Robin Jenkins first shows you how different the little girl is, “red eyed dissenter”. This shows that the little girl could be angry or has maybe been crying. I think Jenkins has used ‘dissenter’ to identify Margaret as different from everyone else suggesting her loneliness and isolation from the others. Loneliness is a theme throughout ‘Flowers’ which shows that life can be very unpleasant especially if you are alone. The theme of loneliness continues when, after Miss Laing tells the children to go pick flowers they all “scamper off” but the little girl doesn’t.
Unfortunately, she concludes her essay with political and social issues, which weakens her argument as it drifts away from her purpose. Though it did turn into a political paper, Gopnik is able to use examples that have logical reasoning and evidence, therefore allowing her to create an effective argument. In summary, Gopnik explains the different stages of growth as she provides evidence from her experiments. She lays those stages out starting from when they are just born until they are at the age of four. She explains the typical behavior, starting from when they can imitate facial expressions at birth, and then proceeding to discovering and differentiating others’ and their own emotions.
As another example when Edward was trapped in Jim’s house he was trying really hard to open the door but it was impossible because of his “condition” , Burton also uses eye line match during this scene between his hands, the lock’s door and his face to highlight how different life is for Edward even in the smallest details. It makes the public support him and justifies his actions during and to the end of the movie. Tim Burton uses non-diegetic sounds to create mood and drive the audience between sadness and happiness, playing with its emotions. With non-diegetic sounds, we can understand better how character’s emotions and feeling change during the movie. At first Kim didn’t like Edward, but then she started to feel sympathy for him.
Acting is impeccable to this type of movie. The way Dustin Hoffman plays Raymond in the movie is absolutely great. To make a movie about a mental disorder is one thing, but to make a movie about a mental disorder along with having an actual character in the movie with a mental disability played by an actor without an actual disability is another thing. The way Hoffman played this part was perfect in the sense that he did not overdo his acting, yet he also did not under do the job he was given. There is a fine line between making fun of or mocking an individual with a mental disability and actually truthfully acting out how someone is with a real disability.
It was one of the largest massacres ever. However director Mark Herman uses the perspective of the little boy Bruno to illustrate that for children who have no prejudices about nations and enemies (and the boys in the movie were completely oblivious that one was suffering and the other was not) it shows just how innocent children are and without exposing them to the wrong idea they will connect and get along. Herman uses many techniques to his advantage to distinguish the interplay between history and memory. The landscape is majorly used to show the perspective of each character. This is shown in scenes in the house/headquaters where there are bland colours and it looks like a fortress which indicates the unhappiness and sadness of the people within it.
He always smiles just like a salesperson who tries to sell an item smiles. When salesmen want you to buy their products, they usually put off a nice, placating tone of voice, trying to convince you that their product was the best. Smilin’s smile has a fake, forced quality about it, because he is trying to convince Granny that they had a right to come to her land and take pictures. After Granny makes it clear that she does not want him there, he still tries to convince her and calls her “Auntie.” This was very disrespectful because he was white and she was black and it was a rude thing to say. They soon left to walk around the land and tried to use their convincing techniques to convince Granddaddy to let them take pictures.
The Red Tree-Vincent Chen The Red Tree-Vincent Chen Shaun Tan’s text, “The Red Tree”, explores the power of hope, renewal and inspiration. The journey follows that of a young nameless girl as she experiences her day-to-day life in a dark and dull world, expressing her feelings of alienation, loneliness and depression but eventually, finding the hope and passion to see the brighter side of life. This is conveyed through the use of effective visual and language techniques thus allowing the responder to visualise, imagine and understand the emotional impacts of such a journey. The simple story line depicts a young girl moving through a sequence of striking landscapes. The narrating text is left deliberately spare and simple – “Sometimes the
The authour wants the reader’s attention to be first drawn to the red tree, so the red tree is presented in bright colours where as the surrounding backing is presented in dark and dull colours. Body language is another technique used by the authour, the girl is continuously presented with her head down this technique is used to represent sadness and disappointment it gives the reader the sense that the girl does not belong at this point of time. A visual metaphor is also used, the red tree has lost its leaves, they are scattered throughout the pages of the picture book, and this is used to represent a lack or shortening of time. Symbolism is one of the main techniques used as the picture book does not consist of any words. In this text powerful images, with few words, are used to express the young girls state of being.
More importantly it focuses on Monty’s emotions and feelings. The viewer gets a strong sense of sadness, pain, anger, regret, disbelief. There is, in places, love and happiness. The film’s music helps the viewer feel these emotions and understand the character feelings through the film. The ain music theme, I feel, helps us to connect with Monty’s feelings and his thoughts throughout his last day of freedom.
For example, on page 15, he lets out his bottled frustration from his parents out. He slams his door shut so hard, a poster comes lose. Moon comes to understand that Ashraf isn’t holding him down at all if not showing him how fortunate and lucky he is. After he comes to understand this, he changes from angry and rebellious to peaceful and calm. It is easier to always be mad and not control your anger than suppress it and show only your kind and nice side.