How Does History Affect The Standpoints Of The Main Character
1. Describe the context I which the action takes place. Which elements of the film give information about the context? How does the context affect communication patterns between the characters?
The film Slumdog Millionaire takes place in modern day India and goes in and out of the past and present slums of India. Jamal Malik is a young boy from the slums and is best friends with his brother, Salim Malik. The slums of India contain nothing but dirt roads, half build huts and outhouses to use the restroom, which is all adjacent to a trash dump yard.
The communication throughout the film is spoken in mainly Hindi, with some English. The communication between the characters is pretty even with each other, in the sense that everyone understands …show more content…
How does history affect the standpoints of the characters? What do you learn about perceptions of history from the film? What is the relationship between history and identity issues of the main characters?
History affects Jamal and Salim, coming from living in the slums are their lives, by wanting better than what they had growing up, and security because they lost their mother as young children. History is what caused them to leave and be safe and to fend for only each other. For Jamal, history only made him stronger even though he seems to want to put everything in the past, except for his love Latika and the experiences to what helped him to answer the questions correctly on “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire.” 4. What can you say about communication styles and language use in the film? What did language reveal about particular characters? What social structures affect the use of language?
The language used in the film is Hindi, and English. The communication style is very laid back between Jamal and Salim, using a lot of low context style communication. They get to the point when speaking to each other, because they are constantly on the go and don’t have time to have a formal sit down conversation when trying to convey
The film Slumdog Millionaire takes place in modern day India and goes in and out of the past and present slums of India. Jamal Malik is a young boy from the slums and is best friends with his brother, Salim Malik. The slums of India contain nothing but dirt roads, half build huts and outhouses to use the restroom, which is all adjacent to a trash dump yard.
The communication throughout the film is spoken in mainly Hindi, with some English. The communication between the characters is pretty even with each other, in the sense that everyone understands …show more content…
How does history affect the standpoints of the characters? What do you learn about perceptions of history from the film? What is the relationship between history and identity issues of the main characters?
History affects Jamal and Salim, coming from living in the slums are their lives, by wanting better than what they had growing up, and security because they lost their mother as young children. History is what caused them to leave and be safe and to fend for only each other. For Jamal, history only made him stronger even though he seems to want to put everything in the past, except for his love Latika and the experiences to what helped him to answer the questions correctly on “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire.” 4. What can you say about communication styles and language use in the film? What did language reveal about particular characters? What social structures affect the use of language?
The language used in the film is Hindi, and English. The communication style is very laid back between Jamal and Salim, using a lot of low context style communication. They get to the point when speaking to each other, because they are constantly on the go and don’t have time to have a formal sit down conversation when trying to convey