Learning to See: Responding to the Film, "Temple Grandin"
Write a personal response to the film. Include a comment on one scene you liked (for example, an interesting scene early in the film shows Temple’s mother trying to help her learn to read; other important scenes include Temple’s college graduation speech, buying a truck, the door at the market, visiting her professor etc.) Write 150 to 200 words in a paragraph, word process and bring to class. Be sure to mention specifically something we see (an image) and not only what happens.
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Watching “Temple Grandin” is an amazing, beautiful and heartwarming experience. As a parent, I feel it strongly through the experiences of Temple’s mother, who through her perseverance makes all the difference to her daughter’s life. The film uses doors symbolically, but it is images of women standing on the other side of a door that stick in my mind (for example, her aunt listening to Temple play with the heating vent) more than doors opening for Temple. A flashback, which begins with Temple’s mother standing outside of her college dorm room door, shoulders slumped and her face care worn and in pain, leads us to a scene of her trying to teach Temple to read. Again and again her mother tries to get her attention, to have her read the simple words—“cat” or “dog”—but Temple is far more interested in a shiny chandelier. Because of this scene, I feel how important it is for someone who is “different, not less” to have an advocate or mentor. That Temple accepts a real hug (no matter how fleeting) at Dr. Carlock’s funeral makes me feel that all that anguish for her mother was worthwhile. The film “Temple Grandin” beautifully illustrates how a “different” person can make a positive and powerful contribution.--211 words
An Amazing Story
Temple Grandin is one of the most incredible films that I have ever seen in my life. The story is about a girl who has autism. Her struggle, frustration and happy moments made this film very powerful. One of the flashbacks that truly astonished me was when Temple hugged her mother for the first time. I saw joy and happiness in Grandin’s mother’s eyes. I understand Grandin’s mother’s pain regarding not being hugged by her own daughter for many years. Moreover, another beautiful scene was at the ‘’National Autism Convention.” When Temple spoke about how her mother pushed and supported her through her life, I felt the satisfaction and pride on Temple’s mother’s face. It was a great gift for Temple’s mother to see her daughter’s achievement after a very hard time they both faced in their lives. Temple Grandin is an extraordinary film that I will never forget.
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This “Temple Gradin” film not only helped me understand more about autism, but also made me to think about self-sufficiency and enthusiasm. I was impressed by her passion and eagerness when she disguised herself as a cowboy to gain access to the Scott dale Land Cattle. I felt goose bumps on my arms (thrilled) when her splatted dirt all over her truck and rolled her-self on the mud to be a real cowboy. This scene questioned me how many times I accepted my limitation so easily! Also, she showed her passion for cattle by crawling like a cow, and finding out what makes the cattle to become agitated such as light, puddle, chains, movement… She was fully devoted to what she is doing. I realized her sensational creation did not happen by accident; it was achieved through her remarkable fervor and patience. The film told me there is no limitation not to overcome; Temple has proven with her tremendous passion, autism can be turned in to a gift.
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Learning to see: Temple Grandin
The scene that stood out most for me was early in the film when Temple enters the stable by herself, looking timid and unsure. She approaches a horse that is wounded and she is able to calm it down, and seems to understand it. There is a rapid edit of the eyes, hooves, and a shot looking up at the horse which displays the frantic look of the horse well. She seems to be the only one that can tame the horse, and this is where Temple finds her love of animals. Throughout the movie, Temple learns to understand animals, but can never figure out people. Her love of animals allow her to overcome some of her intense social anxiety (because of her autism). This is demonstrated in the funeral scene near the end of the movie. She shows her courage here, which is also demonstrated throughout the rest of the movie. She is fearless, when it comes to getting what she wants and following her dreams. I enjoyed the cinematography of this film above all else, the rapid edit and shot looking up at the horse made me feel the intensity of the scene.
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Watching “Temple Grandin” is a very different experience than watching other movies. There’s this scene really touches me. When Temple saw Chestnut dead lying on the ground, she asked where they went. Dr. Carlock said, “When animals and people die. they stay with us in our minds.” This scene reminded me of my grandma, she died when I was little, but I do remember the happy memories about my grandma just like Dr. Carlock said. Another scene that hits me is that at the Dr. Carlock’s funeral, Temple said, “I've got him in my mind ” and then later accepted the hug from her mother for the first time. I can see the delight from Mrs. Grandin’s eyes. I felt really happy about both of them. After all these years, so much hard work, everything is worth it. All the effort finally paid off. “Temple Grandin” is a great movie, it let me better understand autism and how to treat autistic people.
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Temple Grandin
Temple Grandin is autism and different human but not less. The movie is about a girl who diagnose with autism at age four. Temple sees things from a different perspective as to what the normal human being would see. Although she is autism, she has a brilliant mind and can use it as a visualization tool. Like when her teacher adapted to Temple’s learning method (visual learning), and assigned her projects and tasks that allowed her to make use of her talent, the second horses in a box assignment. Temple has an amazing visual skills and she created new innovations on how to handle the animals in a humane way in the cattle ranches before they are placed for meat butchering. She is not like other people, and she thinks with pictures. This is how she reacted in hot weather when she wanted to visited her aunt Ann, she said to her aunt that its hot and she can see the heat literally. It was a great movie and I learn how to behave when I see a person like Temple Grandin.
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The movie “Temple Grandin” is such an inspiring and moving film, which we can learn a lot from. Watching this film made me reflect on my attitude towards my goals. It inspired me to not stop reaching my dreams like Temple did. A scene from the movie that enlightened me was when Temple conquered her fears of doors. I felt proud for her when she said, “ a door went open, and I went through it.” Despite her condition, she still has that courage and perseverance to do what she wants. Temple is focused and driven as shown in the film. Another scene was when she was bullied and laughed at in school while doing a project. I admire Temple Grandin’s bravery, confidence and outlook about her condition. She will repeatedly say that she is different but not less. She made sure that her autism doesn’t need pity and won’t stop her ability to be successful. I also love how she delivered she graduation speech; she is just wonderful and inspiring. She
never made her autism a hindrance to become successful, and that brought more meaning to her life. I am truly in awe about Temple Grandin’s life story. It serves as a motivation and encouragement to all of us to reach our goals and aspirations.
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Comment on one scene in the film “Temple Grandin”
Watching “Temple Grandin” is a moment to perceive a world around an autistic girl. At beginning, I noticed the scene that some reversed film title letters spinning and struggling to fit them back to normal, which adjusted me later from “something wrong” to my “comfort zone.” In the following plots, many times Temple was in extreme terrors while others feel normal. She dreaded of the noise from the airplane propeller, the eye contact from the strangers, the motion from the auto doors, and even a closer touch from her mom. Temple felt “something wrong;” she dedicated herself to seeking her own “comfort zone.” She is less nervous when she stayed with animals, with which she was not afraid of eye contact. She was less resistant to body contact with her blind roommate. She hid herself in a “squeeze machine” to avoid being upset. Although she became very successful by overcoming many fears, in spite of supports from her Mom, her aunt, her teachers, and many other kind peoples, I strongly see the hard work she reversed her world to fit “our world.”, What should we do more for these “different” people?
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Watching the film “Temple Grandin” is an exciting and great experience which is touches my heart. I feel, Temple’s mother’s optimistic thinking and contribution makes her daughter’s life successful. For example, at the age of four years, when Temple is diagnosed with Atheistic (mental disorder), and probably does not speak. In this moment, Temple’s mother gets shocked, but does not lost her hope. She is trying to teach Temple to read, and tries to get her attention again and again. In addition, she encouraged Temple to attend school, college, Party, and college boarding. Although, she knows about temple’s social phobia, but its helps temple faces challenges and overcome it. Moreover, when Temple’s professor discussed about her differences, but her mother argued that “Temple is different but not less” and she said” I have done everything I can for temple”-that scene was noticeable for me. As a parent, I feel how important for every child of their parents support in any circumstances. However, the film illustrates that an Atheistic person can also be an amazing visual thinker who can bring everything seen in their mind and makes a fantastic contribution for the world like Temple if they are supported.
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The movie “Temple Grandin” is great and inspirational. It gives the power not only to the autistic but also to normal person. The flashback before Temple argues with her teacher about her unfair “F” mark impresses me. Dr. Carlock encourages Temple to go to collage, but Temple fears to go to a new environment, then Dr. Carlock said: “The door will open a whole world for you. All you need to do is to decide to go through it.” Meanwhile, Temple’s face changes from struggle and hesitation to courage and determination, and then Temple goes through several doors to the office to strive for her benefits. The movie uses the doors to symbolize challenges. Every time Temple faces an challenge she will remind Dr. Carlock’s words, imagine a door in front her and go through it. Dr. Carlock’s encouragement makes her life totally different. This movie uses this unique way vividly illustrate protagonist’s inside world. This scene also reminds me the time before I decided to immigrate to Canada; my husband said: “If you don’t try it, you would never know what it will be.”This amazing movie gives me a new perspective of autism: They are “different, but not less”, and they even might be more.
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Life with autism is very tough. A person cannot feel it unless one experiences it. Temple Granden is a great example that demonstrates the life with autism. The film utilizes the cattle machine as a symbol of autism life who is not able to get along with others. When a police officer destroys her machine, I feel sorry for her because it was the only way to relive her stresses; however, she doesn’t give up, she builds another one which is more sophisticated than the first one. This is demonstrated that she has the ability to create something extraordinary. A flashback, which begins with Temple standing in front of the farm with scarring of opening the door; therefore, she builds the door with just pull the rope. The film Temple Grandin illustrates nicely how the autistic life can be by an amazing method.
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Watching the film “Temple Grandin” is an inspiring and wonderful experience. I was deeply impressed by the unbending spirit of the main character - Temple Grandin. She struggled against her destiny (she was autistic, but had talent for science) and eventually became a famous professor. A memorial scene is when she found those cattle in the farm strangely moaning, she ignored other people’s opposition, and persisted to do a research with those cattle. Especially when she was refused to go through the gate of the farm, she observed those men who were allowed to go inside drove trucks with mud, so she sold her mini car, bought a truck, put mud on her new truck, and even she rolled herself on the mud to make her face, hat and clothes dirty as well. Finally she got through the gate. I believe the reason of success of Temple depends on not only the special talent she had, but also her perseverance. We, abilities, should also learn and gain inspiration from the disabled Temple’s story. This film “Temple Grandin” is really worth watching.
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“Temple Grandin” is a mind-blowing movie that presents what can be accomplished even for people with a disability. As a parent, I recognize the struggles Temple’s mother went through. What intrigued me most was the heartbreaking image of Mrs. Grandin bringing Temple for diagnosis when she was four and still had not spoken a word – I have a child with speaking difficulty and I remember how painful and overwhelming it was when a professional figure told me that my child is different. Mrs. Grandin's frustration were vivid throughout the film: the unsuccessful attempt when she held the flash cards trying to teach Temple the simplest words, and the helpless escape she did when she leaned against the other side of the door and waited for Temple to calm down (or to scream) on Temple's first day of college. Mrs. Grandin's speechless facial expression was priceless when Temple gave her a hug (even thought she hesitated) at Dr. Carlock’s funeral. “Temple Gradin” is indeed an inspiring movie which illustrates a “different, not less” person can achieve anything with some extra support and encouragement, which is something I can provide to my children on any given day.
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"Temple Grandin" is a fantastic movie which warmly touches my heart. It uses a special shooting technique to visualize what the world looks like in the eyes of Temple Grandin, a noted scientist with autism and a visual thinker. I am especially touched by those images showing the striking contrast between when she has to interact with people and when she stays with animals. She is always nervous and her behaviour is often awkward when she talks with people, avoiding eye contact all the time; however, when the scene shifts to the moment when she gently touches cattle or horses and feels their hearts beating, her eyes are brightened up, and her face turns very calm and tender. Obviously, she gets more respects and understanding from the animal friends than from her fellow students; and she loves them back. This kind of love arouses the inspiration of her many inventions: the "hug" machine which repeatedly appears in the movie, and the humane design for the treatment of cattle in slaughter houses. "Nature is cruel, but we don't have to be." In the movie, Temple keeps saying this and tries to teach others to respect animals. It is definitely a powerful movie deserving being watched over and over. (207 words)
Temple Gradin is an inspiring movie that encourages viewers to embrace a minority’s perspective. The film also tells amazing things can happen when people are willing to support a person’s unique view of life. As a new immigrant to Canada, I could sympathize with Temple and her family’s pain when students mocked her for being scared of an automatic door and when the doctor attributed Temple’s autism to her mother’s lack of physical bonding. Ignorance hurts people. However, the movie also shows how people can act with compassion as well. Throughout the movie, Temple meets key people who help her move forward in her life; they show her that she is a unique being that deserves respect. Dr. Carlock accepted Temple for who she was and encouraged her to contribute to the world with her own special view. In his science class, he showed an optical illusion film and encouraged Temple to recreate what she saw. Fascinated by the film, she worked hard to transform her visual thoughts into a real working model. Finally, through many trials and errors, her persistence helped her finish her assignment successfully with great applause from her classmates. This film reminds us that difference is not an issue of right or wrong; in fact, differences can bring the hidden beauties of life. – 217 words
Temple Grandin Is Gifted
Watching "Temple Grandin” is an amazing and thoughtful movie I have ever seen. It was really surprising to see temple hugged her mother (without knowing why face) at Dr.Carlock’s funeral. The look on her mother’s face was amazing; she was speechless. Additionally, it was beautiful to see Temple surrounded by cattle, and it offered her relaxation and peace within her. Most importantly, I respect the scene at the “National Autism Convention”, when she saw the little girl in front of the room; she recalled herself, the struggles she went through. I valued the way she started remembering the images of her mom trying to teach her as well as her science teacher, who passed away. At that point, she fearlessly started talking to the crowd about herself. It is spectacular to see her on the stage, talking to the crowd without any panic The film “Temple Grandin” described that Autism can be gifted; most importantly, they may be different from a normal person but less. 166 words
The “Temple Grandin” shows us how an autistic girl is different from other children and how she overcomes her challenges with her mother’s help. Temple always immerses in her own world, she draws pictures with her soul after she looks at everything, and spends a lot of time to take care of the animals in order to make up for the need of getting along with people. I’m deeply moved by the last scene in the movie. In the course of a few seconds that walking on the stage, Temple’s life is played in her mind as if a briefing broadcast. The stage in front of her is a door of the unknown, “Temple, imagine it is a door, open the door, a whole new world is in front of you, you just need to through it.” Just like everything comes true in the present time. Temple’s life affects all the people. She uses her own experiences to teach autism’s parents. We realize that feeling unconditionally loved and accepted will help children more than anything else. Autism’s world is not lonely, she just can see the difference. The film “Temple Grandin” touches the hearts of each person to ponder.
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Watching "Temple Grandin" is motivating, empowering, and inspiring with meaningful life lessons for us to learn. The film uses the lion as a symbol which can help in self-improvement. When Temple visited to her aunt’s ranch she lays down among the cattle. Grandin's connection with animals allowed her to understand how horses and cattle perceive the world. Near the end of the film, she explains, "Nature is cruel, but we don't have to be. I wouldn't want to have my guts ripped out by a lion. I'd much rather die in a slaughterhouse, if it was done right." There's a deep meaning into that this has something to do with us as human race. It involved so many education topics such as health, religious beliefs and culture. Temple's was treated differently for being a female. She was not allowed to enter the business slaughterhouse just because she was a female. Some religions believe if slaughtering an animal (cattle) in a way that causes suffering is (considered a sin), so there are techniques to avoid this. However, this could be one of the reasons eating meat causes health problems. Temple’s achievement and her work speak to us, she’s “different but not less” which is why she’s passionate about changing the world.
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Watching “Temple Grandin” is awe-inspiring, magnificent and inculcating. Having worked with kids with Spectrum disorder before, it allows me to relate to the struggles that Temple’s mother encountered. At the beginning of the movie, we see Temple developing interest with cattle while at her aunt’s ranch. When the anxiety over took her, she ran to the “cattle squeeze chute” to calm herself down to make her comfortable. We can tell she is an intelligent and skilled young lady in a different way, for example, when they were assigned to do a school project at the college, she collected additional other data than required on her project. She developed her own version of squeeze machine that she tried on other students to see how it worked on each one of them. She discovered she was different from other people in the way she did things. These were Temple’s words to teacher; ’’I think in pictures and connect them”. The movie exemplifies that spectrum disorder levels and shows their core interest differs and I hope autistic people can someday be fully integrated socially.
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Watching “Temple Grandin” is a moved, happy and courageous experience. I amazedly feel that Temple who is an autistic patient overcomes the problems (the autistic symptoms including the anxiety neurosis, social phobias and affective growth retardation, etc) to be successful. As a doctor, she finds a way to resisting the anxiety neurosis, but teachers do not understand her (she uses a machine of cow to relieve it, but teachers break it). When she secretly makes a new one, teachers throw it again. After that, a scene which when her aunt and she persuade teachers, and get a permit, she is comfortable to put herself in that machine, strongly expresses the autistic patients using the external force to treat are understood by people. Being an autistic patient is not fearful, but abandoning oneself is too fearful; Temple does not do that, and chooses being positive to face. Afterward, Temple still finds ways what includes buying a truck and disguising herself for talking with cowboys; again and again, she goes to the butchery to persuade that boss; ultimately, she is courageous to make a speech about the autism. The film “Temple Grandin” inspiringly expresses an autistic patient constantly tries and finds the individual ways to be accepted by society. -------210
AMANJOT BRAR
The film “TEMPLE GRANDIN”
Watching “Temple Grandin” is very emotional, motivating and an amazing experience. It makes me cry during many scenes. The most interesting scene which touches my soul is “an inspiring speech about learning differently” by Temple Grandin in National Autism Convention. Through this speech, Temple expresses her entire life: how she starts to speak, how her mother motivates her and how she overcomes from her nervousness by making ‘hug’ machine. In other words, it looks like a flashback of Temple’s life. Also, I feel the pain of a mother’s heart, which spends her whole life to make her daughter like normal child. She always says, “Temple is different, but not less”. Through her speech, I learn, everyone has different experiences to deal with their problems (for example: Temple uses hug machine to make herself calm and instructor uses rolling method to make the girl calm). Moreover, her speech shows, ‘squeeze machine’ hugs her giving her comfort and loves that she is incapable to receiving from human contact. In conclusion, this film demonstrates that autistic kids see the world differently, taking images in their minds, and recalling them without thought.
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Watching "Temple Grandin" is a wonderful and heart-touching experience. This movie is about the struggles, determination and success of a woman who has difficulties with communicating with people from her childhood. However, her struggle towards achieving her destiny makes her to live within the society. The most interesting scene is when she starts making a major contribution to the cattle industry, she faces extremely bulling by cowboys. They cover her truck with meat and blood. However, Temple avoids them and focuses on her major plan of designing a better system for cattle to through to disinfectant. I am surprised by watching that US and Canada are using her plan. Temple's confidence encourages me to not to give up my dreams. She works hard on her interest and becomes much better equipped to live within the world. The film "Temple Grandin" describes clearly that someone who is "different-not less". A person with autism can also achieves destiny with the help of our society. This movie is totally new approach for autism.
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Manpinder karry
Temple Grandin is a marvellous and inspiring movie about a woman with autism that shows how the patience and determination of her love ones helped guide her journey. Three important and consistent people in Temple’s life–her mom, science teacher (Dr. Carlock), and her aunt–supported her and helped lead her toward success. In my opinion, Temple’s most powerful message was delivered when she attended the National Autism Convention with her mother. The skeptical audience focussed on Temple when they realized that she was autistic and had achieved so much in her life. Temple explained her journey through the eyes of an autistic person, how hostile the world seemed to her, how she found comfort, that she could do things that other people could not, and how lucky she was that her mother and others supported her. She connected with the audience comprised of the parents of persons with autism in a way that others could not and gave them hope that they too could help their loved ones join the world. I felt that Temple’s message is true for everyone. We are all “different but not less”: we want to be accepted, understood and supported during our journey through life as we hope to find happiness, success and the meaning of life.
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Watching “Temple Grandin” is an inspirational and affecting experience. Different from other protagonists with autism(for example, Rayman of “Rainman”), Temple always challenges herself and never give up with anything she makes up her mind to do. When watching how she struggles for the pass and successfully goes through by dressing herself as a cowboy, I can’t help but ask myself if I have the same bravery and determination to do something without thinking back and forth. The most moving scenes are about her two speeches: the first one is addressed at the college graduation, where Temple proudly talks about the significance of “the squeeze machine” and sings loud “You’ll never walk alone”, not charming but plain and unadorned; the other one takes place at National Autism Convention, when she spontaneously stands up to share her experience with other autism families. Due to these two touching scenes, I feel not only the happiness for Temple to make her life “have meaning” but also her great improvement on interacting with people, especially precious and inspirational for an autistic person. The film “Temple Grandin” demonstrates how a “different” person grows into a successful scholar by opening “the door” to another world.
A Powerful Film
Watching the Film “Temple Grandin” inspired me and can change people’s attitude about a disabled person. Regardless of the East and the West in 1970's, most people's perceptions of autistic people weren't different. When Temple couldn't come into the cafe through the automatic door, her colleagues laughed. On the other hand, when she first entered the cattle's cage, the cows didn't move, but soon after they came close to her. These scenes impressed me. As compared with human’s and animals' reactions, I thought that the human's one was highly critical and negative, so often it hurts other people’s hearts and makes him/her feels lonely. However, Temple’s reaction about people, even her mother, was totally different compared to other people. For example, she rejected her mother’s hand, didn’t hug her, and just spoke her own words or sentences instead of having a conversation with other people. The other impressive scene was that she lay on the ground in the cattle’s cage closing her eyes with a peaceful, happy, and relaxed face. She’s more interesting in cows than people and this scene is important one that shows why she was becoming an Animal Science and professor. As times change, people’s perceptions of diagnosed children as autism are changed: acceptable and positive.
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“Temple Grandin” is a very interesting and emotional movie. It gives me heart touch feeling. The protagonist of the movie is Temple. She has autism syndrome and she started speaking at the age of four. She has unique mind to do things with visualization. She is doing hard work to achieve her goal. For example she made an automatic door at her aunt’s house and ‘hug’ machine. She does not like to be touched by human even her mother’s hug but she feel animals heart beats is relaxing to her. In college, she made a project and give the graduation speech about her project. She took admission in cattle industry. She suffering through many problems but in the end she achieved her goal. I liked her speech at the autism conference session. She spoke about her life’s struggles and how her mother motive, teach and forced her to do things. She told, my mother said when you are going forward then doors are going to open and she also explained her mother’s emotions and feelings because her mother always told, “ Temple is different but not less.”This movie touches the heart of the person and Temple has brilliant mind.
Watching the film "Temple Grandin" was a heartwarming experience. Autism affect people through the inability to interact effectively with others. Children affected with autism experience developmental difficulties. They are wrongly viewed by others as "idiots". But we know some of them are highly capable of impressing others, for example, Temple Grandin’s ability to understand what she sees by picturing in her head, and Raymond’s special ability with numbers in the film "Rain Man". Even though some highly functional autistic people can make others change their bias, most of them still suffer in their inability to control emotional response. I understand how Temple's mother was filled with love and she struggled so hard to educate Temple and help her overcome challenges. She wanted Temple to become independent with abilities to work with others. At the Professor's funeral, Temple did not cry and she wanted to leave. It was an action of denial. She was an autistic woman who didn't know how to show her emotional response. When her mother was walking beside her, Temple put her head upon her mother's shoulder. I believe that was the biggest reward for her mother. This image shows the minimum change can take long time for autistic people, but it is meaningful and worth to the people who love them. ----218 words
“Temple Grandin” is a fantastic movie. I find it very touching, heartwarming, an inspiring. It really moves me deeply. I can’t forget the scene that Temple found the horse-Chestnut dead in the stable. She felt a panic, desperate, and frustrated (As Chestnut already has become her close friend since they met first time.), after her teacher-Dr. Carlock,
explained to her about the death of animals or human. It consoled Temple for her lost. Actually it also helps me to rethink about death. Temple is lucky with a teacher like Dr. Carlock. He is more like a life coach for Temple, and he inspirited her to complete her college education. Dr. Carlock is an important person to lead Temple to success. Another scene in the end of the film, Temple ‘s speech in the National Autism Convention left a very forceful impression on me. I feel her mother was shocked when
she saw her daughter standing up to speak, then she was moved to cry by her speech. I
believe she must be very proud of her daughter. All her investment of time and effort to Temple are worthwhile. This speech is more convincing from a master but suffering from autism for those whom from the families have the same situations.
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The movie “Temple Grandin” not only tells a successful life of an autism but delivers its enlightened messages – how to think of the “different” people. What struck me most intensely scene is Temple lying on the ground around the cattle in her aunt’s ranch. Watching her enjoyable moment, I can feel the inner happiness, peace through her smile and stretched body. Although she can’t accept the person’s body touch including her mom’s hug, she is pleased to be nuzzled by cows and she would fondle, snuggle the Chestnut (the horse). It leads us to ponder what someone being comfortable with animals rather than people. Enduring the cruel taunts of people (for example, the ranchers throw the bull testicles at her car in animal husbandry) makes Temple fearful and anxious to these who seems to be “normal”, but she only stays in her safe place– animal world and “hug machine” – to calm down and relieve the stress . I can easily understand my niece who locked herself in the closet and hid underneath the bed whenever she was scared or to be blamed. The movie “Temple Grandin” did a great job of showing how a powerful impact a “different” person can bring to the world and what we should concern them in our society.
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watching Temple Gardin's attitudes in the early scene didn't surprise me. I have worked with many autistic people, but it is always hard to know someone is thinking differently. the movie "Temple Gardin" was incredibly good, I was amazed how her mom was so patience with her. However, what really impressed me is the way Temple cared about the animals, she noticed small things not any brain would be able to notice it. Grandin, in fact, didn’t speak her first words until she was four years old. Yet the struggles she had with her autism-fueled her work as an inventor and helped to transform an industry that she loved so much. Temple invented a system to calm animals down and prevent the from getting hurt before slaughtering. She wants to give them a painless death because she thinks" we owe them respect" and she defended her system. The film “Temple Grandin” showed how no one is less than other even if they are different.
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After seeing the movie Temple Grandin , Temple’s story surprises and confuses me . As a autism who can not understand the emotion of a normal human being , she refuses her mother’s hug and avoids to catch sight with other people .Yet , she can calm down the horse and the cow easily . She can feel the pain of a dying horse and the nervousness of the cow (How can she feel the emotion of animal ? I confuse about it . She designs an adapted curved corral . She insists her idea in spite of farm worker’s opposition . I admire her courage to insist on her opinion with her stuffless strength . Even through most of people is cold and unfeeling to her, she is a vulnerable groups in human society , she sympathy for the animal and strive to improve animals’ survive environment . It is a hard job even for normal person.
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An Inspiring Story :
Temple Grandin is one of the most inspiring movies that I have ever seen. Being diagnosed as autistic in early childhood, she successfully struggles to become a well-known author and professor of animal science at Colorado State University. Her amazing and gifted brain was first recognised by her science teacher Dr. Carlock at school, who put her on the right track of life. The scene of graduation ceremony in the movie is very heart-touching. The tears of joy and satisfaction on the faces of Temple’s parents tell about the long journey they have covered to see Temple as a normal child. The boldness with which she speaks about her weaknesses, the cooperation of parents, classmates and teachers is very heart touching. She talks about a golden sky at the end of each storm. After the graduation ceremony, the scene of climbing on the ladder and opening the door by Temple with a smile on her face is remarkable. In her own words,” This is my door, it opens to another world.” The movie Temple Grandin is a lesson to our society, who tries to ignore such children to some extent. Watching this movie in the class is a memorable moment for me.
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