Some Things Just Take Time in Slumdog Millionaire

‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is a film that features a character, Jamil Malik, who lives in Dubai and is considered an ignorant young boy. Jamil Malik had never went to school or college and would not have known any of the answers for the game show, “Who wants to be a Millionaire” but was given the prejudge of being on the show because he grew up in the slums of India. Jamil’s life experiences allowed him an

I agree that this is true because offenses such as rape have more than doubled in the last 20 years. However, the way in which it was shown, implies that India is quite and unfair and corrupted country lacking in justice, despite its rapid economic growth in recent years. This is, somewhat an accurate representation of modern India even though the whole of India is not like that. Nevertheless, I think that the portrayal of crime was shown in the most extreme way so that we feel as if we ourselves could never relate these crimes. Many people have said ‘the movie depicts different issues but just so happens to be set in India because these things happen around the world.’ This means that crime is a problem all over the world, so the different events shown in the film do not necessarily relate to India. In the film, Maman, a gangster who tricks and then trains street kids to become beggars, finds Jamal, Salim and Latika and keeps them. His initial aim was to teach them how to sing, and then blind them so that they could raise more money for him, but Jamal and Salim escape, upon knowing this. Later on, Latika is show to be sexually exploited by the gangster because she is a virgin. I believe that Slumdog Millionaire was accurate in its representation of crime, but it should have shown crime in such a way that would not make India seem completely

He had his fate going one way, but through his own free will he was able to turn it another way.

After reading the essay “The Ghetto Made Me Do It” written by Francis Flaherty, I thought differently about the situation than I had before hearing both sides of this tragic story. My perspective changed from being bias toward Felicia Morgan to feeling a sense of sympathy for her. However, regardless of what defense there is to this story, it does not change how ruthless and tragic this homicide actually was.

- at 0:43 Kacey exclaims "it hasn't been easy for me but i am filthy rich. the reason why he is rich is because he was able to build the empire that he has today because of smart business decisions on his part.

Even if it is hard to accept and understand; for many readers, it is a striking self narrative about Coates’ experience of growing up at a disadvantage and a fight to make it to this idea of an American dream. However, Coates’ view on this dream, becomes more pessimistic as he becomes older. At first he believes the dream is achievable, but after the wrongful murder of Prince Jones and the other injustices such as Trayvon Martin and Freddie Gray, the dream become tarnished. The killing of Jones proved to be a turning point, because it showed that no matter how well off, and how successful you want to be, the single act of an unjust racially driven killing, is all it took to end Prince Jones’ dream. Coates states, “The Dream seemed to be the pinnacle, then ---- to grow rich and live in one of those disconnected houses… The Dream seemed to be the end of the world for me, the height of the American ambition.” This quote opens the reader to the life of young black men in today's times struggle to not only succeed but survive. It shows the predisposition that blacks face when they are born in America. This book connects with people of all races, because it opens the doors to the real world, that so many people were trapped

Malcolm X had a very interesting life and there were several aspects that affected his views of American society. In “The Autobiography of Malcolm X” by Alex Haley, the three main things that effected Malcolm’s life was his arrival in the city of Boston, the conk he received, and his brother Reginald. These three symbols changed his life forever. Also all of them were connected as well. Malcolm X, being from Lansing, Michigan, never expected his life to change as drastically as it did.

Danny Boyle’s film Slumdog Millionaire follows two brothers from the Juhu slum in Mumbai as they face the trials and tributes of growing up in poverty. Although Salim, the elder brother, is given the same childhood experiences and trauma as his younger brother Jamal, his drive and hunger for power lead him to a life of crime, corruption and misconduct. These actions later have a detrimental effect on his relationship with Jamal, which in turn, becomes his demise. Boyle uses a range of effective film techniques to develop Salim’s growth as a character which helps to communicate the idea that ambition can enhance an individual or be the reason for their downfall. Throughout the film, Boyle uses the varying stages of Salim’s life through

Malcolm X, a previous troubled prisoner, changed his life through education and wrote an autobiography about Negro importance. While in prison, Malcolm X had nothing to do and wanted to be educated, so he decided that he was going to read the dictionary to learn to read and write. This lead him to debating in prison. This debating eventually led him out of prison, and on his new journey of life. Not only did he continue to debate and learn when he got out of prison, but this led him to learn more about his culture and Negro history.

Lalor recounts his entire life story, his childhood, his movement around the country and he explains the encounters with people he met along the way and how his life was changes so quickly. Although these are recounts of the past, Beckett indicates that Lalor's attitude is looking to the future and leaving behind nostalgia and longing for place. Instead Lalor is able to find place in everywhere he has been throughout his life. This method may be useful for men like Lalor who have lived long and remarkable lives and still have connections several generations back. For example Lalor was able to recall where his grandparents had owned land, and that their land had been taken from them. But do all people have such connections that they can relate to? It would seem that Lalor's generation and possibly the next, will have knowledge of their heritage that they can relate to, but not all of them will have experienced the turbulence that Lalor endured. Can a recount of an ‘ordinary' life give the same satisfaction and feeling of identity as

In ‘Slumdog Millionaire, ' the director utilized the film sound technique to portray Jamal’s destiny in the form of a sound of a clock ticking. Throughout the movie, the audience is continually reminded/aware of the clock ticking because it represents the countdown of Jamal ‘destiny’ in finding Latika. Boyle signified that destiny and time are a partnership, not a limitation. Nevertheless, people on a regular basis are constantly rushing towards their destiny/goal but soon failing because time/patience’s was thought as a limitation. Henceforth, the life lesson from ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ is that life is not just sailing to one distention and the next but the voyage of memories and challenges faced as well. ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ has shaped my perspective of the future and gifted me with the essential traits/lesson to assist me in the future. Our journey is what defines us, but something we lose for selves into luxurious things that cloud our true identity, like Gatsby.

Lack of education, he hardly could know the answers to the quiz on a wide range of topics. However, he won the top prize of the show and became a millionaire. There is no answer to his happy ending other than “It is written”, or, “It is destiny”. Jamal’s destiny is the result of his actions. If he had not earned an honest living by being a chaiwallah at a mobile phone company’s call center, he would never have known how to get the chance to join the game show. If he had not been a contestant on the game show, he would never have become the millionaire. He tried to change the life he was given, created his own life, chose the paths he took that made him who he is ultimately destined to become. Finding Latika at the railway station in the last scene of the film, he said, “This is our destiny” (1:47:56). Eventually, a young uneducated man whose life was full of poverty and tragedy got his destiny, becoming a millionaire and enjoying the true love after many painful life experiences.

The fact is, it wasn’t an unlikely victory after all, for David was a professional with his sling and chose to defeat the giant in an unconventional way. Jamal is arrested under the charges of cheating on the show. As the interrogators ask him about how he answered every question, Jamal tells a story of his life with his brother Salim and Latika He tells about their dangerous adventures, and how each question is related to one of his past experiences (Slumdog Millionaire).“Some of those memories are deeply disturbing. Jamal recounts terrible cruelties from his impoverished childhood: homelessness, torture, prostitution” (Claudia Puig). They misjudged Jamal because he lives in the filthy and overcrowded urban district of Mumbai that is inhabited by very poor people, and assumed he was a cheater.

In the film Slumdog Millionaire, Jamal Malik is orphaned teenage boy who is on the gameshow, “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.” Jamal is one question away from being a millionaire when the show runs out of time. The overnight break is interrupted when the police kidnap Jamal on the premises of him cheating to win. During the interrogation of Jamal, he is forced to tell his entire life story of him and he’s adventures in the Indian Slums. As Jamal tells his story, he shows great levels of persistence and luck throughout his life. Jamal shows persistence by never giving up on his brother, his search for Latvia and her love, and in all, his goal to escape the slums.

Slumdog Millionaire is a fabulous case of a transnational film. Firstly, the Director, Danny Boyle, and in addition the makers producers, author and Actor, who plays Jamal, are all English, despite the fact that the film itself is set in India and tries to depict exact conventional ways of life in the area the film is set. Moreover, the TV program 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' is initially a western TV program that, with mainstream request, has now turned into a network show in nations around the globe; along these lines making Slumdog Millionaire a transnational