Reflection of the Movie

In Javier’s birthday party Akeelah and Dylan found out that they are each other’s strong rival. After that time Akeelah started intensive spelling training with the professor. In spite of the learning of different suffix and prefix, the professor also trained Akeelah to memorize vocabulary by jumping rope. However, they had an argument one day, the professor then decided to let Akeelah train by herself. He gave her 5000 vocabulary words. Akeelah was sad about the leaving of her teacher and her best friend. When her mother comforted her, the mother provided an ideal of “5000 teachers”. All the people in their community helped Akeelah. Akeelah later made up with her professor and her friend. They went to the country spelling bee together in Los Angeles. Akeelah did well in the final competition. However, when she and Dylan competed for the championship, she understood that the first place was not only important for Dylan but also his father. Akeelah then decided to spell a word wrong deliberately. But her intension was found by Dylan. They made a deal to compete with each other fairly and they finally became the championship in the spelling bee this year.

I was touched by two scenes in the movie. The first is the 5000 teachers. I realized that when a person really wants to reach a goal, finish an assignment, the whole word will help him or her. It is similar to what the book “Secret” said. Second, what Akeelah said in the end of the movie impressed me. At that time, she enjoyed the moment of “now”, and appreciated all the people who help he in the life deeply. I once had the same experiences like Akeelah. In my opinion, the touching feeling and the appreciation are important to our life. We shall try to remember it and extend it from a short moment to the real life.