Looking For Alibrandi - John Barton's Funeral Scene

"If I could be anything other than what I am, I'd want a tomorrow. If I could be what my father wants me to be, maybe I could stay for that too. If I could be what you want me to be, then I'd want to stay. But I am what I am and all I want is freedom."

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[How2BeDumbForDummies]

"For the rest of my life I'll want to know what they do with the sheets. Maybe they'll burn them."

"Or maybe they'll scrub, and scrub so that they can sleep with them for the rest of their lives."

That quote hits me so hard.

[somewhatsweet]

@MZLEXN7 It's Hamish Cowan you twat!

[Ruthlovesthe1Dboys]

I cry everytime I watch this scene.

It's so touching and sad ):

[Prisiee98]

did he suicide... 0.0

[agh45k]

i start shivering each time i here the letter he wrote

[hyperactivehilarity]

12 years later and countless views, and I still feel like my heart is breaking everytime I see the faces of the coffin bearers, and John's poor mother.

There's a beautiful line in the book, after the funeral when Josie says, "Sometimes an hour has gone by and I haven't thought of John. Sometimes two, but then I remember that not a minute will ever go by when his mother won't think of him."

I often find myself hoping that John finally found the peace in death he so sorely longed for in life.

[lunaenvy22]

im not a cry-er when it come to most sad movies. but something about this scene, this song and his words that just gets me every single time. I'll never have dry eyes after watching this. Amazing film <3

[cifilorp]

Great novel, great movie.

Lately I've been reading all of MM's books again. I gotta watch this too, now.

[IpodZombie]

this scene always reminds me of the end of Dead Poets Socitey

[Robinson1837]

Chills down my spine whenever I watch this.

[dudetterose]

@MZLEXN7 and Somewhatsweet ok both of you calm down! ;p lets get the facts striaght, The Original song "with or without you" is sung by U2. yes? The version in this movie "with or without you is sung by Hamish cowan. yes? see that wasn't hard, was it? lol ;p Great Movie isn't it?

[ihamma2000]

this is a sad scene