The chaos and the constant noise and motion of Mumbai at the center of the film, (supported by a fabulous soundtrack) are contrasted with a deeper silent seeking. Describe what each of the main characters is seeking.

JAMAL: first of all the thing he most wanted was to be with Latika, because he had been in a lots of thing for her and with her, most of what he did was for her and to be with her, it wasn't about money or cars or houses, it was only for him to be with Latika. He wasn't too much interested in money he only wanted peace and a nice life.

SALIM: he was more interested in the money, since he was a little boy he had wished money, wealth, but he never got it because of his life style, so when he grew up he did many thing including killing to get what he wanted.

In the final scene, we see Salim and the choice he makes - filling the bathtub with money, etc. Why does he make this choice?

Salim made this choice because after going through many bad thing in his life to get what he had, he knew he was gonna die so what he did was getting the most important thing he had which was money and put it into the bathtub and decided to die with the it. He knew that money was the reason for him to die, he was a poor child and know that he had money and was going to die he wanted to die with his money so he wouldn't be alone.

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 of the film was that you should never give up, try till death and fight for what yo want. It also talks about beleaving in what you whated and being honest will make you a winner.

Slumdog Millionaire Questions

*Greed, corruption and the misuse of power are highlighted in the film through a variety of characters. How are those who have money and power glamorized in this film? What happens to the victims?

The power ones in this film were the guys that had all these poor kids asking in the streets for money and that were rich with this huge chains of gold and every time with money available. They seem like killers and for example the kids, to make them ask for money they take their eye off, and that way people will be like aww poor kid and give them more money. They hurt innocent people just because of power and money. Or the girls when they grow up, the rich guys made them like dancers but not the normal ones…

*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?

He gave him the wrong answer because he saw that he was winning one time and again and again, so I think he kind of wanted to stop it because the money was too much and he couldn’t handle too much power for Jamal, it might be jealousy or a way to prove that he was cheating or something of that kind. I think was because Jamal every question was getting it correct, with his experiences in life that make him think of the correct answer.

* Describe how loss, chance, luck, suffering, and street smarts are also characters behind the scenes. The film explores gain and loss side by side. Triumphs are tempered with loss. Where do you see this evident?

In every part of the movie I think there is loss, for example when the mother of Salim & Jamal dies. Chance when they just run for their life during all that scandal of killing people like animals. Luck that they weren’t kill or that they found the way out of their crappy life with the rich guy overpowering them. Suffering when Jamal was taken apart from Latika and they were likes really good friends well, more than just friends, so their suffering goes.
I mostly saw that all is combined from all the experiences of the kids, all the killing among their life when they separate and see each other again.

Blog Assignment # 4

1. The career I want to study
2. This school's worst problem (and possible solutions)
3. A special or unusual person by Kevin Barba
4. A valuable discipline or practice (lifting weights, rock climbing, karate, meditation, etc.)
5. Why many teenagers don't read the newspaper
6. The best (or worst) teacher I ever had by Daniela Islas
7. Music videos (choose one performer or group, one type of music, or one TV show) by Veronica Rubio
8. The joys of homework (or housework or some other supposedly unpleasant task)
9. How to resolve an argument peacefully by Ana Carolina Romero
10. An important film (it can be also be a book, a magazine, or a TV show)
11. The best gift I ever gave (or received) by Mayra Rios
12. Three ways that cigarrette ads hook kids

Buttons (Blog Assignment #3).

Their was a little kid who was always loosing his buttons. He always got in troubles because of it. One time he was in school and he lost his pant's button and he was so embarrassed he didn't get into classes. Too many things had happened to him that he decided to use cloths with no buttons at all. These wasn't a great idea because he had trouble finding those kinds of cloths, he couldn't used many cloths he really liked because they had buttons. He gave up and he went back to buttons.

This time he had a great idea, he decided to collect buttons, so if he loose one he could replace them. His idea was great for him but silly for others, he didn't care. As time passed he got may new buttons, and his idea was functioning. If he lost one button he immideatly would replace it with another. At some point after going to all of that problem he realized that since he started collecting buttons he didn't loose as much as he lost them before it. So he was happy and at te end he kept many buttons.

Road (Blog Assignment #3)

"Life may be rough sometimes; the road can get rocky, and paths dusty, but they still take you somewhere."

That's a phrase my mom told me all time when things got hard. She and I had a lot of fights with my dad. He is a very impatient and explosive person. He gets furious for every single detail. Yesterday, we were having dinner and there wasn't a beer for him to drink, so he got very mad and just fired up. He started yelling to my mom and to me without a reason. He got off the table and raised up his fist towards my mom. I ran to stand in front of her to protect her, and just closed my eyes and felt the punch hit my jaw.

I just wanted to escape. This kind of things had already happened before. I had a secret place where I would just sit and stare at the view. It was a road, a path marked at the field of white flowers near my house. I've never known where does it leads, but one day, when I can't take it anymore, I'll just go, and find the end of the path. But for now, I need to be at my mother side, she needs me. This place gives me the opportunity to put my mind in blank, it gives me strength to go back to my so called home, and live another day.

Shopping Cart (Assignment #3)

A little boy's life was taken because of a careless act. One day a mother and her child decided to go to the supermarket together. She parked the car and they went into the supermarket, but she noticed that she didn't grab a cart. She was looking at some ceramic dishes so she told her son to go get a cart for her. So there goes the 9 year old boy outside to get a cart. The little boy was so small that he could barely see over the cart, so he was just pushing it forward trying to keep straight. Bad luck for the little boy that he couldn't see what was coming in front of him.

On the other hand, an ordinary business man was driving supposedly looking for a parking space, while he was talking on his cellphone. Of course he was too busy talking on his cellphone to notice that there was a little boy coming right at him. Both of them didn't notice what was happening and exactly when the business man hung up.. BOOM! He took the little boy's cart with him and left the boy down on the floor. Immediately people gathered up and started calling for help. The mother of the kid noticed and ran as fast as she could, and when she saw her little baby down on the floor she completely broke in tears. The ambulance arrived and quickly took the boy, but the impact was too strong and the kid was too little that he did not make it to the hospital. A few hours after the accident, all that was left at the supermarket was a cart and a thousand tears.

walking (Blog Assignment #3)

"Walking"
Are they walking away from somebody or toward somebody? What's the story...

This Mom and his daughter heard a strange sound in the middle of the forest. The mother called Suzy was afraid; she doesn’t want to go, because she doesn’t want to expose Emily its daughter to a stranger or a wild animal. So the first time she ignore it totally, but she continue hearing the creepy sound that comes from the middle of the forest. Suzy started suspecting that maybe someone needs to be aid even dough she don’t go, for the same reason she was taking care of Emily. Suddenly Suzy noticed that the frightening crawl stopped, but a few moments later started again with a creepy and louder crawl than before.

She finally decided to go hugging Emily and getting through the forest to find out what produces the crawl. Suzy started walking to the forest little by little and turning around everywhere to see if something strange moves. As Suzy get deep inside in the forest, the crawl started getting harder and harder. Suzy was getting afraid and she was taking in consideration to come back, but every time she turned around the scream was harder and maked her to continue. She arrives to a precipice and turn down she found a man that was hanging from a rope since 12 hours long. Suzy get backed to its home and called the police so they get charged of the guy and saved her life.