Alfred Hitchcock Lifeboat Essay Questions

1. The film I chose from the list of Alfred Hitchcock films is titled “Lifeboat” and it was released on January 11th, 1944. They’re quite a few principle characters in this film, such as a women named Constance Porter who is a journalist and was filming the battle between a Allied ship and a U-boat. Another character is a man named John Kovac who is black gang oiler, then their is CJ Rittenhouse Jr. a wealthy man, also their is a man named Gus Schmidt who changed his last name to Smith due to the shame he has for his name, Gus’ leg was greatly damaged during the battle. their is also Alice MacKenzie who is a nurse and tried to treat Gus’ leg also on the boat is Joe Spencer who’s is a black man and Willi who is a German who survived the sinking of the German U-boat.
The conflict of the film is the survivors of the battle between an Allied ship and a U-boat try to survive on a make shift lifeboat and get along long enough to make it to Bermuda or find a ship that belongs to the Allied. An example of this is the survivors having to rationalize the food and water long enough to last until they are found or make it to Bermuda.

3. The cause of the conflict was caused by the battle between an Allied ship and a U-boat both of which sank one another and caused several people from the ships to be stranded in the middle of the ocean and forced to coexist on a lifeboat together long enough to be saved. The conflict began at the beginning of the film due to the battle between the ships started around the beginning credits.

4. Most of the characters in the film are protagonist and in the sense that they are willing to do whatever it takes to survive such as rationalize their food and water amongst each including the antagonist Willi the German