The Real Slum Dogs Film

Video Response Worksheet SOCI 101 CCBC / Fall 2015 SECTION 03 / Daley, Caitlin The Real Slumdogs a. Language/ pg. 42: A system of symbols that can be combined in an infinite number of ways and can represent not only objects but abstract thought. Language was represented mainly in Lamxi’s story during the short film. Laxmi worked very hard in order for her daughter, Sheetal, to receive an education. In the scene that showed Laxmi is helping her daughter study her school material, I found it interesting

The video The Real Slum Dogs gives insight into the lives and conflicts that occur in a large slum in India named Dharavi. The people of Dharavi are among the poorest people in the world. Although, the community of people who were shown in the film worked extremely hard physically as a whole they had very little. Theoretical perspective that was evident in this was the conflict theory. The slum of Dharavi is located right outside the thriving city of Mumbai, and this posses a problem. The city of

"Aussiness" that basically has no real relation to our true ‘culture’ or the way in which we really see ourselves. We, however, reach for these stereotypes when trying to find some expression of our Australian identity. However, sometimes these representations and ideas of national identity have not depicted the way the rest of the nation sees it. Deep inside the ‘reality’ of texts today background shows another side that can be often overlooked. These can be found the film, Red Dog. And the movie, The Castle

Millionaire and Salaam Bombay in their portrayals of Indian children who live in slums. Several themes emerge from both the movies that I will discuss in this essay. Gilbert (2007) mentions that according to World Bank/UNCHS, Hundreds of millions of urban poor in the developing and transitional world have few options but to live in squalid, unsafe environments where they face multiple threats to their health and security. Slums and squatter settlements lack the most basic infrastructure and services. Their

third world countries, urban slums are commonly found. These slums consist of poor living conditions and in many, crime rate and drug trafficking is high. Brazil is known for its’ high crime rate and unsafe environments for tourist due to the high traffic of gangs in the area. Though many may hear stories as to what goes on in Rio de Janeiro, City of God gives you an inside look as to what actual goes on in the slums. In the film City of God, the depiction of life in the slums could mean success or failure

a complex, fast pace film. We are taken on a journey through India as Jamal Malik tells us his life story to prove his innocence. Jamal grows up in the Slums of India and with his brother Salim by his side the learn how to survive on their own. Through different life events Jamal progressively learns the answers to the ‘who wants to be a millionaire’ questions. This film breaks the boundaries of stereotypes and has a great impact on the audience. Danny Boyle is an English film director; he won the

you view this movie. The movie also determined that culture and concepts of sociology are important to understand it. In the movie Slumdog Millionaire symbolic interactionism, functionalism, and conflict theory were all demonstrated very well. Slum dog Millionaire demonstrated the conflict theory the most clearly. According to Karl Marx’s the conflict theory is competition for scarce resources, in other words “how the elite control the

Slum dog Millionaire: Indian Culture I chose to learn a little bit more about Indian culture, and I thought Slum Dog Millionaire was a great resource to do so. This movie depicts the story of 2 young Indian boys and their journey in life through love, hardship, and culture. The story starts out with the two boy living a happy life with their mother, but when their mother dies from the religious wars they are forced to learn to fend for themselves. On their journey they let a little girl tag along

capitalism The Real Slumdog’s documentary was very interesting and eye opening. The amount of businesses that are run in the one square mile area of Dharavi affect the entire capitalism of the world. Look at it this way, the Slumdog’s as they’re called make crappy money to make some very intricate products. These products will be shipped from Mumbai to the rest of the world eventually. As the products are marked up by middle men, the money does not filter its way back to the Dharavi slum. Thus, the products

Menace II Society, a film about a young Black man who has lived the “hustler” lifestyle and is struggling to leave it, is a perfect example of deviance as the main character, Caine Lawson, and the characters around him violate many of society’s norms. Throughout the film, the characters swear incessantly, carry around guns and drugs as most people would carry around cell phones, commit street crimes, especially burglary and mugging, on a regular basis, and beat and kill people unscrupulously. The