Whiplash Movie Reflection

Whiplash is an inspiring movie, from what I experience watching the movie. There are two sides to the story, one where Andrew wants to fulfill a lifetime fantasy, and the desire to become the best drummer there is. Second, Andrew is willing to risk it all, to bear everything and anything in order to achieve that dream. In order to accomplish such challenge, he applies to one of the best music schools and is admitted into it. He is now part of one of the most prestigious schools of music, Shaffer Conservatory of Music School. He would practice every day to achieve perfection, to become the best. An afternoon, while practicing, Andrew received a visit from one of the “leading teachers” at school. Observing Andrews he saw a spark, maybe due to his conscious practice, so he invited him to a practice with Mr. Fletcher’s orchestra. It is in the new classroom where Andrew started his journey to a path, I consider to be somehow, not expected to follow. At least not in his dreams of becoming the best drummer player. So, is Andrew a younger version of Mr. Fletcher, so single-minded and focused on the greatness that he has no other purpose in life? I like to conclude that more than a version of Mr. Fletcher, he was projecting himself into what he did not want to become, and he did not want to be recognized as a failure, resembling his father. At least it what it seemed, from the scene where he and his family were sited at the table. Although Andrew just got the first chair drummer at