Gus Van Sant’s “Good Will Hunting” explores the obstacles that Will has within and without that prevent him from seizing the day. How is Will eventually able to seize the day? What advice does the film offer to get a person to take the leap to be able to seize the day? You cannot just say, here are the obstacles and here are the ways to overcome them. You need a theme based on the subject.
–(Analysis: 3 problems that Will is suffering from: he can’t seize the day; he can’t get past his childhood trauma; he is struggling to fulfill the expectations for the masculine figure)
–Structure: Introduction(lead in, transition, thesis statement); 3 bodyparagraphs (Topic sentence, detail analysis through literature device, conclusion sentence); conclusion (restate thesis, transition out, generalize out)
