Slumdog Millionaire- MOVIE Entry

This movie was absolutely amazing! I loved every single moment of it. I am usually picky when it comes to films, but this movie actually caught my attention. I would recommend it to anyone; its truly breath-taking and lets you go through all different feelings possible. There is a mixture of adventure, action, romance, suspense and comedy. Slumdog Millionaire is officially one of my top 5 favorite movies.

The book and the movies contain many differences and similarities.

Major differences:

• The movie provides more romance than the book.
• The characters in the book have different names and goals in the movie.
• In the book "Ram's" mother or family leaves him at the door step of a priest, in the movie his mother gets attack by Muslims and dies.
• In the movie Salim and Jamal(Ram) are actually brothers.
• In the movie Jamal(Ram) is trying to win the game show as he is in the book, but in the movie there is a twist to it. Jamal only does the game show mainly because he wants to get in touch with the love of his life Latika.

Connection: Text to Text- What Jamal(Ram) Always needed was love form another female that he never got to experience since he did not grow up with his mother. In the book he gets the loving figure from Smita. Who grows a strong relationship with him as the story goes on. In the movie Jamal becomes close to Latika, who he is in love with. After years and years of always being seperated from her, in the end he finally got her and the type of love he always needed.

Random Thought: Through reading this book and the movie, it made me more interested in the Indian Culture. Hopefully I can visit the Country some day. ( :

Slumdog Millionaire- Entry 5

Comments:

1. Ram and Smita are both hurt by the death of Shankar, how he did not deserve to die the way his life ended.
   
2. Ram Mohammad Thomas went through so much in life, and it truly amazes me. He went through hell and back and yet still survived alone and became the great, kind-hearted genius that he is. He is a miracle baby.
   
3. Prem Kumer played Ram ! Prem Kumer is a coward!
4. Smita cares for Ram like a mother would care for a son. Ram was actually comfortable with her.
   
5. Prem Kumer committed suicide according to the police, by gassing himself to death in his car.

Questions:

1. How did Ram survive through his journey in life? How did he have the strength to make it?
2. Why isn't Prem Kumer fired?
3. Do they actually know that this man is no good? It all makes sense now why people dont usually win the show. Or I might be wrong ..
4. Will Smita and Ram end up caring for each other like a family does?
   

Words:

1. meandering(pg.241)- to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course
2. wilt(pg.248)- to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course
3. doelike(pg. 266)- NOT FOUND
   

Summary:

• Best book! I absolutly love this, it left me so emotional. Ram Mohammad Thomas is the perfect character. He is courageous, strong, and incomparable.
  

Slumdog Millionaire- Entry 4

Comments:

1. Salim is now involved in acting, trying to pursuid his dreams in acting, ever since the fortune teller told him he will become an actor.
2. Ahmed was a strange character; he was pertty creepy due to his enjoymdent of death.
3. Ram reads the story magazine to the people. Everyone loves the action thrill of the story.
4. Ram swears that he was in Mumbai during the war.
5. Smita is not pleased by his stories, she is as serious as ever.

Questions:

• What is Ahmed's problem?
• Why does he choose to be so akward? Did he kill the man in the photograph?
• Why is Smita acting strange as well? Does she still not believe Ram's stories?
• In stories why is it so hard to figure out if a character in the story is lying or not?

Words:

1. Cauldron(pg.183)- a large kettle or boiler
2. Gesticulate(pg.189)- to make or use gestures
3. Opaquely(pg.189)- not transparent or translucent

Literary Terms:

• "Quietly we began advancing on our foot."(ph.174)- metaphor.
• "I glanced at the tv and almost cut my finger, because onscreen was the same photograph that had been in the yellow envelope."(pg.203)-foreshadowing

Summary:

• This section introduces the life of Ram and Salim as they get older. They both seperate into their new life.

Slumdog Millionaire- Entry 3

Comments:

1. Jai robbed the home of the Taylor's.
2. Smita continues watching the tape of the show. this time Prem Kumar does not warn Ram before he asked the next question.
3. Ram now lives in a cramped 100ft shack with a lack of sanitation.
4. I am now positive that the experiences that Ram faces throughout his life is the main reason why he is as smart as he is during the game show.
5. Though it is unbelievable that an orphan child, a "non-American" who did not attend school got all of the questions right, why don't they hire a professional psychologist that may be able to help the lawyers understand the kid's genius.

Questions:

1. The reason why Jai felt the need to rob the store must have really revolved around jealousy, or not?
2. Why wont Jai just rent an apartment along with a friend in order to live well?
3. Does Smita actually bellieve Ram's stories?
4. How will Smita help Ram be proven guilty,because so far there is actually no way to prove his intellegence during the Game Show?
   

Words:

1. ashen(pg127)- extremely pale
2. perennial(pg 145)- lasting for an indefinitely long time
3. chiseled(ph 162)- sharply or clearly shaped

Literary Terms:

1. "The screen comes alive with images from my room"(pg123)- Personification
2. "That is why i have returned ro Mumbai: to exorcise the ghosts of Agra, both of the living and of the dead." (pg 133)- Irony
   
3. "cities go by in a blur"(pg 163)- Irony

Summary:

• This section of the reading continues on with the game show and reveals more life experiences Ram went through that got him where he is in the present. Smita continues to hear his stories.
  

Slumdog Millionaire- Entry 2

Comments:

1. Ram is now in a juvenile home with kids that dont have parents as well. when the kids do not listen Mr. Agnihotri beats them.
2. Salim and Ram become best of friends, even though they are both complete opposites.
3. Salim and Ram are bought by a family, Sethji. They live in Mumbai. Salim is happy about this and is having exciting thoughts about his new life, while Ram is having negative/careless thoughts.
4. Since Ram is so use to changing up homes and family he is not very fond of this new change in his life, however Salim is.
   
5. Ram is finally learning new words at this new life he is living now. He is now enjoying his stay with the Taylor family, because he can finally let go of his traumatic past.

Questions:

1. Why did Gupta want both Ram and Salim to be bought by the same guy? Did he lie about the fact that they wanted to get rid of all the kids soon?
2. What is Salim and Ram are both real brothers, since they both "click" so well?
3. Why does Colonel Taylor cheat on his wife? what was the point of that? to hurt her?
4. The fact that Ram encounters so much sexual and criminal things in his life, is that what makes him smarter?

Words:

1. Badminton (pg 74)- a game played on a rectangular court by two players or two pairs of players equipped with light rackets used to volley a shuttlecock over a high net that divides the court in half
2. writhing (pg 78)- to twist the body about, or squirm, as in pain, violent effort, etc.
3. Bludgers (pg 116)- (bludge): to shirk

Literary Terms:

Summary:

• The second journey onto Ram's life where he meets a new best friend by the name of Salim. They go through journeys together and live together as brothers.
  

Slumdog Millionarie- Entry 1

Comments:

1. Ram is being accused of cheating on a game show.
2. Smita is trying to figure out how he knew all the answers by replaying the game over again on a DVD.
3. As the Game Show is told it gives a background of Ram's life story.
4. Ram was an orphan boy who soon lost his orphan parent, Father Thomas.
   
5. Ram witness many attempts where people broke sins, and had same sex interactions.

Questions:

1. Does the sudden breaks between the scenes of the game show that goes into Ram's past, explain the reason why he knows the answers?
2. How does Ram know all the answers?
3. The show host is cheating for Ram, asking only the questions he knows the answers to?
4. Why would they send him to a juvenile home, if he is not a juvenile, he just does not have parents, shouldn't he be an orphan again?

Words:

1. trite(pg2)- lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive repetition
2. convulse(pg12)- to shake violently
3. scurrilous(pg28)- grossly or obscenely abusive
4. poignantly(pg29)- keen or strong in mental appeal
   

Literary Terms:

1. "Salim's anger is white hot"(pg 28)- Metaphor
2. "..like a heavyset man wearing a leather jacket and tight black trousers, with another similar dressed man ridding pillion"(pg 45)- Imagery

Summary:

• Ram Muhammad Thomas is struggling in trying to prove that he knew the answers to the game show while others accuse him of cheating, so he plays videos and explains his life story.