The Curious Case of Benjamin Button essays

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button essays The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was directed by David Fincher. This movie was released in 2008. This movie was narrated by Benjamin Button. Daisy is on her death bed in the hospital and she asks her daughter Caroline to read Benjamin Buttons life journal. It tells the story of a boy named Benjamin Button who ages in reverse, being born elderly, and dying as an infant. The only thing that sets Benjamin Button apart from others was his appearance. He still learned the basic concepts and skills at the same pace as everyone else. Concepts that were used throughout the movie include Birth and Infancy, Middle Childhood, Young Adulthood, Middle Adulthood, and Late Adulthood. The movie starts off with the birth of Benjamin Button. The birth of Benjamin Button was significant because a clock was responsible for his age reversed life. A man built this clock having time going in the reverse order. Therefore resulting in Benjamin Button having the looks of an elderly man but the size of an infant. He was born with cataracts on his eyes and arthritis in his hands. These are common disease in late adulthood. Also, he had plenty of wrinkles throughout the skin on his body. Benjamin Button was seen as a monster through his fathers eyes because of his appearance and the death of his mother during childbirth. His father dropped Benjamin Button off at a random strangers house. The strangers house happened to be an elderly home. The caretaker of the elderly home was an African american women named Tizzy. Tizzy took Benjamin Button in and raised him as her own son. During Benjamin Buttons middle childhood years he grew taller but he still had arthritis and wrinkles throughout the skin on his body. He was in a wheelchair due to lack of strength for walking. Benjamin Buttons mother Tizzy took him to her church in order for him to get blessed. Benjamin Button was taken on stage and the pastor preformed a miracle on Benjamin Button making him capabl...