"I would like to introduce you to my good friend, Harvey"

      Harvey was an interesting movie. I like the black and white films more and more. It gives the movie character, I think. The first thing that I want to know is why was having an imaginary friend back in the day so scary? It was not scary for children to have imaginary friends and yet people thought that Elwood was a totally looney. People freaked out and ran the other direction as if they were looking at a ghost, but you can’t see imaginary friends so why were people running?

      Who was Harvey? Besides being a big white rabbit Harvey was a friend that everyone wanted to have. They wanted to have someone they could count on to be there for everything whenever they needed them. Friendships and relationships are a theme in this film. Harvey has his best friend that he would do anything for and Harvey would do anything for Elwood. Veta also really wants friendships. She gets Elwood out of the house because she doesn’t want her friends to think that she is a looney too. Her friends never come to see her because of Elwood. Mary could not meet someone for herself also because of Elwood.

      Everything happens for a reason. There are several parts in the film that shows this. If Veta had not been taken into the ward by mistake then Elwood would have been locked up forever. Also Mary would not have found someone. The last part of the movie where Elwood is at Charlie’s demonstrates this even better. If Harvey had not followed the doctor the Elwood would have not told the Dr. about how he met Harvey. The head Dr. also would have not believed Elwood otherwise about Harvey.  The most important part in the film, to me, was when the taxi driver wanted his money. If the judge and Veta did have money, then Elwood would have had that serum and been changed forever. He would have lost his sweetness and been normal.  At the end of that scene Veta finds her coin purse in her bag and blames it on Harvey. Harvey isn’t only a pooka but he is that thing. Not luck but that thing in life that everybody needs a little bit of. It could be faith in that everything always works out the way is suppose to or that everything happens for a reason. Veta gets to keep her brother, the doctor meets Harvey, Mary finds her mate, and Elwood gets to keep his best friend. Everything works out in the end of this film. One last thing, if a person is truly your friend they will stick with you no matter what.