I worked with myself on this assignment as much as possible, I tried out a couple different prompts and topics to see which one flowed better. I thought this was a good approach considering I tested out a few before I jumped right into one full draft. The most difficult part of my writing process was determining how to bring the concept of money to each of there lives and at the same time make it the concept dramatically different and also not making the piece a 5 paragraph concrete draft. It was difficult because it was basically the entire point of the draft so I needed to make each point pretty valid. I began to write and test the waters before break, a little during break, and because I had a couple questions on the draft I didn't finish until the night it was due. I guess you can say it was a good approach because I did work on it for a while but the timing wasn’t superb. Next time I’ll plan my time a little better. The location of my writing took place at my home, school and a little at Panera Bread. I needed to write outside of my home for a different perspective and plus I was hungry. The reason I chose this topic was because I felt it snowballed for me, once I thought of a supportive claim, things just kept rolling out. Like I said before, this seemed to flow just a little better than the others. I believe that in the future I will ask more people to read and revise my work so I can receive more constructive criticism. I do think the time and effort I put in was accurate and acceptable but I like to say that there is always room for improvement.
Sophia Mele
ENG 100 Assignment #3: Film-Based Argument Due: Draft #1 posted to long by 11:59pm on 3/23 Assignment #3: Film-Based Project Wealth and happiness can mean many things in many different aspects of life, but for Salim and Jamal wealth planned each of their lives without them even knowing. Money can amazingly unite and tragically destroy lives, but can it bring true happiness? In the movie Slum dog Millionaire written by Simon Beaufoy, he visually and purposely proves the oblivion to the value of money, with a lot and that it can happen to virtually anyone, even in other cultures. With such power comes great responsibility, no matter what. If not, terrible things may occur. In Salim and Jamal’s eyes, they were only moving up from where they started and to see if wealth planned where they are now. In Salim’s case, money and power were the only things that kept his head high. Without it, his life would be in shambles. I don't think we can blame his brutal actions on the surroundings he grew up in due to the sole factor of Jamal being right by his side the entire time, and they couldn't be more opposite .The two bothers basically lived the same life until the age of about 13 or 14 then both went on their own paths. In every aspect of how Salim acts, is who Salim is, a power hungry, impulsive man that will stomp on anything and everything that comes between him and his power. However, when all else fails Salim attempted to commit suicide in a blood bath full of money proves that he was not happy with the man he became. He wanted a refund for his ticket to life. That money had absolutely no value if he was not there to control it. The blood bath was a metaphor that interprets when he dies, his money dies with him. Money brought Salim the happiness he thought was fit for him, but in the end he realizes all the pain he's brought to the people around him and decides that him not being in this world would be the best solution to all the problems. Jamal was the younger of the two brothers and always looked up to his elder after his mother was killed, come to think it he really had no choice. When the boys were kids they struggled throughout there childhood to buy things, eat and even sleep. Jamal only wanted money to do the right things, meaning to fulfill his hunger and find a place to sleep or even buy a one pair of shoes. Fast forwarding to his adult life, the movie shows Jamal being an assistant who serves tea to employees at a call center. From that alone I think we can conclude that money isn't an important necessity in his life. The show Who Wants to Be A Millionaire, was just another huge metaphor due to the fact that Jamal only went on the show to find his true love, Latika. Lets be honest, money is a huge attention grabber in any context you put it in. Jamal lived a life of unpredictable events that ironically got him to win 20 million dollars. Jamal was brought true happiness through his past experiences and ratings on the TV show, not the money. Living in an environment of pain, death and poverty can have a huge impact on a persons perspective and worldview, but it is so important for each individual to decide how the rest of his/her life will end up being. Just because your culture was already planned for you, does not mean the rest of your life is. It is your life and your story. Overall,we know that money, wealth, and power are very important all around the globe. But it’s our job to do the right thing with it and not make it who we become, but rather what we want to create. We are the ones who give power to the inanimate piece of paper, nothing else. With that said, I think we established the difference between wealth and happiness. There are some of us that can’t do that and end up with no money and happiness or a ton of money and no happiness, its a rocky rollercoaster.The point I am trying to make is that a piece of paper can’t determine our happiness but what we do with it most certainly can. Assignment #3: Film- Based Project Assignment Sheet
Prompt: Please compose an argument based on the following questions:
Style: An argument that uses conversational and appropriate tone for the audience. Please use APA or MLA style to cite your sources. Purpose: To Persuade Audience: Your audience will be your classmates and your peers, people who don't know your morals or principals but reading it with no biased thoughts. It can also include you parents and family as well as a secondary audience. Focus: Please focus on your own experiences and history to configure an essay based on the questions above. Use real-life experiences to persuade your audience in the direction you want. Slumdog Millionaire had something unoriginal about it which made it very popular. This is a story about two brothers, Jamal and Salim Malik, who lived in the slums of India that fought as children to stay alive in many circumstances. They watched their own mother get killed right in front of them and even got sent away to a camp that really bad intentions for them. They managed to escape without Jamal's love, Latika, she made Jamal's heart beat out of his chest. As in the movie Jamal said to his brother “we can be the three musketeers”. I don't quite know what that book has entailed but to me it sounded as Jamal wanted Latika around all the time.
As the brothers grew older Latika was found again, being used as a sex slave. Salim found that interesting and made turn for the worst, he kicked Jamal out of his life and also took away the love of his life for money. Jamal never stopped looking for Latika after that and decided to be a contestant on the TV show Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Surprisingly all the questions that were asked, he knew. You might ask how and why considering he was a slum dog and how much could one know, and thats exactly what the police had in mind. They took Jamal captive and beat and electrified him until he “caved”, but he really did know all the answers, all the police wanted to do was to figure out how he was cheating but not all the torture in the world could make Jamal lie. He said “I knew the answers”. The questions were all connected to moments from his past making him know them almost instantly. Jamal’s intentions were not to be a millionaire but to make sure that wherever Latika was she was watching him, he said it himself “ I went on, because I knew she’d be watching”. Overall, Salim who ended up being her pimp, released Latika to see Jamal and ended up killing himself because of the shame he showed. Jamal and Latika were reunited and he won the game show that authorized him to receive 20 million rupees which the host wasn't too happy about. |
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