Slumdog Millionaire Narrative analysis
At CSM I used Slumdog millionaire to help think about use of narrative in my student's projects. At the time it was simply a starting off warming up excercise but soon became apparent the story structure had relevance to the tutorial group.
Slumdog has a plot which has a frame story based on the heroes involvement in 'Who wants to be a Millionaire'. the film begins at the time he has already won a substantial amount but is in prison being tortured as he is thought to be cheating. It flashes back to earlier questions, and ends shortly after Jamal has won 20m Rupees.
The story timeline begins when Jamal is a little boy in the slums of Bombay and ends in Mumbai when he is reunited with Latika the love of his life, after winning the 20 million rupees. This story is told as a set of episodes told in flashback but in sequence slotted in between questions he is answering in Millionaire. Each flashback explains how he, the slumdog, knows the answers to some sophisticated questions.
The themes the director explores are to do with poverty, the development of India, the battle of Truth against cynicism, truth against corruption. It is both a realistic film showing the terrible consequences of poverty, and a fairytale in which good confronts evil, and the principle that 'money can't buy you love' wins
Slumdog has a plot which has a frame story based on the heroes involvement in 'Who wants to be a Millionaire'. the film begins at the time he has already won a substantial amount but is in prison being tortured as he is thought to be cheating. It flashes back to earlier questions, and ends shortly after Jamal has won 20m Rupees.
The story timeline begins when Jamal is a little boy in the slums of Bombay and ends in Mumbai when he is reunited with Latika the love of his life, after winning the 20 million rupees. This story is told as a set of episodes told in flashback but in sequence slotted in between questions he is answering in Millionaire. Each flashback explains how he, the slumdog, knows the answers to some sophisticated questions.
The themes the director explores are to do with poverty, the development of India, the battle of Truth against cynicism, truth against corruption. It is both a realistic film showing the terrible consequences of poverty, and a fairytale in which good confronts evil, and the principle that 'money can't buy you love' wins
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2.What types of conflict are there in the plot?