PhiladelphiaCharaceranalysis袁晗Philadelphia•ThemoviePhiladelphiaisanexcellentexampleofthesevereprejudiceanddiscriminationmanypeoplewithAIDSareexposedto.Anditshowshoweverydaylife,workandmentalhealthcanbeaffectedbythiskindofsituation.plot•AndrewBeckett,agaylawyerinfectedwithAIDS,isfiredfromhisconservativelawfirminfearthattheymightcontractAIDSfromhim.AfterAndrewisfired,inalastattemptforpeace,hesueshisformerlawfirmwiththehelpofahomophobiclawyer,JoeMiller.Duringthecourtbattle,MillerseesthatBeckettisnodifferentthananyoneelseonthegrittystreetsofthecityofbrotherlylove,shedshishomophobiaandhelpsBeckettwithhiscasebeforeAIDSovercomeshim.AndrewBeckett•AndrewBeckett,aspresentedinthemovie,isagay.Gays•havelongbeendiscriminatedinAmericansociety.Also,discriminationagainstgaypeopleinemploymentandhousingremainswidespread,Atthesametime,heisinfectedwithAIDS.Becauseofthis,heisdismissedfromthelawfilm.AndrewBeckett•Buthenevergivesup,onthecontrary,hepicksuphiscouragetofaceallthedifficulties.Helooksforalawyerforhelp,butintheUnitedStates.AIDSisviewedasmuchmorethanatransmissibleandlethaldisease,sonoonewantstohelphim.Indesperation,BeckettturnstoablacklawyerJoeMiller.Atfirst,MillerrefusestorepresentBeckettduetohisdislikeofhomosexualsandhismisconceptionsaboutAIDS,andflatlytellshimthathehasnocase.•Hedoesnotfearothersdiscriminationeyes,becauseofhiscourage,hecanliveaspeciallifewhichotherpeoplecan’timagineandimitate.JoeMiller•JoeMillerisanexcellentlawyer,hehaddonealotofcases,andachievesuccess.JoeMiller•ButwhenAndrewBeckettaskhimtobehisrepresentlawyer,herefusedhimafterhesitatin,becauseAndrewBecketthadtheAIDS.IthinkhehadaprejudiceabouttheAIDSatthebeginning.ButwhenhesawAndrewBecketthadbeendiscriminationinthelibrarybecauseoftheAIDS,hechangedhismindandhelpJoeMillerbroughtasuitagainsthiscompany.Hewasverykind,andheopposedthediscriminationagainstAIDSandgay.Thanksforlistening