Yusuf Ismail

Alyssa Francis

English 109.01

November 28, 2010

The film The Station Agent is about this guy name Fin who lives in Newfoundland, New Jersey. He inherited the house. Fin is a little guy and he will get a lot of criticism for being little but he doesn't care about that. Fin loves trains and always loved to be a train chaser. Fin loved trains for a while and he would love to be a train chaser so bad but he didn't got the chance to be a train chaser for a long long time because of he doesn’t own a camera. To be a train chaser you have to have a camera to record the trains while you are chasing it and then you would be considered a train chaser. There is a lady name Olivia Harris. Olivia Harris and Fin became friends after she tried to gave Fin a ride to the convenience store twice but felled to control her vehicle because she spilled a hot coffee in her thighs and instead she almost ran him both times. Fin likes to be along and not mess with but Olivia kept talking to him and she wanted to apologize him and become friends with him. They will soon become friends. There is also another guy name Joe he has a truck next to Fin's house that sales coffee and food and some other stuff. Fin and Joe will get to know each other and they will soon also became friends, matter fact Fin, Joe, and Olivia all three of them will became friends. They will get together sometimes and have dinner or a coffee. One day Fin would told Olivia and Joe that he loves to be a train chaser but never had the chance to became one because he doesn't own a camera. Olivia will buy a camera as gift for Fin so he can be what he always loved, to be a train chaser. After Fins receives the camera him and Joe will chased a train with Joe's tuck and record the train that they chased. All three of them would become a close friends and one day they will spent the day together. Fin, Joe will sleep over at Olivia's house. Olivia's ex husband came back to the house to visit Olivia but he find out that two guys sleeping at the house and Olivia still love her ex husband. There would be a lot chaos. All three will break apart but in the end they will come back together and become close friends once again.

The Station Agent

In the film The Station Agent, one of the main characters is named Finbar McBride. Fin has a deep love for trains and almost treats them as if they were is friends. He works at a train shop, called the golden spike, and he lives in an apartment right next to the shop. This is Finbars home. There is no other place that he can call his home and he lives and works with what he loves. His friend and boss at the train shop, named Henry, dies unexpectedly and Fin is told that that the train hobby shop will be closed down. He also learns that Henry had left him a half acre piece of land with an old abandoned train station. Finbar decides to take residence in this old station and live in peace. In my opinion, Finbars real home was back at the train shop with Henry and now that it's closed down his home is the station in which he lives. However, it will never take the spot of his real home.

the Station Agent

The Film " The Station Agent" take place New found land NJ. Finbar is the main character along with his best friend Joe. Joe and Finbar always hang out. Finbar enjoys Trains and loves to watch them and see the. on the other hand Joe sell ice cream and certain foods. Finbar meet Olivia and they become good friends and enjoy each other company. Going back to the beginning of the film Finbar inherites a small half acre land. His good friend Henry dies and leaves the Station for Finbar. In this interesting film i learned how certain people feel and what people go through when they cant fit into normal society. As the movie goes on we see Finbar go through alot of tough trials and tribulations, for example a young gril asks him to come to her school and grive a talk about trains. Finbar refuses and later agrees and kids start making fun of his hight. Olivia, Joe and Finbar become good friends and begin to hangout with each other untill they get angry with each other and later make up. Finbar loves trains and likes to watch them. Joe and Finbar enjoy each others company. they do all sorts of activities together, like train chasing and talking smoking. Finbar in the is very quite and does not like taking he has low self esteme and people make fun of him beacuse his hight. he is around 4ft 6 inches, he spends most of his time either watching trains or hanging out with Olivia and Joe. I really liked this film. I am greatful for alot of the things which many people take granted for.