Ray RomeoFilm as Lit. Strojan and WardPaper #1My Brilliant Career Paralells in My Brilliant CareerObtaining ones goals in life is not an easy task. There are many obstacles that canprohibit one from doing so.
What separates the weak from the strong? The ability toovercome the obstacles and reach your goal. This was most evident in the movie, MyBriiliant Career, it is a stunning example of how one can go through trials and tribulationsand still be successful. The parallel between the movie, reality, and Australian history isvery clear in this film. In the movie we meet a young lady by the name of Sevilla. Her dream is to write anovel.
Unfortunately that is not conducive to the goal of her parents. So her parents tellher she can move in with her grandmother. This works to Sevillas advantage because hergrandmother appreciates art and the beauty of such talents. This is the first triumph thatwe witness, but as we know there is always some other adversity to overcome. That iswhat we do , we travel with her through her life and experience the joys and pains that sheexperiences. While on this journey we find out some important things about our leadinglady.
First we discover that she is a woman with a mission and that she will go throughany length to get it. We also find out that love is very important to her. for example shehas a man that is courting her and is a womans dream. He is handsome and rich, also hasa good family name.
In fact her grandmother who is very important person in her life tellsher that she should accept his love. Instead she rejects it, and tells her grandmother thatshe does not love Frank. From this point we find out she is a feminist with very strongviews. She has a need to feel independent and feels that women don’t need men foranything at all. Then she meets Harry and to her surprise falls in love with him.
She does not acton this love in fact, she rejects it. He wants to marry her and she tells him to wait, comeback in 2 years and then see what happens. Just as she makes this decision her family feelsit is time to start having a little responsibility. The send her off to work in a house takingcare of children.
Once again it is like an obstacle thrown in her way, but, she overcomes itand still continues to write. After time passed she returned to her grandmothers and thatis when Harry asks to marry her. She says, no and moves on with her life. She rejectslove and family or anything that could possibly deter her from doing what she loves,writing. At the end of the movie she finishes her novel, the way the director did this scenewas terrific.
he places in a position so that she looks like a Christ figure. This was abrilliant scene in that it appeared to show exactly how victorious she was. The moviedrew many parallels. In reality , the film really hit home because it was a real situation. How many times in life have we seen it? We here success stories everyday of how peopleovercome adversity.
It is most prevalent in my own life. For years all I wanted to do wasact and perform on stage. Just as Sevilla I had people in my life that did not wish for meto do well. Those people viewed me as selfish and strong headed.
Questions were oftenasked like, What is your realistic goal’so this movie really hit home for me. SeeingSevilla suffer through these heart aches and pain moved the movie to a new level. Alsoseeing her reign triumphant at the end of the movie was a scene that put a smile on myface knowing that it is possible to overcome things that others put in your way. A neat twist in the movie is that if you substitute the men in Sevillas life forBritain and Sevilla herself for Young Australia you have the history of that nation. Sevillaherself is Australia a nation that had many obstacles to overcome.
The history which Ispeak of has been prevalent in all the movies that we watch in class. This nation hasovercome manta bad times. That was well demonstrated in the movie Breaker Morant. That movie concentrated on the bore wars of Australia, it also showed how the men in thismovie parallel to Britain.
There are so many parallels that can be drawn by this movie. Ijust chose to put a few of those analogies down on paper and express them to you. My Brilliant Career , is an exciting movie that creates a positive image of life. Thismovie also gives a new and exciting way to view Australian history. The creators of thisfilm were brilliant in that they gave an excellent view of life and history, well balanced, andstill exciting.Category: Music and Movies
