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Without his love by his side, Ottway’s depression gets to him and soon he starts writing a suicide note it is most likely no one will read it and no one will miss him. He sees his job as immoral, being paid to kill animals for men he cares little for. He puts his hand on the wolf ‘s stomach feeling the last remaining breaths of this poor creature. All that the audience needs to know is he loved this women with all his might and for some reason she is not in his life anymore. One day Ottway is doing his shift when he shoots down a wolf running at three men. The name of this women is never mentioned aswell as if she was Ottway’s wife, girlfriend, or just a women he desperately loved. While Ottway is sitting in a bar by himself, he thinks about being under some bed sheets with a beautiful woman.

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The film starts with Ottway talking to the audience, describing the small reserve he’s working at as a place full of drunks and scumbags. The beginning of the film establishes Ottway’s character ark. In the film, Ottway does show signs of depression, but in other cases his depression is used symbolically in the movie. Someone with depression can feel like his or her world is getting bleaker every day, feeling like they do not belong anywhere in society. These are common symptoms usually seen in people with depression and it can mentally cripple a person if not treated. The film evokes feelings of sadness, hopelessness and constant loneliness even around others. The film does not just have depression as the context the film itself physically embodies what it feels like to be depressed.

What the audience got instead was a survival/thriller, but with a heavy emphasis on drama that insightfully depicts themes of depression and self-worth. The trailers and ads for The Grey were misleading, being advertised as an action/thriller with Liam Nesson fighting wolves with his bare hands. The film was released in January which is usually Hollywood’s dumping ground for bad movies, but it stood out from the rest. Ottway is the only one who can lead the men to safety as they must survive the insufferable winter conditions, as well avoiding savage wolves as best as possible. When Ottway and the other oil workers fly off on a plane, it soon crashes and now they are stuck in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness. His main job is to defend a group of oil workers from packs of wolves if they try to approach them. The film is about an old man named Ottway, who is a lonely wolf hunter staying in a dreary Alaskan oil reserve. The Grey is a 2012 survival/thriller starring Liam Neeson and directed by Joe Carnahan. The Grey: Battling Depression and Self-Worth Ottway suffering from his depression