The Light Horse In Galipoli Film Analysis

After Archy won the 100 metre race he'd been training for at the begin of the film, Frank confronted him and in a snobby way, congratulated him. This is where we first caught glimpse of the friendship. After the race there were sign ups for The Light Horse in Gallipoli. Archy had moved from dreaming of being the top sprinter in Australia to wanting to fight for his country. He saw the experience as a one in a life time opportunity. An adventure. The Light Horse rejected Archy as the people knew him and knew he was underage. Frank then intervened and suggested the idea of going to Perth to sign up, seeing as no one would know of him or his age. Frank and Archy then set off for Perth by train. The train ride was long and gave the two characters time to get to know each other. When the train stopped moving the two boys got out and realised that they were in the middle of the desert and not in Perth at all. The boys then had to travel on foot to get to their destination. Alone the way Frank wished to give up and lay down in the scorching heat. Archy forced Frank to keep going and to be strong. Archy brought out the better person in Frank. Once they
Franks reaction after the race with him losing and losing a large bet he'd placed sparked the friendship. Throughout the whole film their friendship builds with each other bettering themselves over each other. For instance when Archy tells the girls he is going to join the Light Horse they see him as so brave and as a true man. Frank felt jealous and wanted to top Archy so he went to join as well but failed sign ups. He instead joined the infantry and meet up with Archy in Egypt unexpectedly. There the two mates held a race to the pyramids and other competitions. Once on the battle field both men were runners and delivered lettered around the field. Each mate tried to top each other's speed, with Archy always being