2. Charlie meets Frank Slade
 Charlie Simms is a student at an exclusive New
England prep school. Unlike most of his peers, Charlie
was not born to a wealthy family. To pay for a flight
home to Oregon for Christmas, Charlie accepts a
temporary job over Thanksgiving weekend looking
after retired Army Ranger Lieutenant Colonel Frank
Slade, who Charlie discovers to be a cantankerous , an
embittered blind man , not to mention
alcoholic, angry and foul-mouthed.

3. Charlie`s recent delimma
 Charlie and George Willis, Jr., another student at the
preparatory school, witness several students setting up
a prank for the school's headmaster Trask. Following
the prank, Trask presses Charlie and George to divulge
the names of the perpetrators. Trask offers a bribe, a
letter of recommendation that would virtually
guarantee his acceptance to Harvard. Charlie
continues to remain silent but appears conflicted.

4. Slade shares his plan.
Shortly after Charlie arrives, Slade unexpectedly whisks
Charlie off on a trip to New York City. During dinner
at an upscale restaurant, Slade glibly states the goals of
the trip, which involve enjoying luxurious
accommodations in New York before committing
suicide. Charlie is taken aback and does not know if
Slade is serious.

5. The ferrari drive.
 Deeply despondent the
next morning, Slade
responds to Charlie's
suggestion that they test
drive a Ferrari. Charlie lets
Slade drive the car and
Slade begins
speeding, attracting the
attention of a police officer
, whom Slade manages to
appease without giving
away his blindness.

6. The suicide attempt n d act of
bravery.
 When they return to the hotel, Slade sends Charlie out
on a list of errands. Charlie initially leaves the room
but quickly becomes suspicious. Charlie returns to
find Slade in his military uniform, preparing to
commit suicide Charlie intervenes and attempts to
grab Slade's gun. Slade, however easily overpowers
him, threatening to shoot Charlie before himself. They
enter a tense argument, with both struggling for the
gun; however, after Charlie bravely calms Slade, he
backs down.

7. Visit to slade`s brother.
 They pay an uninvited surprise visit to Slade's brother's
home for Thanksgiving dinner. Slade is an unpleasant
surprise for the family, as he deliberately provokes
everyone and the night ends in acrimony. During this
time the reason behind Slade's blindness is also
revealed.

8. Slade becomes charlie`s
confidante.
 As they return to New York, Charlie tells Slade about
his complications at school. Slade advises Charlie to
inform on his classmates and go to Harvard, warning
him that George will probably be pressured into not
maintaining silence.

9. The tango
 Later at a
restaurant, Slade is
aware of Donna; a young
woman waiting for her
date. Although
blind, Slade leads Donna
in a spectacular tango on
the dance floor. That
night, he hires a female
escort.

10.  In New England, At school, Charlie and George are
subjected to a formal inquiry in front of the student
body . For his defense, George has enlisted the help of
his wealthy father, and divulges the names of the
perpetrators, qualifying that his vision wasn't clear.
When pressed for more details, George passes the
burden to Charlie. Although struggling with his
decision, Charlie gives no information, so Trask
recommends Charlie's expulsion.

11. The speech in d climax
 At this, Slade cannot contain
himself and launches into a
passionate speech defending
Charlie and questioning the
integrity of a system that
rewards informing on
classmates. He tells them that
Charlie has shown integrity
in his actions and for the
committee to not expel him
because this is what great
leaders are made of and he
will make them proud in the
future

12. . The disciplinary committee decides to place on
probation the students named by George, and to give
George neither recognition nor commendation for his
testimony. They excuse Charlie from any punishment
and allow him to have no further say in the
inquiries, to loud applause from the student body.

13. THE EXACT SPEECH
 Slade: Mr. Sims doesn't want it. He doesn't need to
labeled: "Still worthy of being a 'Baird Man.'" What the
hell is that? What is your motto here? "Boys, inform on
your classmates, save your hide" -- anything short of
that we're gonna burn you at the stake?
Well, gentlemen, when the shit hits the fan some guys
run and some guys stay. Here's Charlie facing the fire;
and there's George hidin' in big Daddy's pocket. And
what are you doin'? You're gonna reward George and
destroy Charlie.
 Trask: Are you finished, Mr. Slade?

14.  Slade: No, I'm just gettin' warmed up. I don't know who
went to this place, William Howard Taft, William Jennings
Bryan, William Tell -- whoever. Their spirit is dead -- if they
ever had one -- it's gone. You're building a rat ship here. A
vessel for sea goin' snitches. And if you think your
preparing these minnows for manhood you better think
again. Because I say you are killing the very spirit this
institution proclaims it instills! What a sham. What kind of
a show are you guys puttin' on here today. I mean, the only
class in this act is sittin' next to me. And I'm here to tell ya
this boy's soul is intact. It's non-negotiable. You know how
I know? Someone here -- and I'm not gonna say who --
offered to buy it. Only Charlie here wasn't sellin'.
 Trask: Sir, you are out of order!

15.  Slade: Outta order? I'll show you outta order! You don't know
what outta order is, Mr. Trask! I'd show you but I'm too old; I'm
too tired; I'm too fuckin' blind. If I were the man I was five years
ago I'd take a FLAME-THROWER to this place! Outta order.
Who the hell you think you're talkin' to? I've been around, you
know? There was a time I could see. And I have seen boys like
these, younger than these, their arms torn out, their legs ripped
off. But there isn't nothin' like the sight of an amputated spirit;
there is no prosthetic for that. You think you're merely sendin'
this splendid foot-soldier back home to Oregon with his tail
between his legs, but I say you are executin' his SOUL!! And
why?! Because he's not a Baird man! Baird men, ya hurt this
boy, you're going to be Baird Bums, the lot of ya. And
Harry, Jimmy, Trent, wherever you are out there, FUCK
YOU, too!

16.  Mr. Trask: Stand down, Mr. Slade!
 Slade: I'm not finished! As I came in here, I heard those words, "cradle of
leadership." Well, when the bow breaks, the cradle will fall. And it has fallen
here; it has fallen. Makers of men; creators of leaders; be careful what kind of
leaders you're producin' here. I don't know if Charlie's silence here today is
right or wrong.
 I'm not a judge or jury. But I can tell you this: he won't sell anybody out to buy
his future!! And that, my friends, is called integrity! That's called courage! Now
that's the stuff leaders should be made of. Now I have come to the crossroads in
my life. I always knew what the right path was. Without exception, I knew. But
I never took it. You know why? It was too damn hard. Now here's Charlie. He's
come to the crossroads. He has chosen a path. It's the right path. It's a path
made of principle -- that leads to character. Let him continue on his journey.
 You hold this boy's future in your hands, committee. It's a valuable future.
Believe me. Don't destroy it! Protect it. Embrace it. It's gonna make ya proud
one day -- I promise you.

17. .
THE HIDDEN REASONS FOR FOUL
BEHAVIOUR
 EVERYONE IS HUNGRY FOR LOVE N ACCEPTANCE N
PEOPLE ARE TRANSFORMED ONLY THROUGH THE
SAME. SLADE COMES ACROSS AS SOMEONE NO MAN
CAN STAND. UNDOUBTEDLY, THE STRENGHT &
COURAGE OF CHARLIE IS PRAISEWORTHY. BUT WITH
THE PROGRESSION OF THE STORY WE UNDERSTAND
THAT THERE IS MANY A SLIP BETWEEN THE CUP N
THE LIP . WE WITNESS HOW CIRCUMSTANCES N
MANY OTHER INDIVIDUALS HAVE MOULDED SLADE
INTO A MISERABLE MAN , AND ALSO DISCOVER THE
SECRET OF TRANSFORMATION BEING SHOWERED
UPON LOVE , ACCEPTANCE N THROUGH EXAMPLE.
 SO,IT TEACHES US TO BE NON- JUDGEMENTAL N
UPHOLD UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD.

18. PRESENTS A MYOPIC , SELF
OBSESSED MODEL OF MANLIHOOD
THE CRITICS OF THIS CONTENTION , MAY SHARE
THAT SLADE IS NOT IN HIS SENSES , IS DEPRESSED
AND SHOWS SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, HENCE, HIS
DESIRES N ASPIRATIONS ARE OF A DYSFUNCTIONAL
SOUL. HOWEVER, I FEEL , UNLIKE THE
PROTAGONISTS OF TROY N GLADIATOR OR EVEN
SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, HE IS NOT VIRTUOUS
, AND HIS DESIRES ARE INDEED THE ASPIRATIONS OF
THE MODERN MAN , SOMEHOW IT SEEMS THEY
DON’T GO ON A VERY HIGH SCALE IN THE CHART OF
MASLOW, THE MAN WOMAN EQUATION IS ALSO OF
CHAUVANISM . TO SOME EXTENT , IT ALSO
GLORIFIES BRIBERY & PROSTITUTION.

19. WANTING TO BE RIGHTEOUS VS.
RIGHTEOUS
SLADE WAS SOCIALLY TRAINED BY THE ARMY TO
BE RIGHTEOUS, SO HE PROJECTED STRENGHT
ALL THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, NEVER HAVING
BELIEVED IN IT OR EXPERIENCED IT FIRST HAND.
SO, THIS MEETING N THE JOURNEY TOGETHER
HELPS SLADE BECOME CONSCIOUS OF HIS
RELATIVE HOLLOWNESS N REASONS FOR HIS
BAD FORTUNE, BEING BLESSED WITH
INSIGHT, HE FORGIVES OTHERS N HIMSELF
, REDEEMED FOREVER. AS A SOCIETY , WE
EXPERIENCE A SIMILAR STRING OF EMOTIONS .

20. CHILD IS THE FATHER OF MAN
THE FLICKERING BULB ONLY FADES HAVING LIGHT UP
MANY A HOUSES. HERE THE OLD MAN , WHO IS ON
THE VERGE OF DEATH , FINDS A NEW LEASE OF LIFE
, BECAUSE OF THE UNADULTERED , IDEALISM OF THE
YOUNG CHAP.
IT ALSO SHOWS HOW , THE WORLD TEACHES US
PESSIMISM N LIMITATIONS , COMPETITION , SO
MANY A TIMES BEAUTY LIES IN D UNTRAINED
, BECAUSE HE IS CLOSER TO HIS INNATE INNER SELF
, THAT IS A RESERVOIR OF WISDOM AN STRENGHT.
SO, THE MOTIVE OF LIFE BEING , HOLDING ON TO
THAT INNER SELF.

21. BLIND MAN CAN SEE MORE THAN
OTHERS
 THE PHYSICAL HANDICAP , POTRAYED IN D FILM IS
ONLY SYMBOLICALLY SHOWING THE EMOTIONAL
HANDICAP OF MR. SLADE.
 HOW THE EMOTIONAL HANDICAP IS A GREATER
PROBLEM THAN THE PHYSICAL ONE , IF THE INNER
ALIENATION IS CURED THE EXTERNAL LOOSES ITS
MEANING .
 ALSO , HOW , THIS MAN INSPITE OF NOT BEING ABLE
TO SEE, HAS A GREATER POWER OF DISCRETION AS
HE IS ABLE TO BE A BETTER JUDGE THAN THE JURY
OF THE PREMIER COLLEGE.

22. . WHATEVER GOES COMES BACK.
THIS IS SOME MESSAGE THAT ALL FILMS N NOVELS
POTRAY.
THE RULE OF CAUSE N EFFECT ALWAYS WORKS .
AND MOSTLY ITS THOSE ACTS OF BENOVELENCE &
BRAVERY DONE WITHOUT THE INTENTION OF A
GAIN IN RETURN THAT RETURN , SOLVING ONE
OF YOUR OWN PROBLEM. THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENS HERE IN THE COURAGEOUS ACT OF
CHARLIE OF BRAVING DEATH , TO UPHOLD
RIGHTEOUSNESS, OFFERING HIM A FRUIT OF
NOT BEING PUNISHED IN D CLIMAX.

23. A FEELING OF CATHARSIS.
TRIUMPH OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT.
 WITH NOTHING CONSTRUCTIVE TO LOOK
FORWARD TO ,WITH NO LOVE N AFFECTION IN D
IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT , HIS INABILITY TO
BRAVE LIFE , INSTILLS IN US PITY .LIKE A
FLICKERING BULB , HE IS A MIRROR TO THE
DAMPENED SPIRITS OF ALL OF US. BUT WHEN
ULTIMATELY HIS INNER SPIRIT IS REIGNITED
, AND HIS LEADERSHIP IS ACKNOWLEDGED IN D
IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT , IT IS A VICTORY OF
THE HUMAN SPIRIT FOR US.

24. IF A MAN ON THE VERGE OF
DEATH , CAN BE ENTHUSIASTIC
ABOUT LIFE , WHY CANT WE
 THIS IS THE OVERALL IMPACT OF THE FILM ON
US. AT THE FAG END OF HIS LIFE , THOUGH HE IS
DEPRESSED N WISHES , TO COMMIT
SUICIDE, WHAT STANDS OUT THE MOST IS HIS
ZEAL FOR WOMEN , FOR FERRARI , DANCE, HIS
YOUTHFUL SPIRIT N SPONTANEITY. HIS MEMORY
IN OUR PSYCHE IS ETCHED AS OF AN OLD MAN
WHO TAUGHT US THE TRUE MEANING OF
LIVING LIFE KING SIZE.

25. MODERN FAMILY , DELEGATION &
CLASS.
OWING TO INDUSTRIALISATION , THE SENSE OF
BELONGINGNESS IN MODERN FAMILIES IS MOSTLY
LOST . ALSO THE AGE OLD INNATE BEHAVIOUR OF
TAKING CARE OF THE OLD IS SOON DECAYING .
THE AGE OF DELEGATION HAS REACHED A PEAK
, WHERE LOOKING AFTER THE OLD OR THE YOUNG
HAS ALSO GOT DELEGATED .
THE RELATIVELY LESS PRIVELEDGED ,HAS NO WAY OF
MEETING FAMILY BUT DO A PART TIME JOB , AND
THE WEALTHY GEORGE WAS SAFEGUARDED IN TIMES
OF CRISIS , BECAUSE OF FATHER`S POWER N
POSITION.

26. THE STAND OF THE COLLEGE
 THE BOARD IS CORRECT IN ITS PLACE WHERE THEY
WISH TO CULTIVATE LEADERS N THE ANTI SOCIAL
ACTIVITY ONLY SHOWS IMMATURITY ON THE PART
OF THE PUPILS, BUT WHAT WAS WRONG ON THEIR
PART WAS TO LURE HIM A LETTER OF
RECOMMENDATION NOT BECAUSE OF HIS MERITS
, BUT FOR THE BOARD`S OWN PERSONAL BENEFITS.
 IN MY OPINION, EVEN CHARLIE IS WRONG ON HIS
PART BY NOT SHARING THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE
, BECAUSE AS A MAN OF CHARACTER HIS LOYALTIES
MUST REMAIN WITH THE IDEAL , N NOT HIS
FRIENDS WHO DID WRONG , SO , PERSONALLY I AM
NOT FULLY CONVINCED WITH THE ARGUMENT.