Groundhog Day (Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell: 1993) Rated PG Intended or a!!

lication o the Moti"ation and #$otion or Per%onality %ection o the cour%e& Plea%e addre%% the%e 'ue%tion% in a ()* word e%%ay& 1& +hat are the $ain $oti"e% character Phil ,onnor% hold% at the -eginning o the il$, and then at the end. /& 0"er ti$e, Phil1% outloo2 and the way he interact% with !eo!le change% dra$atically& 3%ing %!eci ic e4a$!le%, di%cu%% %o$e change%, good or -ad, and relate thi% to the reading& 3%e any o the conce!t% and theorie% ro$ Moti"ation and #$otion a% a ra$ewor2 to analy5e tho%e change%& 6ou can choo%e to di%cu%% $oti"ation, e$otion, or -oth& 3& (0!tional78u%t or un) I you could choo%e to ha"e thi% ha!!en to you, would you. +hy or why not. Phil ,onnor% i% a 9: weather $an ro$ Pitt%-urg, Penn%yl"ania who, e"ery year, dri"e% to Pun4%utawney to get new% co"erage or Groundhog Day (;e-ruary /)& Phil hate% the %$all <hic2= town and thin2% o it a% -eneath hi$& Phil ,onnor% i% "ery egoti%tical and hi% $oti"e% are only %el i%h& In the ir%t 1* $inute%, it i% a!!arent that he thin2% Rita, a new% !roducer that i% to acco$!any hi$ to Pun4%utawney, i% i$$ature and %illy& 0n the way there, he %arca%tically $a2e% un o her when %he e4!re%%e% her e4cite$ent a-out the groundhog& >e al%o con%ider% the ca$era$an, ?arry, hi% une'ual and treat% hi$ !oorly& Phil $a2e% un o hi$ a-out hi% a!!earance or -eha"ior $ulti!le ti$e%& 9hroughout the $o"ie, Phil i% un2ind to a lot !eo!le, including Rita, ?arry, a $an at hi% hotel, the hotel lady, @ed (in%urance %ale%$an and old ac'uaintance), and %e"eral other%& >e -elie"e% that the world re"ol"e% around hi$ and whene"er %o$eone or %o$ething get% in the way, he act% in%ulted and treat% !eo!le rudely& +ell, they get %tuc2 in Pun4%utawney -ecau%e o a -li55ard (which he !redicted wa%nAt going to ha!!en B ironic) and i% orced to %tay an e4tra day& 9he !ro-le$ i% that when he wa2e% u!, itA% ;e-ruary / again and e"erything that ha!!ened the day -e ore re!eat% it%el & Phil i% not a an o Pun4%utawney or Groundhog Day and i% not ha!!y to di%co"er that he ha% to reli"e the day o"er and o"er& At ir%t, he i% "ery !e%%i$i%tic and ru%trated a-out hi% %ituation and at ir%t ta2e% it out on tho%e around hi$& >e learn% that -ecau%e the ne4t -egin% a% i nothing ha!!en%, he can do anything without con%e'uence and !roceed% to !unch @ed in the ace, $a2e% rude re$ar2% a-out Rita and ?arry, %teal% $oney, learn% town $e$-er%A %ecret%, and other thing% that are "ery %el i%hly $oti"ated& At one ti$e, Phil a%2% an attracti"e wo$an her na$e, her high %chool, and her 1/th grade #ngli%h teacher then wal2% away without e4!lanation& 9he ne4t day (or the %a$e day), he wal2% u! to her and act% a% i he already 2new her and u%e% the in or$ation ro$ the day -e ore to get her to go out with hi$ and later %educe her& In a way, he gi"e% her a al%e $e$ory a-out hi$ when %he really had ne"er $et hi$ in her li e& Phil notice% how 2ind Rita i% to e"eryone and he trie% to get her to li2e hi$, -ut ail% re!eatedly& >e co$$it% %uicide %e"eral ti$e% di erent way%& >i% e$otion% go u! and down throughout the $o"ie, including de!re%%ion when he i% reCected or canAt 2ill hi$%el , annoyance with the re!etition and !eo!le, ha!!y when he hel!% other%, and !a%%i"e when he doe% whate"er he want% without con%e'uence& 9he $ore Phil learn% a-out Rita, the $ore he i% in%!ired -y her and all% in lo"e with her& >e decide% to u%e hi% <ti$e= -etter and $ore con%tructi"ely -y -eing !o%iti"e, -eing nice and doing thing% or Rita and ?arry, learning to !lay the !iano, %!ea2 ;rench, and %cul!t ice& >e -egin% to change in how he "iew% li e& Phil reali5e% that hel!ing and thin2ing o other% i% what really $a2e% hi$ ha!!y& >e lo%e% hi% %el i%h de%ire%& >e run% hi% <errand%= daily, which i% catching a alling 2id ro$ a tree, -uying li e in%urance ro$ @ed, i4ing old ladie%A lat tire, eeding a ho$ele%% old guy, and %a"ing a cho2ing $an& @o longer doe% he care a-out hi$%el , -ut thin2% o how he can hel! other%& 0nce Rita %ee% how 2ind

and talented he i% (now), %he (%tart% to) ha% eeling% or hi$& @ow that Phil ha% changed and -eca$e a -etter !er%on $entally, e$otionally, !hy%ically, and %ocially to$orrow ha!!en%& It wa%nAt until he learned hi% le%%on that he could get out o the <ti$e7cycle=& >one%tly, I thin2 Bill Murray i% hilariou% in thi% $o"ie& 8u%t hi% co$$ent% and hi% acial e4!re%%ion% crac2 $e u!, and watching any $o"ie with $y %i%ter $a2e% it unnier& I I could choo%e to ha"e thi% ha!!en, I thin2 I would under the %a$e condition% that when I had treated e"eryone around $e with 2indne%% then $y li e would re%u$e& 9he act that IA"e already %een thi% $o"ie would in luence $y deci%ion% a lot& I wouldnAt want to go around learning !eo!le%A %ecret% or %educing girl%& I $ight %teal $oney or go %!eeding down the road in a nice car I %tole, -ut I would li2e to do thing% that I would not otherwi%e -e a-le to do -ecau%e they are either illegal or I donAt ha"e the ti$e or the$ right now& I wouldnAt u%e the ti$e to get to 2now a girl a li2ed %o that I can get her to li2e $e& 9hat wouldnAt -e a real relation%hi! and itA% 2ind o cree!y& I thin2 I wouldnAt -e nice to e"eryone (%o to a"oid the ne4t day ro$ -eing to$orrow) until I had $a%tered e"ery in%tru$ent, e"ery %!ort, and learned all o the in or$ation I could handle& I would gain a% $any %2ill% a% I could, whether it wa% u%e ul or not& I wouldnAt hurt anyone or 2ill anyone& It would -e a -ig $ental %truggle to drin2 alcohol or do drug%, -ut I %till thin2 I $ight con%ider it& Dince IA$ not %tuc2 in a %$all town, I thin2 I would go "i%it !lace% around the world li2e Belgiu$, #gy!t, or di erent %tate%& I would do ri%2y thing% a% well %uch a% %2ydi"ing (with and without a !arachute) and riding a $otorcycle down the reeway a% a%t a% I could ro$ the !olice& IAd !ro-a-ly do whate"er I could, -ut IAd %till a"oid har$ing other% the -e%t I could&