The Station Agent

In movie of the Station Agent there were characters who meet different problems in the movie. Fin faced problem that people are treating him badly because he was dwarf. Fin things that people are making fun of him. Fin wants to be left alone. Olive Harris faced problem because of the death of her son and she encounter emotional towards kids and she had a constant remembers of her son when she see a kids playing. In the movie when Joe Oramas started playing soccer with the kids Olive run away from the scene. In the movie they also having a problem in home because it brought them a lot of bad memories to them especially fin and olive because it make them remember the bad memory. Fin wants to be left alone at his home and he doest want to deal with anyone. I also learn that characters in the movie had different emotional problems and how having a place to call home is important. Because in the movie home was where they escape the outside things. Home is where they get isolated from outside world and the feel peace and quite. Fin disconnects his telephone and he didn’t have electricity, but he had a home. In Quindlen’s essay she said “Home is every thing” which is telling us the importance of having a place to call home in human life, and you need to get your home first than emotional needs. In the movie they also talk about how each one of them changed his life. At the end Fin became very friendly person to Olivia and Joe and he feel that he needs friends who always close to him. He also meet different people who treating him better and not making fun him, Fin get strong and he attend school to make speech for little kids he wasn’t even care if they make fun of him or not. This really taught that people can change their life. the more you socialize the people is the more you will learn the people because they are good or bad people, but you never know who is good or bad till you meet them.

The Station Agent

In the film, The Station Agent, Fin McBride, the main character, moved to the train depot after inheriting it from his co-worker and only friend. Before Fin moved, and even when he first arrived in New Jersey, he didn’t like to be bothered and chose to spend his time alone. Due to inheriting the depot, Fin also inherited a “neighbor,” Joe Oramas, the hot dog vendor. Unlike Fin, Joe likes to socialize with the people from the small town in the middle of nowhere. When he first arrived in new Jersey, Fin kept conversations with Joe short and also tried to avoid conversing with the artistic Olivia, who just so happened to run Fin off the road twice. It is obvious that Fin is lonely, but for some reason does not want to open up to the people who are new in his life. Before he moved to New Jersey, it is hard to say what home to Fin was, but after getting to know the people who used to annoy him with curiosity and friendliness, it is obvious that Fin’s home is now in New Jersey. When we are first introduced to Fin, he is quiet and keeps to his own business. We know that he is often judged by his height, being that he is a dwarf at the height of four feet and five inches, just simply from watching how others attempt to interact with him. After refusing to give up, Joe and Olivia prove to Fin that not everyone is interested in judging him. When Fin begins to accept them into his life is when we start to see that he feels a sense of belonging to his new home. To Fin, I believe that it wasn’t so much the depot that felt like home, but the people who surrounded it.

The Station Agent

In the film "Station Agent” Olivia Harris is one of character in movie. She is a forty-year old artist trying to find better life and the ramifications it has had on her marriage to David, from whom she is separated with him. She leaving her home in Princeton, NJ.After her son, Sam passed away two years ago she becomes very depressed. She leaving her own life behind because she believes life and home emotional is nothing without her son Sam. she moves to Newfoundland Olivia. When she comes to the Newfoundland she meets Fin and Joe. Joe is man has truck he has no life.finbar is a very quiet person, dwarf man, he lost his best friend Henry that is reason become lonely and he feels sad because of his size .so he move to Newfoundland so when Olivia come to the town the first time she meet fin in bad situation .she had run over fin two times, but she go over his home to apologize to him. After she tell him everything about her life and how she become lonely women .one day Olivia invited Fin and Joe at her home and they are spend good time together become more close is like one family .Finally Olivia and Finbar and Joe soon become a mixed group of friends, consideration at first it would seem more like they spend time each other because there’s nothing better to do. And both find what are they miss in our life. At the end Olivia fined her problem and the only thing she need to have baby and happy family. This movie touched me in a thoughtful. It s, very funny, inspirational and illustrates that small things can make a big different and kindness to another person can go long way.

In the movie The Station Agent, Take place at Newfoundland, NJ. There are three main characters. Each character seems to be have their own problems, and also figuring out who they really are. Olivia is one of the main characters in the movie. We first meet Olivia, who also most run over Finbar McBride with her car. Finbar McBride is one of the main characters in the movie. Olivia Harris is the Character who had stood out the most out all the characters in the movie.

Olivia was mother and wife. She was married and had a son name Sam. After Olivia’s son, passed, than she decides to move away from her hometown to their vacation house to get away from the world. In the middle of the movie she tells us that she left her husband because was not longer happy with their marriage after their son die. For Olivia Harris we can see that home is emotional state, rather than physical place for her. In movie we see that Olivia lives alone in a vacation house which seems bigger than any other character home, and yet she feels that she has no one in her life. In the middle of the movie we see that Olivia emotion come out whenever see think about her son or see kids that are playing. While Olivia was sitting with Fin and Joe on the front porch of Fin, Olivia saw a young boy who was playing soccer with a two kids. It was boy and a girl, the boy had remembered Olivia her son. Right then she becomes very emotional because thought of son, Sam. Olivia runs to her SUV to go home so she would not feel that pain anymore. All three main characters appear to be running away from their past from their old hometown. They all found more than new home they had found each other. For that they are home emotional and physical state.

Journey

The movie, " The Station Agent", is about the life of a little dwarf who moves from one side of a town to another. Henry, fins friend, died which caused him to move. Fin inherited Henry's house in the country side by the train. This movie takes us through his journey from the city to the country side. This man Fin, who is the main character, is not as normal as everybody else in society. He is picked upon because of his height. Fin is very short. During one scene of the movie, couple young teenagers said to him, " where is snow white and the other dwarfs?" while laughing. They were trying to tease him. But some times his height makes him a unnoticeable man. During one scene, a young black girl asked him, " where is you mommy". She thought that he was as young as her. Fin was the type of person who wanted to always be zoned out of society. This is because of how people treated him in the society. He was not treated like rest of society caused him to zone out. Fin would not respond to people as they should be; he just seemed to be not caring about anything they say. This all changed when he moved to the country side. He met couple people who changed the way he acted. He met Olivia and Joe. They were very kind to him. They never seemed to talk to him like he was a average man with normal height. Joe would always want to do what Fin did. They would go on a long walk, or read all day. These activities that they would do would bring they close to each other. Olivia joined them sometimes too. After a while Fin accepted these two in his life. Fin from the beginning changed in a way through the way he accepted people in his life. This effort took a long time to accomplish; through time and effort fin became a outgoing person who realize that all people are not the same.

The Station Agent

In the film “The Station Agent”, there are three main characters in the movie, these charters have in common they all trying to get a place that they can call home, and they don’t care if they have high quality life like the other people. They live in Newfoundland, New Jersey. One of the charters names, is Finbar and live in across the train station in Newfoundland. I chose to talk about Finbar because he is the interesting man in the movie. Finbar lose his best friend Henry in the beginning of the movie. After his best friend die, Finbar inherits his friend home and then decided to be quite person who wants to be alone and became train chaser. In the movie, Finbar is a quit and wise operate who always want everything to be on time and not like to be bather by the other people. In addition, Finbar thought home is physical place but he find out is an emotional state. This means he wants to get a place that he can sleep and he can get rest, without having any other thing such as electricity and top water. Which is he does not cares about any close friends. However, after while Finbar gets close to two other charters, they became friends name Joe and Olivia. Before he make friends with Joe and Olivia people used treat him so badly laugh the way he is and make fun of him. For example when Olivia and Joe treat him like really person he start to have new friendship. Therefore, after that Olivia and Finbar become closer than Joe, Olivia, and Finbar have feeling each other, and have a fun together most of the time. Olivia is related more Finbar situation, she had lost her son about two years ago and she goes back her old home that she used live with her family. Finally, when Finbar he gets new friends in that town, he feels happy and emotion with his new life that he make with the new friend Olivia and Joe that is what home is all about to him.

The Station Agent

The movie "The Station Agent" is directed by Thomas McCarthy and Finbar McBride is main Character. Finbar McBride is a simple man his very quiet person lonely he doesn’t like to talk a lot. ; he enjoys watching and reading about trains. He does not have many friends; He is not married as well. Henry is his only friend and he works with him in small model train shop, but that change when Henry passed away. Henry left Finbar a small a house in the country side located in New Jersey near the train station in his will. Finbar decided to move to that rural place because where he uses to work was getting closed after the death of his friend and the owner.
Finbar was happy that he is moving to country side in New Jersey. He likes isolation. But when he gets there, a lot of things changed. Finbar become interesting in Cuban American named Joe, who lived near him. Finbar become friends with Cleo and Emily. Joe and Fin become close friends. They walk around through railroad in miles to film. Through Joe, Fin met Cleo and Emily and they become closer to him as well. The interaction with people, Fin began to understand requires appreciation, understanding and helping-those people or friends. Olive, Joe, and Finbar soon become a contrasting group of friends, though at first it would seem more like they spend time with each other because there’s nothing better to do. The more they spend time each other, the more small plain town seems to living up a bit.
At the end, Finbar talked, actually lectured, to students about trains and railroads. He helped Olivia during stress and depression she suffered. He has to help and mentor Emily and protect her from her friend, boyfriend. The movie touched me in a profound way .it’s sad, hilarious, inspiring, and uplifting all rolled into one small package .the story is one of overcoming our fears, being ourselves no matter what, and most of all; the importance of love and friendship . The movie is funny and full of really life realities. I enjoyed watching it.

The Station Agent

In the film, The Station Agent, the main character Fin is a dwarf. When his only friend Henry Styles dies, he inherits an old abandoned train depot. The train depot seemed like a good place to live for fin because he wanted to be left alone. Fin was also satisfied with the train depot because he had a place to live. For fin physical needs was more important to him than emotional needs. Everything changes when he meets Joe oramas a talkative hotdog vendor and Olivia Harris a lady who is dealing with her own personal issues. Joe tries to become friends with Fin, but Fin didn't want to make new friends. Joe did not give up, he kept trying to talk to fin. Fin then meets Olivia Harris, who almost ran over Fin with her SUV twice. To apologize she comes over to Fins house and bought him some wine. Joe invites both Fin and Olivia for lunch. Joe tries to become friends with both Olivia and Fin. Fin becomes more social and felt happier. Joe invited Fin to join him and his dad to get some wine at the bar. While fin was waiting for Joe, he saw Emily the librarian at the bar. Emily was waiting for her boyfriend who called her and told her that he could not come to the bar to meet her. Emily gets mad and tells Fin that she is pregnant and that she did not tell anyone yet. Fin didn't say anything to her. Fin walked Emily to her car, then Emily's boyfriend came and pushed Fin. Fin went home really upset. The next day Joe apologizes to Fin, but Fin did not accept his apology. Olivia had her own problems. She lost her son two years ago and she left her husband. When she is stressed out, she overdoses on medication. When Fin lost both his friends, he notices that friendship is really important, so he tries to get his friends back. Fin helps Olivia to stop taking drugs. Olivia gets in the hospital for over dosage. Fin called Joe and told him to give him a ride to the hospital. Fin got both of his friends back. Joe and Olivia were good friends because they never judged Fin because of his height. They treated him very well. Fin learns that home is an emotional state.

The Station Agent

In the film “The Station Agent,” Fin McBride is one of the main characters. Fin used working in a store that closes. The owner of the store dies so the store has to be sold. He leaves his some property in his well it is an old abandoned train in Newfoundland. So he moves to Newfoundland fin. He thought everyone was look at him because was dwarf, so he thought they would make funny of height. Fin judge everyone without get to know them. He acts like he doesn’t care about anything. He was very quiet and he doesn’t like to talk a lot. He loses his friend so he doesn’t want to make new friends. Olivia had run over fin two time , so she describe to come to his house. Fin finally let’s someone in to his house when Olivia had apologize and bring him wine. She had a fell asleep in his house and Joe thought that Fin and Oliver had slept together. He starts to interact with Joe and Joe start walks with him. Everyone starts to like Fin because of Joe and Olive. Fin went to bar after Olive had laud him and he drink too much. Fingers beat up for firing to help Emily. Fin starts to changer when people start to be meaning to him he starts drinking too much and falls down on the train tracks as a trains coming. Fin does get ran over by train. Olive over does on medicine and she go to the hospital. Fin becomes an outspoken nice man after Olivia recovery. Fins learn it better to have friend then be alone. He learns that you people help to make your dream come true. Olivia buys him video camera so he can run after the train. He becomes good friend with Olivia and Joe. Fin life has change a lot.

The Station Agent

In the film, The Station Agent, the three main characters in the movie all seem to be trying to find a new home in the sleepy, little town of Newfoundland, NJ, but they all have things about them that keep them from doing so. The central character, Fin, a dwarf who just wants to be left alone, comes to live in this quiet hamlet after inheriting the old, abandoned train depot from a recently departed friend whom he worked for in Hoboken, NJ. This new home seems ideal to him at first given its secluded location on the outskirts of town and the obvious connection to his fascination with trains, but soon he discovers that it’s not as quiet as it seems. The first to interrupt Fin’s little slice of loner heaven is Joe, a lonely – yet talkative – guy who is operating a food truck right next to the depot. Thanks to his outgoing nature, we learn pretty quickly that Joe is from Manhattan and is just “temporarily” helping out his dad who has become too ill to run the truck on his own. Next, we are introduced to the character of Olivia, who nearly runs Fin over with her SUV. Twice. In the beginning of the movie, we learn that Olivia’s son, Sam, passed away 2 years ago and later in the movie we learn that she is living in what used to be her family’s summer “get-away” in Newfoundland, NJ after leaving her husband and their home in Princeton, NJ. Both Fin and Olivia appear to be running away from painful pasts in their former hometowns, with Fin running from memories and resentment about how he was treated because of his dwarfism and Olivia running away from the painful memories of her son’s untimely death. Thanks in part to the unlikely hero of Joe, who works diligently to become friends with these 2 secluded individuals, we see how this unusual trio of people are able to form a strong bond of friendship that is able to help them all overcome their own personal hurdles that keep them from embracing tiny Newfoundland, NJ as home.

The Station Agent

In the film, “The Station Agent”, the main character is Fin McBride who loses his best friend Henry Styles in the beginning of the movie but inherits his house so that’s the only thing his left with. So after he inherits the property he seems satisfied but that doesn’t last long because at first it was a thought of a physical need which changes as the movie progresses. But the character that got my attention the most in this film was Olivia Harris because she lost her son and her husband. Olivia is a pretty nice person but is a mess due to her tragedies, at first her and Fin meet in an odd way because she almost runs him over while he was walking which happens again, but eventually become good friends. Fin is only treated well by his friends because others in this film see him as Dwarf which doesn’t really worry him at all because he has Olivia and Joe who are great friends who treat him with respect. Olivia is really an emotional person in this film because majority of the time she is just stressed out because she wishes she never lost her son. Next, Fin really cares for Olivia because she goes through a lot and wants’ to help but she is a drug addict. Olivia basically turns into her pills when her problems increase which leads her to get professional help because that’s the only solution to her problem.

The Station Agent

In the film “The Station Agent,” Finbar’s first realization of home was thought of a physical need. However, he finds that a home is more of an emotional state. When Finbar received the home, we see that he is satisfied. He is satisfied that he has a place to sleep without having the other things such as electricity and running water. He is so satisfied that he doesn’t care about any other things such as close friends. When he is talked to, he answers in short quick responses without the intention of carrying on the conversation. He acts this way because of the way he’s been treated before. Fin is not treated as a person. However, when Joe and Olivia treat him as a person such as telling him personal things. He begins to create friendship. We can see that Fin is starting to want to carry conversations and also his mood becomes happier. Then during the climax of the movie, he loses his friendship. We begin to see that he is distraught; for example, when he looks out to see if Joe is there. When Joe was not there, there was a change in his mood. Another example is he uses drinking to relieve himself. After a night of drinking, when he wakes up the next day, he gets a realization that he needs to get those relationships back. He tries to get them back and he successfully does so when he finds Olivia needing help and calls Joe to take them to the hospital. When the three are back together again, they are emotionally happy again. This proves my point that his home is an emotional state. All those years, when he would be made fun of because he was a “dwarf.” He only knew that home was a physical state because that’s where he could feel safe. However, when people begin to treat him as a normal human being he realize that his home is about his emotional state.