Blind Lead Made in Scent of a Woman

As we watch the movies and see the characters play off each other from separate and distinct point of view, we can see that they both are going to end up teaching each other life lessons by the end of the story. Slade has Sims take him around The Big Apple for some planned activities. Slade visits his relatives, where Sims and the audience find out how Slade became blind. By the end of the movie, Sims\' determination to act according to his principles restores Slade\'s faith in people and, in turn, gives Slade an opportunity to help Charley out of his problem at school.

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At one point in the movie, Slade tells Charley : \"If you get all tangled up, just tango on.\" Eventually he comes to understand that this advice can be applied to his own outlook on life as well, and he realizes that the root of his bitterness comes not from losing his sight, but from regretting his own failings.

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You can tell that Charley is a good-hearted person with good morals, and with the innocence that lets him believe that \"people are really good at heart\". He refuses to rat on his classmates, sticks with Slade and pities him, sticking by his side through all the things that Slade puts him through. He returns to their hotel room after being falsely sent on an errand, and we know that we will find Slade preparing to kill himself - Charley talks him out of it as Slade realizes that Charley believes that even a bitter old man has worth and

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Slade\'s blindness has two meanings: the physical, and the mental. He may not be able to see the world, but he is also unable to \'see\' any possibilities or positives in the world and has chosen to become mean and bitter. He does not want to know any different, and until the scene in the hotel room, is unable to accept any alternatives to suicide. It is a very good example of depression and how it causes people to have either/or thoughts and feelings about the world around them.

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Al Pacino won an Academy Award for this movie, which was highly questioned by reviewers and critics because it was not his best portrayal and he was also up against Denzel Washington for Malcolm X. Perhaps Hollywood felt that it was time for a life-affirming and uplifting movie (although from the beginning, it didn\'t seem like it would turn out that way) and wanted to confirm that through the Oscar process. Others complained that it was a contrived situation that was not very believable; however, if you look at the character development, what you come away with is that there are many ways to be blind - inside, outside and more, and the story proposes that by helping each other, people can open each others\' eyes to the good in their lives and the possibilities of good in the world.

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Slade was satisfied to be bitter and to make his relatives and people around him miserable also. He could have been helped with therapy or medication, but he had a very set and established worldview (grounded in de

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