Stranger Than Fiction Topic 4: The watch

[feliperamos]

In the movie Stranger Than Fiction, Harold Crick's watch plays an important role throughout the whole play. At first it symbolizes how Harold's life is in a chronological order. For twelve years he wakes up at the same time, brushes his teeth exactly seventy-two times, catches the bus at time, and always eat and sleeps alone. His watch has been

Comments

[rshofner1]

I didn't really know what to take away from the whole watch thing, but your interpretation is good. It could be a warning sign.

[jordar3]

i agree with u

[feliperamos]

thanks

[feliperamos]

thats what i git from the movie

[mmcneal2]

I like the analysis over the watch. I did not know the bus driver passed by as his watch was going crazy. However, I don't understand how the watch represents how repetition in life cannot happen. Is it really saying someone cannot live like that or more so that it is better to live differently than that?

[tracyk62]

That makes sense!!!