Formative Writing – Slumdog Millionaire The film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ by British born director Danny Boyle‚ gives a particular insight into life in India‚ and more specifically the city of Mumbai through the use of setting. It is this cultural backdrop presented through the perspective of foreigner that not only makes the film special‚ but also sparked a lot of debate whether the image revealed is an accurate portrayal of India. The film attempts to show the shocking and disturbing realities
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Slumdog Millionaire was filmed in 2008 under the direction of Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan. Dev Patel stars as Jamal Malik‚ a teenage boy who grew up in the slums of Mumbai‚ India. He finds himself on “Kaun Banega Crorepati?”- India’s version of the American game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” Jamal makes it to the final question on the show‚ which is worth 20 million rupees. The night before the final episode was supposed to air on national television‚ Jamal is arrested under accusations
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specifically problems related to different cultural aspects. The cultural aspects can be understood either by reading research studies or first-hand observations and experiences. In this case‚ I understood the cultural impacts purely by experiences. Normally‚ western countries are more individualistic compared to cooperative culture in Latin America and Asia. According to Utkarsh Rai‚ author of “Offshoring Secrets” the following are the specific aspects of the Indian Culture: the compare and contrast
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My boring life is determined daily by my cultural identity. The main aspects of my cultural identity consist of the food I eat‚ the games I play‚ and how I use the internet daily. Everyday a person’s cultural identity is changing as they experience new things all the time. These experiences can vary from type of food‚ nationality of family‚ connections through the internet‚ games played in everyday life‚ and even sports. Many other things can be listed‚ so many it would take a very long time think
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mutual reverence between different cultures inhabiting the same planet. Sometimes culture is additionally used to describe categorical practices within a subgroup of a society‚ a subculture‚ or a counterculture. Within cultural anthropology‚ the ideology and analytical stance of cultural relativism holds that cultures cannot facilely be objectively ranked or evaluated because any evaluation is indispensably situated within the value system of a given culture. Yet within philosophy‚
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Differently than most civilizations in Latin America‚ the Brazilian society has some unique aspects that were formed as a result of a very singular colonization process performed by the Portuguese. The lack of political interest‚ social inequality between the black population and the white population‚ the feeling of individualism that prevails on our so called “jeitinho brasileiro” (Brazilian way)‚ are all cultural traces left by a colonization process that was basically only looking forward to take all
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What are the Major Story Theme(s) of Slumdog Millionaire? The major themes of Slumdog Millionaire that can be seen through-out the movie was Prejudice‚ Poverty and Determination. According to Schaefer prejudice can be defined as “ a negative attitude toward and entire category of people‚ often an ethnic or racial minority group”. (Schaefer‚ 2008‚ p. 237). Prejudice happens when people have a false pre-conception about an individual or a group. It is seen throughout this movie and even
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One’s cultural background can affect the way they speak‚ live‚ and for an author‚ the way they write. Amy Tan’s works are direct reflections of this impact. As an Asian-American author‚ Tan uses the cultural values of Chinese women in American culture in her novels. In order to fully understand Tan’s writing I believe one first needs to understand not only Tan’s personal background but‚ the Chinese culture of which she is a product. Chinese culture is a male dominated culture that leaves women
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Slumdog Millionare The camera work in the movie Slumdog Millionare is used to set the scene in each of the following scenes discussed. The movie starts off with a medium shot looking at a cricket ball being hit into the sky‚ followed by an extreme close up to Jamal’s face‚ who is the main character of the movie. Then it switches shots from the falling ball and Jamal’s face‚ as he is getting ready to catch the ball. As the ball is about to hit the ground there is a long shot of a plane‚ at that
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it has often been referred to as a "world language"‚ the lingua franca of the modern era‚ and while it is not an official language in most countries‚ it is currently the language most often taught as a foreign language. Watching the movie “Slumdog Millionaire” could make you noticed how English native speakers differ Phonologically‚ Morphologically and Syntactically. Yet there are a lot of foreign people who really have the accent of a native English tongue. However‚ English has been with India
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