In the movie A River Runs through It, there is a bond between the two brothers Paul and Norman. As kids they grow up doing everything together: school, hanging out with friends, and fishing. Once they are old enough, Norman goes away to college for six years on the east coast then returns home. Paul on the other hand has a job as a journalist and is popular in town. Even though they have been apart for six years the one thing that brings them back together is fishing. The world slows down and nothing else matters at the time. They enjoy the moment for what it is. For my brother and I, soccer and video games are what makes sense to us. We become fully engrossed in what we are doing and have a good time doing it. All our worries and problems disappear until we are finished playing. As the events of the movie unfold, Norman develops the question of what one’s responsibility is to his/her family. Norman's girlfriend sends her brother, Neal, with Norman and Paul on a fishing trip. As Norman quickly realizes, Neal ruins the fishing trip with a series of poor choices like drinking and having sex with a girl. When given the choice to try to help Neal Norman is at first baffled as to why he should try to help the man. However he realizes that regardless he should do his best to help Neal. As Paul’s drinking and gambling addictions are uncovered, these Norman wonders how much of his responsibility it is to help his brother Paul. Norman and his parents make attempts to help Paul, but are unable to. They are unsure how to bring up his problems and when they are they do not know what to say. I personally cannot relate to the gambling problem because no one in my family gambles but most of my siblings drink a lot more than they should. They waste huge amounts of money towards beer and wine on a weekly basis and get drunk at least once a week. While they are not out in public it is still a bad choice to do this weekly because you cannot control