The Man Without A Face

     In the movie, The Man Without A Face, Norstadt learned to trust McLeod. Norstadt did not really have a father figure in his life. All he had was his sisters and mom. His mom got married several times, and that also did not help with the growth of Norstadt. His oldest sister was rude to him and his younger sister he would consider a brad. The youngest sister was the type that snitched on everything she heard. Norstadt was so stressed out through out the movie, and his family was one of the causes to his stress. He took an exam to get into a boarding school and did not pass, so he wanted to take it again. His family, on the other hand did not think he should. They thought he was dumb and thought that taking the test again would be a waste of time. His older sister said in the movie, "Your dumb just like your father.". When his family told him they didn't want him to take the test, they were on a boat, with everyone's cars on the bottom floor. Norstadt got so angry that he vandalized his own mothers car. He thought nobody was watching him, but Mcleod did. He was sitting in his car with his dog. Of coarse McLeod did not say anything.

    Norstadt heard many rumors about McLeod. People around the town called him the Freak and they called his dog the beast.  The kids would say that he was a murderer. They would talk and tease about him, but they were all in fact scared of him. Half of McLeods face was burnt, so most people didn't get a good impression on looks. His face is actually scary looking. If you hold a conversation with him, you will most likely stare at his scar. That is why McLeod did everything secretly. He would go get his groceries at night, when everyone was sleep. When he went on the boat ride, he stayed at the bottom floor with all of the cars. Everything McLeod did was while he was alone, just so he could keep his distance from people. Everyone had something to say about him. People in that town were so judgmental of him, so he just kept his distance.  His house was far off into the woods, so that he wouldn't cause any trouble and so that trouble would not come to him.

     Norstadt needed a tutor for his exam, and heard that Mr. McLeod was a teacher. So, McLeod started to teach him and they both enjoyed it. He told Norstadt that he needed to ask permission from his mother to come to his house for tutoring. Norstadt knew that his mother would say no, because of the bad impression she had of McLeod. Therefore, Norstadt lied to Mr. McLeod and said that his mother could come. McLeod trusted him and continued to tutor. As the tutoring continued, Norstadt and Mcleod became friends and they started to trust each other. Norstadt one day asked him what happened to his face. He was very curious to know. McLeod told him that he got into a car accident, and a little boy got killed.

     Norstadt and McLeod both were missing something in their lives. Norstadt was missing a father figure. His sisters and mom were not enough in his life. And on top of that everything he heard about his father was lies. Mcleod was missing a friend. Ever since the accident, peoples judgments of him grew. Everyone in the town thought that he was crazy. He needed someone that he could just talk to. It seemed to him that no one else was there except for Norstadt and his very own dog.

     Norstadt came home one day and walked in on his older sister and her boyfriend. His sister got so mad at him, that she told him the truth about his father. She told him that his father was a drunk and that he killed himself. When Norstadt heard this he was devastated and immediately ran to Mr. McLeod's house. He stayed with him over the night. The police came to the door in the morning and Norstadt came downstairs in his underwear. This was a very big issue, because Mr. McLeod was accused of being a pedophile and sexually assaulting a boy a very long time ago. The police thought that he was doing the same to Norstadt and they asked him to keep his distance. Norstadt was so devastated and confused with life. He just wanted to know the truth. So he went to McLeod's house and asked him. McLeod asked him what he thought and asked him not to cheat in the question. He didn't want him to cheat on the question, because he knew that their trust was strong and that Norstadt knew that it wasn't true. Nostadt believed him and was very appreciative of him, because he passed his test and got into the boarding school.

     Norstadt came in certainty that he could trust McLeod, because he could not trust anyone else. He felt that he could not trust his family, because they were lying to him. McLeod was helping him pass his test, at no cost. Mcleod was almost Norstadt's only friend and Norstadt was McLeod's only friend. They came to trust each other. Regardless of what the police said on the case. McLeod and Norstatd were the only people that really knew what happen. Therefore, they trusted each other.