Dan Duffy
ENG 100 Assignment #3 Film Based Argument In Slumdog Millionaire, screenwriter Simon Beaufoy shares the story of Jamal, a boy who grew up in the slum neighborhoods of India and managed to gain a spot on the gameshow, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Throughout the film, Jamal is shown as a person who must overcome many obstacles to survive, including an experience of torture when we provides the correct answers to too many gameshow questions. The people who host the show are all wondering how in the world a kid from the slums is getting all of these answers correct, so they torture him. Jamal’s torture does not reveal the confession his torturers are seeking because Jamal is telling the truth. Torture has been a controversial topic across the world and in America in particular. Jamal is about to win millions of dollars, but throughout the entire gameshow he hardly smiles. Wealth isn’t what brings Jamal happiness, but it’s what brings Salim happiness and that’s how the two brothers are completely different people. Jamal and Salim both lose their mother at a young age and have to go live on their own, only with each other. Salim is the older brother and Jamal always listens to him and follows him. Even at such a young age you could tell that wealth brought Salim happiness, but for Jamal not so much. Early on you can tell that the two brothers both have their own unique style to themselves. Salim is always looking for some way to provide money for the two so they can survive since they lost their mother. When Latika comes along Salim doesn’t bother to really care for her, but Jamal on the other hand just found his best friend, and the third person they needed to become the Three Musketeers. Once they get picked up by the group of men that turn kids into slaves, they can tell that Salim is a tough kid and they have him in charge of certain things. When the leader has Jamal to come sing for him, Salim saves his life and they escape, but Latika doesn’t make it because she let go of Jamal’s hand. Salim keeps telling Jamal throughout the film to just forget about her because she doesn’t bring him happiness, but she’s the only thing on Jamal’s mind. After they start ripping people off at the Taj Mahal, Jamal wants to get a regular job so he can find the love of his life, Latika. One day, Jamal runs into a blind boy singing and the boy recognizes Jamal by touching and feeling him and tells Jamal where Latika is after being given a crisp $100 bill. Salim still doesn’t care to finding her and still is telling Jamal to give up on her, but he doesn’t know that Latika is what brings Jamal true happiness, not just money as it does for Salim. Once they get to where Latika is being held, they get caught by Mamahan and Salim shoots him dead and they get away with Latika and the money. Jamal is finally happy to be reunited with her, but Salim has other plans. After going to the gangster that wanted Mamahan dead, Salim is given a job to work for him in the crime business and is about to start making serious money, and that is all he cares for. He puts a gun to Jamal’s head and kicks him out of the hotel room so Salim can do whatever he wants with Latika. It’s now clear that Salim doesn’t care about anything other then crime and money, which is what brings him happiness. Jamal can’t do anything about it and again he loses the one thing that truly brings him happiness. After years of not seeing each other, Jamal finds Salim and goes to him and the first thing he asks is where Latika is and he can’t believe that Jamal is still so hung up on her and says she’s gone, but that doesn’t stop Jamal from doing anything he can to find her. Throughout the film the only thing Jamal truly cares about is Latika, he doesn’t even recognize his own brother because all Salim cares about is getting rich and being able to do whatever he wants. In the end of the movie Salim finally realizes that Latika is what will bring his brother happiness as they sit and watch him on the show, so while the boss is out of the room he gives Latika his car keys and slips her out the back door. I think in that moment when he lets her go and then locks himself in the bathroom with all of the money with a gun waiting for the boss and all his troops to come in and kill him, he realizes that all along wealth isn’t the one thing that will bring him happiness. When Jamal uses his lifeline on the last question and Latika answers a huge smile erupts on his face, and at that point he doesn’t care if he gets the last question right or wrong because wealth isn’t what will bring him happiness, but Latika, who he’s been searching for the entire movie will because he never stopped loving her.
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