"Memorable Line"

"Sometimes you gotta break the rules to make things straight."

This simple phrase means a lot to the characters in the movie such as Homer and Dr. Larch. First of all, Dr. Larch ends up breaking the rules or as he thinks "bending" the rules, so that Homer can work as a doctor at the orphanage house to take over Dr. Larch's position. One thing is that Homer never went to school of any kind. Dr. Larch broke the rule of copying his doctorate licenses and other things to make it look like Homer went to school and was a great canidate for the doctor position. Another example of rules being broken is from the house that the apple workers lived in. It was simple. None of occupants could read, therefore they didn't pay attention to the rules that they had broke. Another thing to add for examples, I believe is when Homer dated Candy, while Candy's boyfriend was over fighting in the war. They together broke the rules of relationships and that is what eventually leads Homer right back to the orphanage to start his career as a doctor.

I think that the saying means that rules are meant to keep society sane, but there are exceptions depending on the circumstances that are involved. If Dr. Larch didn't copy all of his doctoral paper for Homer, then a different doctor could be placed in that orphanage with different beliefs.

Some rules are for the better and they are to keep people at peace. But in the case of this movie, some rules are bad and they shouldn't be followed because they don't help society. So in this case, breaking the rules was a positive factor. I'm not saying that all rules should be broken or that Homer's case was fair, but I do believe that it was for the better of the orphanage. It was a great story to watch and enjoy with Homer growing up in the orphanage to Homer taking over the orphanage as the doctor.