Character study in the movie The Ponder Heart

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English 102-003

September, 29 2003

The Ponder Heart

In her movie "The Ponder Heart", Director Martha Coolidge

characterizes diverse personality. The story takes place in Clay County, Mississippi

and tells the story about the Ponder family. This pleasant movie, funny in someways

may relate to people in real life and even, sometimes, to people that we might meet in

everyday life.

At the beginning of the movie, a voice over, more precisely Edna

Ponder, interpreted by JoBeth Williams, makes a brief description about the

characters of the story. It can be thought that she is the protagonist of the movie but,

actually she stays more focused on her uncle Daniel Ponder than any other members

of the family. In describing her uncle Daniel, she makes the point that he has only one

weakness which is for being too generous in giving away his possession.

The protagonist Uncle Daniel Ponder interpreted by P...