lunes, 9 de marzo de 2009

Slumdog questions 8,10&14

8. The game show format brings into to focus the culture of meaningless competition. What does the spectacle of the game say about what people value today? What values does the media promote? Are they humanizing values?
People value being wealthy and gaining money in a relatively easy way. The media promotes values such as the richer you are the happier you will be, it is not a value but that is what it promotes. I do not think they are humanizing values because they are placing more value on material thing than people.

10. In one pivotal scene, the show’s host tells Jamal his own story about coming from the slums. He then gives Jamal the wrong answer written on the mirror in the rest room. Why did he give Jamal the wrong answer? What did Jamal do? Because he did not want Jamal to win, I think he did not want Jamal to have more money than him. Jamal

Didn’t take the bite and he answer the correct answer which wad D.

14.This film weaves together nightmare and impossible dream. What do you take away as the most important message or impression from the film? I think the most important message is that you should not judge someone by appearances that even a slumdog chai seller can have values and be smart.

By: Priscilla Grasman

4 comentarios:

  1. I think you're right at question 10, there he shows how clever he is, and that he trusts his instincts and destiny, and not in people, form experience, like when hsi brother betrayed him

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  2. You're right, in the movie the media gives more importance to money than anything else. I don't think this is true but in their cases, being in extremely poor conditions, money was the only thing that saved them so it is reasonable in a way.

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  3. I guess the dude gave him the wrong answer because he was selfish. He wanted to be the only one to have gone through an experience like that. As for Jamal, he did good in not trusting the man, it was very suspicious wasn't it? I wouldn't have trusted him either. In fact, when I saw the letter 'B' written on the mirror I immediately discarded it as the correct answer. I do trust people but at the same time I doubt everything, you can never really trust someone, talking about people you don't really know.
    ... or D, Jack Hobbs
    .... final answer: D

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  4. Jamal was very brave by not choosing the answer the host gave him. I don't know how he did it, I would have listened to the host without any doubt, I think I'm very dumb!!

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