My_Left_Foot

My Left Foot “ MY LEFT FOOT” A movie about the life of Christy Brown The movie, “My Left Foot”, was a story about the life of a genius and his Catholic family in Dublin Ireland. Christy Brown was born on June 25, 1932. He was one of twenty-two births, where only thirteen children survived. Christy’s father was a bricklayer and his mom was a homemaker. Christy’s family always knew that there was something wrong with him. He just was not like the other kids in the house. It wasn’t until his 18th birthday that he was diagnosed with the disease Cerebral Palsy. This disease limited movement in all of his extremities, which made it impossible to walk, and even sit up without help. Luckily, Christy had a very supportive and caring family, who often took turns caring for him. Christy’s family often faced many barriers. Being poor, they often did without the bare necessities such as coal for heating purposes. Money was so tight that the family could not afford a wheelchair for Christy. They hauled him around in a wheel-barrel. On top of all of that, the family had to deal with Mr. Brown’s alcoholism my, left, foot, christy, family, very, one, often, elaine, christy’s, about, movie, life, brown, school, painting, learn, helped, help, feel, father, faced, began, became, worker, without, while, wanted, upset, tried, thing, stop, soon, same, problems, normal