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Dewey Movie Analysis

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Part One: The Life of Dewey
Throughout the whole movie Dewey compliments and tries to tell and show the students that they are talented when it comes to music. Dewey also makes connections and tells the students about some mistakes he had done in his career so he could explain to the students that they shouldn’t be like that. Not only does Dewey positively impact the students but at the end of the movie he shows the parents that their students are talented, this is important because their parents would start giving them support and will allow their students to start playing rock.
Dewey is a person who Is motivated by passion, everything he had done in the movie was all because of his passion for music and rock, for example even when Dewey took Ned 's job he found a way to incorporate music into it and ultimately his job at the end of the story has to do with his passion for music
Some factors that affected Dewey 's decisions are when Dewey gets kicked out of his band and Ned tells him that he needs to come up with enough money to pay for his share of the rent. Also another factor that affected Dewey 's decisions is during the middle of the film Dewey witnesses the students playing music in class and their talent while playing, as soon as Dewey witnessed …show more content…

I have been playing piano since I was around 5 and I still believe I can make a career out of it, I have all the requirements to become a teacher so I believe this dream can easily become reality. Music isn 't something that anyone in my family actually pursued as a career but it is something that everyone loves so my parents agree that I should pursue simply because they love music and so do I, I don 't believe there is a specific age in which I should put my dream aside because even if it doesn 't become my main career or job, I will still always be able to make it a hobby rather

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