Thursday, April 22, 2010

“Where the Heart Is”

The movie “Where the Heart Is” tells the story of a seventeen years old pregnant girl who is abandoned by her boyfriend in a Wal-Mart store. She also was abandoned by her mother when she was a child. Novalee has no place to live and she moves to Wal-Mart when the store closes. As a result, she gives birth to her baby into the store. She and her baby are rescued by Forney, a good boy that she meets in the Library. She also meets good friends like Sister, Moses, and Lexie. They help to Novalee when she needs it most. Novalee and her daughter Americus move into Sister’s house, but a few years later a tornado destroys the trailer of Sister and kills her. Novalee is the beneficiary of Sister and she receives money that she uses to build a house for herself and Americus. She also helps Lexie and her kids when two of them were raped. Novalee takes them to live with her and her daughter. She falls in love with Forney; nevertheless, she thinks that she isn’t enough good women for him. Forney goes to finish the University, and Novalee became photographer. At the end of the movie Novalee and Forney  married in a Wal-Mart.

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