies to Jessie and tells her that they are going shopping, but instead she is taking her to get an illegal abortion.

When they return Jessie gets very ill, and Mrs. Studevant tells everyone it’s from something she ate. But Cora knows that it was from having the abortion. So she tells Mr. Studevant to call Dr. Siebels. Dr. Siebels discovers that Jessie is not going to get any better. Mrs. Studevant tries to do everything herself and not let Cora help.

Finally, Mr. Studevant tells Cora to stay with Jessie. The next morning, Cora reads to Jessie the same poem her boyfriend once read to her before he left. As Cora is telling Jessie the poem, Jessie dies. At Jessie’s funeral Cora tells everyone why she really died.

I would recommend this movie because it teaches you to think for yourself and not to let anyone tell you what you are going to do with your life.

1 comment:

  1. This is real good because it is reality.

    By Stefon

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