Gangsta´ Dog

Three years have passed since the dog´s abandon from his house. Now living in the streets, Tony the dog had learned a lot of things out of his bad experience. He just had a powerful organization of comrades and friends that were loyal and respectful to him. You can easily tell that he owns the streets of the neighborhood. He had a nice bussiness of transportation and distribution of bones. What he omitted is that the bones were illegal but that doesn´t matter to him, as long as he continues making money and not killing anyone he can still live with his bussiness. After a long week of bussiness and decisions, Frank, one of Tony´s best friend just entered the big and cozy doghouse. Tony was eating and he focused on what Frank had to tell him. -´´Mr. Tony, I´m afraid I have bad news for you, almost a 70 percent of our allies and workers have been locked to the dogpound, Im afraid the bussiness may go wrong for the time. But our people have managed to locate the one responsible for the catch of our men.´´

Tony went furious to the place where they kept at the one that had betrayed the powerful organization and the one that had lost Tony´s respect. There he was, it was sorrounded by Tony´s best dogs. It was a duck. Tony entered the room and started interrogating the duck. ´´Hello sir, I´m Dack the duck, but I´m afraid this is a mistake; I´m a retired cop since 4 years´´ Tony didn´t believed him but he continued listening. ´´I was there when they caught your friends but I am not involved at all, I was there to buy your merchandise. You see, Im a bone collector.´´ Tony still saw the duck with his evil and wrinkly face, he hadnt experienced a kind of problem like this ever before. The loss of 70 percent of his employees may leave a great scar in Tony´s wallet but he continued listening. ´´Mr. Dog, I can offer you my work in exchange of my life and my freedom´´ Tony accepted.

The next day the duck came with a herd of more ducks and they landed in Tony´s dog house. ´´Here Mr. Tony!!´´ yelled the duck. Tony ordered his men to unload the bones and to give them to the ducks because they can serve as a transportation method for his illegal merchandise.

But Tony just had a nice idea into his head : ´´Wait!! dont give them the bones, I have another job for those ducks´´.

Dack the duck listened to the Gansta dog instructions and he ordered his ducks to do them. They flew and flew until they arrived at the local dogpound. A couple of ducks start hitting the guards there, while Dack gathered the keys for the cages. Dack opened the cages and the dogs were out. They started running like crazy and they all arrived at the dog house. Tony was very, very pleased. He forgive the ducks life and also he permit him to go away without any remorse.

2nd Partial Blog Assignment #3 - Creative Writing

Everlasting Nightmare

Growing up in a big, industrialized city is always a tough thing to accomplish. And even harder is growing up, and taking the right decisions. There's always an abundance if criminals and gangs in the big city, and some times young people have to work with the wrong people, just to live one more day. And the setting of our story just happens to be one of this cities, a place I'll call Jingle town, in a county I'll call Hopeland. This is a stoy of a young man named Will.

Will and his family lived in a poor neighborhood, in an old house on south Jingletown. He lived with his crack addicted mother and his older brother. He always dreamed of becoming a rich and important arquitect, so he could take his mother out of that house. He was a straight A student at his school, which was something to be proud of, as most kids at his school would pass de C. His older brother was a gang member, but Will knew he wasn't a bad person, he only join the gang so he could protect his mother from the drug dealers.

Will woke up one day and looked around his room. His brother wasn't there... so Will expected the worst scenario. He ran downstairs looking for her mother, to inform her about his brother's disappearance, just to find her passed out on the kitchen floor. And their was his brother, tying to get her into a chair. He looked bad, bruises all over his face, his cloath rip all ripped open, he had a fight list night, that was for sure. After checking his brother didn't had any serious injury, Will prepared himself to go to school.

That day seemed like anyother, everything was normal at school: the gang members were all in the north corner of the school property, the chicanos on the south corner, all the school was divided in different social clasess of their own, as if school was a city of it's own. Will tried it's best not to be included in any of those groups, but still (unoffically an unvoluntarily) a member of the "Nu Black Panthers", a group of black kids who main goal was to cause vandalism in the streets, rather than follow the sociopolitical ideas of the actual Black Panthers. Will felt uneasy with this... as he prefered to study and concentrate on school, rather than going downtown painting walls and stealing public property.

The day went like anyother, up until the last class. Their had been a gang fight in the cafeteria, and peolple was angry at the "NBP", one of the "gangs" involved. But Will wasn't worried... those school fights never go further than a threaten. On his way back home, Will decided to go take the long path. While he was walking, a dark car passed by... Will heard three loud noises coming out of the window of the car... Then he felt a cold sensation through his body... Then, nothing...

Changes With the Time (Assignment #3)

I love the summer, i love the beach, i love surfing. My name is Joe and i'm from Santa Monica and i grew up living in the beach since i was 5 years old. I always loved to help to organize the events, to mantain the beach clean and to cooperate with everything. Something awsome is that all what i did, disappeared, as fast as an adolescent crashes his dad car.

I also was named the Beachking, just because it was my home. When i grew up, at my 19 years, my dad told me that i was my time to leave Santa Monica, and to move to New York. Supposedly, i was going to study on the NY University, and i did it. All that time i didnt have the opportunity to go to my home, to Santa Monica. I had the hope that when i get back, it will be the same thing, as i just left it.

The moment of arriving to the beach came, i just take an airplane and it looked the same. Only my cousin was to receive me, and i asked why he only recieved me, and he said to me that my family was ashamed at what i was going to see and because of it nobody wanted to appear. I was scared, asking myself... What happened?

Then i just wanted to go to the beach, i told my cousin to leave me on the street and he just lef. I walked down to the beach and my surprise was that... there was no beach, ...i mean it was, but, no sand, no more people, just rocks and dirty water.
I asked myself again... what happened here? why is this so ugly?

Disappointed, i just walked to my home, my family had made me a party, everyone said hello, but i was just sad. I felt like if i had missed a part of my body, my arm or a leg. Then i asked them about what happened and they told me that Daniel Trump bought the beach and the city. And i asked them that why they just left him to do that, to finish with the beach, and they just answered me, that, the beach was old, and I was the only one that really matter for the beach.

So I got mad, all those years i spent on NY, thinking about surf and my house, all that hope, just get destroyed.

At last, i might say that 4 years have passed, and i have been going to the beach all the weekends, trying to extract all the garbage by myself, just with the fact of wanting to recover my sport and my life, since without the beach, I am not at all and feel as if I had never had either infancy or life.

Roller-Dog journy, "The story of Ed Hardy"

Some time ago, in a distant comunity, there was a young boy, whose life was totally dedicated to his pair of roller skates. He's been in the business since he was 10, after his older brother, Ed, died in a car crash. Hardy did not forget his brother after many years, and he didn't wanted to, so he decided to do something to always remember him. The night of the funeral, when he got home from the cementery, he went to his brother's room and picked up a used up pair of roller skates his brother had used during his childhood, those roller skates were the same pair of roller skates that his brother used to learn how to skate.The roller skates where really old, colored red with wheels with the shape of skulls. Hardy started doing a lot of maneuvers in streets, since barrel roll up to the grapevine. He had been through many experiences and he had never been in such a horrible situation as breaking a bone.

Hardy now is 19 years old, and he started a professional carrer as a street roller skater, he travels through all the country leaving a new record in every place he stops. But the best experience he had, is the one you'll hear in some moments. It all started a day of may...

The sun was really doing his work heating up the weather and the "Ed Hardy Team" was entering to the former state of Arizona. they had returned to this state for the 3rd time. The truck stoped and the storage door suddenly opened, Hardy jumped out of the truck with his roller skates and runned away from the sight of Ed Hardy Team. Hardy passed through several streets he had visited before in his pasted visits. He turned right in a wall-mart and continued down the street. He continued this way during several streets. Hardy was just entering in heat when a dog suddenly camed out of no where and started barking. Hardy fall down and scratched his right elbow. He started shouting out and stared at the dog, the dog was seriously seeing Hardy. Hardy did the same, he stared at the dog. He staned up and continued his way. The dog still stood at Hardy as he dissappeard in the horizon.

It was about time for Hardy's team to continue his way to another part of the country, everything was ready, when Hardy said, "You'll have to wait for me, I want to do a finall ride here", he put his skates and rolled on. Hardy continued all his way up to were he had the encounter with the dog. He got there but the dog wasn't there. Hardy continued his way and went to a abandoned terrain and continued his way. The terrain was irregular so it was difficult for Hardy to go at a high speed. He continued doing tricks during his journey when at a distant sight, he saw what looked like a construction of a bus stop in middle of now where. He got some speed and headed to the bus stop. He was about to get to it when he jumped and slided through a slide. He had done his trick. When he landed, one of the wheels of his left skate had broke and Hardy lose the control. Hardy tried to got control of his body but he couldn't. Suddenly, Hardy got to a dead alley, a cliff was just infront of him. Hardy could only think that in no time he would be with brother again since that accident. He was about to get to the tip of the cliff, when something jump to Hardy and saved him from falling to a sure dead.

Something started licking Hardy's face. When Hardy finally recovered conscience he only saw a familiar face. He smiled and tried to get up. He couldn't, his right leg had broke in action. He middle-standed up and stared at the dog, the same dog that earlier he had looked up for, the same dog that several days earlier had barked at him, the same dog that he shouted when he fell had saved his life. He saw the dog and stared at him. Hardy looked in his pocket and he found a GPS. In time of nothing, a helicopter got to the place and got down for Hardy. Hardy asked for the rescue men to take the dog to.

The time for departure had comed but the debt he had with the dog was big, so big, that he decided to change the name of his team to "Dog Ed Hardy Team", the name was somewhat offensive becuase of the word dog, so they decided to name it "Don Ed Hardy Team". Sometime later, Hardy united Christen Audiguer and started a very exitous clothning line, "Don Ed Hardy Design's". Hardy started making a lot of money and started a program for giving shelter to all abandoned dogs in the country, he also donated some money to the development of security in cars, doesn't wants for anyone to suffer and feel what he felt when he losted his brother.

Ever-lasting eternity

-My first cherised memory-

A cake made of love to the little boy that was next to me, was placed in front of his face. I meant face because we were all too tiny for our bodies to meet the board of the table. Just our full faces met. I had to say that it was not smart to place a kindergarden group around a table higher than us without tall chairs, but you may guess how ignorant this family was about children parties.

The brownish table was placed in front of the door entrance. Joseph was beside me, sharing grumpily with me the frontal edge of the huge table. It had the capacity of 20 children, according to my classmates count. The foyer where we stayed was unusually empty in the party, except for the 20 gifts that were placed in another door far in front of me. It was surely empty for us not to touch a single piece of gold coming from this mansion. Around me, the green-flowered decorated wallpaper was matching softness with the ceiling that was 2 floors tall. It had a huge crystal chandelier hanging from an unnoticeable U shaped metal. The whole room was showered in a yellow, faint light that reached every corner of the dark night. On the center, we were all the guests, surrounded except from the back by a pair of separate stairs connected to the wall. I noticed at the end the strong green throw rug placed below our feet. Bet it was as soft as a kitten.

It was not of my pleasure to stay there waiting for someone to give the cake smash scream to be the first to turn into action, since I wanted to give that kid a nice time to cry, as quickly as possible. He was too innocent I say... "TOO" much. Slave Joseph was his nickname, or at least that's how I call him. His lonely presence was enough to disturb me, and what was worse was the fact that the little brat just loved to have company, though we all hated him. Joseph cared not and loved all. That is, all except me. Never knew why.

But sinking his head to the group of muffins made of his favorite game and enjoy then the show was not the only reason I came here. Laurene and her group of unfortunate bonds were to come for the party. I cared only for Laurene, and for my stomach who was about to give a good howl if these things didn't hurry with the usual boring song.

My attention then grasped to Laurene, sitting in the middle of her friends, in the chairs placed closer to the right stairs. Laurene was the only friend I liked. She smiled and said "hi!" every time I saw her. She was the only one I understood well from all this herd of hienas. Seeing her made me contain myself better. She might be the reason for why I tried to be better on all, including my extremely fat body. Even if I was white-pink in skin and blonde in hair, my body matched the white guy that announced tires in the freeway. My size was also smaller than the rest of my classmates. As if that weren't bad enough, my hair style was that of a picky fungus, and my clothes didn't fit me anymore. Not that my parents cared... But even with all of this, Laurene would talk and sit next to me, and smile every time she saw me. Indeed, she kept her classmates alive... for the moment.

I heard the entrance door open. Laurene's parents suddenly came for her. She waved everyone goodbye. Not as gracefully as a stereotipical princess... but with her smile at least. Beginning with her friends and to everyone in the room. Then, she turned and waved her white and slightly bulky hand to me with the joy and sincerity I liked. I didn't got to speak with her then. Heaven save me...

And things got much greater. Much, much greater.

"T-thank y-y-you e-e-ver-ry-one..." said Josehp shyly. His parents had to calm the crybaby down for him to speak! Unbelievable! I was boiling from the inside! About to do something awful... then...

"I a-am v-very h-happy now! T-thank you all! I l-like you! All! Really! So...please...please enjoy this cake!" He showed with his trembling hands the cake in front of him too clearly. "Its... its... its yours!"

And then looked at me.

I grabbed the muffin with blinky and pressed him in his face. Directly in the eye. I got up from my seat, and accidentally dropped it in the floor because of my mistaken volume calculations. I didn't looked back from the exit, but I could joyfully hear a slight and desperate whimper coming just from my back...

Followed by a beautiful, long awaited crowd of laughs.

---To continue---

Blog assignment # 3 - Creative writing - 2nd Partial

We continue with the next assignment team. This time, we change of activity. We must write a story of our own that must complete the following instructions:

-Use at least 5 paragraphs on your story. Use all elements possible from the class.

-You must use logical order (time order, spatial order, etc.) and transitions.

-Write a title to your story.

-Go to http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/? and choose at least 2 pictures. You must relate these pictures in your story, and interweave them if you like (check the professor's blog for more info and the original link).

-You must save these chosen pictures and "add them" on your own post. Do not copy/paste.

-You can comment on someone's story if you like. As always, be respectful or suffer a severe trashing from the team.

-The deadline is Monday, March 23rd at 10:00pm.

That is all you need teammates. As always, check http://awprepauvm.blogspot.com/ for more useful and detailed information. Good luck on your writing!

Blog Assignment #2

- HOW TO TIE YOUR SHOE -

Brainstorm:
-shoe
-tennis shoes
-rope
-folding
-methods
-loops
-tie
-double-knot
-without strings
-strings

Well.. to tie a shoe, is something that every person, at each point need to do by themselves. This essay will show you the correct way of tying them and also how to double-knot your shoes, so, if for any reason you forgot how to tie them, you can check this article and view every step and tie your shoes.

There are different methods, i think there are 3, but i'm going to explain the easist one. Here are the steps, first you need to put your untied shoe onto your foot, after you've already put your sock. Tighten the shoe by pulling on the ends of the strings on the right and left side of the shoe.

Then, here comes the special points that you need to be patient, specially if you have big hands, after the second step, you cross the left and right strings. The left string goes under the right string and is pulled through creating a new right and left end. At this point you need to take the new left and make a loop with it.

The next step is to make a loop out of the new right, and put that loop over the left loop. Then tie them in a knot as done with the strings at the beginning and at last put tightly and you've finished.

At last, if you want to make a double-knot tie, you just need to repeat the last two steps, this is optional but more secure. So that's how you can tie your shoe, the easiest way and if you dont know how, you just need to be patient and practice until you get the perfect tie.

P.s: I know this is not an excuse, but i didnt' have any idea about this assignment, and also i know i'm not the only one that forgot or didnt know about this so i'm sorry about that and, well i dont know, i will check everyday this blog :> or something like that. Thnks!

Blog assignment # 2

How to Drive a Car

Brainstorm:

- driver licence

- car

- highway

- road

- youth

- teenager

- driver

- dangers

- warnings

- law

Did you just turned 16 last week ? Are you ready to roll the streets in your dad's brand new Jaguar? Well kid, let's take it slow, first of all, ¡you need to learn how to drive a car! Yes, we know you had totally forgotten that little detail. Don't worry, well teach you how to drive a car in a few easy steps. Just don't forget, practice makes perfect. We'll give you the basics of driving, which you'll have to practice at home, in your own car. Good Luck

First of all, you have to be prepared for the experience of your life. Check that the car your gonna use has a valid insurance, just in case thing go a little wrong. Also, check if the car is in good a state, as a malfunctioning car will only make you learn things wrong. After you check the car is working, you should check if you're carring the tools necessary in case the car malfunctions. With all that checked, you're ready to practice.

To get a drive's licence, your gonna need to take a driver's test. Don't attempt to drive without one, you could get in serious trouble if you do. To take the test you're gonna need to know the basics of driving. The best option, of course, would be to get a professional teacher to give you personal lessons. However, if this is not possible, enlist the aid of someone close to you who is a careful driver and has been driving for a while. It can be a friend, your parents, or a cousin, it doesn't matter, as long as it teaches you the proper way to drive.

When practicing, remember to be alert. Check the rear view and side mirrors; make sure you can see all traffic and pedestrians behind you and in front of you. Make it a habit to know that you have mirrors and use them every few seconds while driving. Watch out for bigger vehicles like trucks, buses, semis, and SUVs that charge the road. Sometimes people with big cars drive like bullies, and you need to understand that if your car comes head to head with them, your car will lose.

Remember that driving isn't a right, but a privilege. Don't be dumb, and take driving classes seriously. This is by no means a replacement to going to drivers class. This article can only guide you on your way to driving, so don't depend on it as your only source. Thank you for you time, and again, good luck!

Blog assignment # 2

-How to make a good impression on your first date-

Brainstorming:

Dress well

-Plan your place to stay

-Use gifts

-Be cheerful

+Be prepared

-Be polite

+Be yourself

+Do not be too nervous

-Know your partner

+Don't be too one sided.

Your first date... Sounds incredible doesn't it? Especially if its with the person you like! But... what if something goes horribly wrong? In this essay, we will give 4 small recommendations that may be very helpful for your special date. These are one of the most basic steps to take in mind when you are in your first date: preparation, confidence, mutual reciprocity, and your self-presence.

First thing in a date is to make a good planning. With good preparation, a date is more enjoyable and less tense. First, you must know the place where you want to see your partner. Consider her own likes along with yours. Next, you must know the time and date of the meeting. It is preferable to choose a weekend. After that, know how you will dress and prepare yourself for the occasion. Finally, ready anything you might need for the location you will go, like tickets for a movie or materials for your visit on the beach.

Second thing to take in mind in a date is the confidence you must give to your partner. It is very normal to be nervous on your first date because of several reasons, but if you show some confidence and trust in your partner, the situation will become more enjoyable. First thing as a tip to be more calm is to know your preparations, hence the reason to prepare your date. Soon after that, you must grasp the ideal of reality. If something bad suddenly happens, there is nothing to worry about. Sometimes, accidents make a date even more special, and if they don't do so, know that your partner might feel friendly with your mistake. The last step is the fact that you must enjoy the date. There is nothing more beautiful and satisfactory than the expressed emotions of a person who is actually liking the date. (and I mean both here!)

Third step to consider is the reciprocity of both. When you take the whole responsibility of an action, your partner might feel discouraged because he/she also wants to help. If it isn't so, start wondering if your partner is a "trustful" couple. Next of wondering, recognize that your partner might want to be part of the fun too. (Even if we mean fun as paying stuff) If you give trust to him/her, he/she will feel pleased in some way. By now, it is also kind to make small favors if you really want.

Last but not least, is your proper self. A good first date is good when the person you like is there. Not a stereotype of a supposedly totally different perfect person. To notice this sort of act in yourself, you must first recognize if your action is something that you affirm. A decision made against your will is backfired, so be careful. Realize then that your partner is with you because he/she likes you. He/she cares less for the defects! Do not cover them by being a totally different person, but by knowing when its wise to avoid such small mistakes. Finally, tell the same to your partner if you feel him/her different than usual. You are doing him/her a good favor at the end.

Even with all of these steps, there is something that outstands all of them and that you must take as your first rule: Enjoy the date, because no matter what happens, no matter what sort of disgrace you had to pass by, if you and your couple enjoyed the date, there is nothing else to ask for! Feel the happiness of accompanying the partner you now like, and enjoy every single moment you have with him/her, because in reality, you never know when the emotions will dissapear, and its something that adults of today treasure the most from their lives. So, to review, remember to make a good planning of everything, obtain your confidence to make the date more placid, be reciprocative with your partner for more trust between each other, and remember to be you and no one else. I hope these steps helped somehow in your plans, and I wish you the best of luck for your first special date in your life!

2nd Partial Blog assignment # 2

I want to congratulate you all, team. You did a very good job with last assignment, and I want you to receive my humblest and most sincere cheers. Away from that, we continue with the next assignment.

This work is incredibly familiar. You shouldn't have any problems with it, but if you do, be sure to check chapter 5 from your book or writing for more information.

You need to make a brainstorm of the topic you chose from the list below, and then make at least a 4 paragraph essay. You can also make your own topic. This are the conditions of the work:

--Every member needs to have a unique topic.

--It must be IDENTED, like my paragraphs.

--The thesis statement must be Bold type.
--Make all of these steps in a separate post.

--Finish your work before Monday, March 16 at 9:00pm.

--As an extra, there is no need to comment in someone's work.

Below is the list of topics you may want to choose. You can make your own too:
1-How to maintain a good relationship with your neighbors.
2-How to be happy in school.
3-How to maintain a good relationship with somebody from another culture.
4-How to make a good impression on a first date.
5-How to cheat on a test.
6-How to complete a homework assignment.
7-How to break up with your girlfriend/boyfriend.
8-How to tie your shoe.
9-How to become the teacher's pet.
10-How to housetrain your dog.

There you have it team. Good luck as always!

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Blog Assignment #2

How to Write a Song

Brainstorming:
Song - Lyrics - Theme - Genre - Duration - Instruments - Percussion - Chorus - Verse - Breakdown - Bridge - Solo - Harmony - Beats - Riffs - Melody - Rhyme - Plot - Vocals.

Have you ever wondered how do famous artists or bands come up with those songs? Have you wanted to write one on your own but you dont know how, or you come up with something you don´t like a lot? Keep reading to know how to write a decent song by yourself and maybe someday your song will be on the radio or in thousands of MP3 players. You only need a lot of time and patience.

A song its like a computer or machine. There are no more important things in a song because everything has to be there to work and express the emotion. First you are going to learn about the lyrics. Lyrics of a song are very important because with those you express what you think or feel and you are lets say, like talking to anyone that is listening to your song. Lyrics rhyme and with a rhyme the lyrics flow and everyone goes on. You can try a lot of rhyme combinations and even come up with your own. Sometimes the rhyme its not that important and you have to rely on something else: the melody. Lyrics also have a melody, that is that each word or letter or syllable have a note and duration. You can have the same melody like the instruments or you can have another one. In order to write decent lyrics just sit down and type / write them. The only advice I can give with lyrics is practice and practice and you will come up with something good one day or at your first try.

The next thing you have to do to write a song is to get a rhythm or beat in the drums. Or you can come up with a melody in any instrument and then add the beat that best fits the melody. This step can be the most frustrating, rewarding, difficult and easy step of all. Im telling you that because some days you want to compose a melody and you focus on that and you can spent all the day trying to get something good but you fail. Other days you can just be in your house and then a melody comes to your mind and you go and play it and its done, just like that, magicaly. In this step you really, really need lots of patience.

Once you got your lyrics and your melodies and beats, you can start arranging them. Arranging its not that hard like the previous step but you still need to focus on it. Grab your melodies and start arranging them with the drums. For you to join a melody or guitar riff with another melody you have to make a transition. Just throw a few notes in there and you got your transition or use another melody as a transition. Remember, the beat and melodies have to flow and change; that way the listener wont get bored. Mostly all the songs have verse, chorus, intro , outro, breakdown. But you can arrange them as you wish as long as it sounds good. I´ve made a song without a chorus and the song sounds pretty cool.

After arrenging the only thing you are missing is to record your song. This is another ´´frustrating´´ step in the proccess of writing a song because this step will require lots and lots of time. Doesn´t matter if you are recording in a professional studio or in your little room. With this step you only need to try and try, a lot of different combinations of microphones and once you get what you want just sit and stay in front of your computer for a looong time. There are good recording softwares out there but they are expensive so just download a free one called ´´AUDACITY´´ that can make pretty good recordings. You can mix, equalize, add effects and masterize your tracks and once you are done just export as MP3 and right to your computer.

As you can see, writing a song needs a lot of patience and will. For some people its easy, for some don´t but the clue is that you really want to and that you practice and practice. Dedicate a lot of time to write and compose. Cause in the end, no matter how tired you are, the final product its really amazing and makes you feel good with yourself.

Slumdog Millionaire

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.

From what i saw, Salim was looking for his brother Jamal, and Jamal was looking for the girl, Latika; and then the soundtrack and the motion in Mumbai appears to give the movie more suspense and to contrast the silent seeking from the characters.

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

He helped Latika to escape, and then he killed (shot) Javed. After that, he filled the bathtub with money and then he died in that way because he always wanted to die with a lot of money and also he was sad about everything he made to his brother and he wanted to be excused.

This film weaves together nightmare and impossible dream. What do you take away as the most important message or impression from the film?

Each one of us can have a different impression of the film. But, mine was that, we should be proud of everything that we have and the persons we have with us. And also that there is a reason for everything that happens in our lives, and we cannot know what's going to happen next.
And the most important point, that we must not criticize the persons for their appearance, or make them "feel less", because at any moment and any time they can surprise us and be better than we are in different ways.

Slumdog Millionaire

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? Because Jamal was winning a lot of money he had more than a million of rupees and the host wanted to make lose Jamal. At that time of the show and movie Jamal was only missing one lifeline the one of calling a friend and the host may also wanted to force Jamal to use that lifeline to end his last hopes. But I think that If I were the host I would have put the right answer and that way Jamal may think that I am putting the wrong answer to make him lose and he would choose another one and he would have lost. Its also to make Jamal more stressed with the situation.

What did Jamal do? He thought that the host gave him the wrong answer and indeed it was. So he chose another 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 . All those elements need to be in the film because with them the story and plot are extremely affected and also the characters learn and mature in their personalities and also guide them in taking decisions in the story. Without loss, chance, luck and suffering, Jamal wouldn´t have learned all the answers to those questions and won the tv show.

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Early in the film we see the young Jamal dive into a latrine pit to steal a glimpse at a visiting movie star. How does his single-mindedness to see this movie star reveal his determination? What other examples do you see in the film of his determination?

That was one of the funniest parts of the movie and the only disgusting one I can remember, his determination can be seen becuase not anyone can really throw himself into a latrine pit just to get the autograph of his favorite actor. In this scene we can see that Jamal is a determined person that can really go to extreme decisions when he wants to get something, and gives all he has to get it, and that's some of the things many people today lack when they're trying to achieve their dreams.

Other examples can be, when he looks for his loved one, Latika and gets to see his brother Salim and follows him to his boss house to find out were Latika is. When they escape from where the kids were maked blind to get money. There are various times were Jamal demonstrates his determination and achieves what he desires.

Compare and contrast three pivotal choices or decisions made by Jamal and Salim. How do their choices affect their respective paths in life or “destinies”?


-When Jamal and Salim find out where Latika is. Jamal finds her and wants to leave immediately, but when the guards get in, Salim takes out a gun and shoots to their boss. Then they run.

- When Salim and Jamal as kids are at the pits, Jamal is doing his his needs and Salim leaves him there closed when the Super star is in. Jamal got the autograph and Salim felt jelously. That night, Salim picked up Jamal's autograph and sold it.

-When Salim threatens Jamal with the gun when they are with Latika.

This things and some other do affect their destinies, becuase when Salim sold his brother's autograph he lost some of Jamal's trust and started building his future as someone that acts with lies and betrayal with his close ones. When Salim kills the guy, he lets Jamal see what a real monster he is in reality and to what he can get when he wants something. By contrast, Jamal builds his future in all of his experiences and desitions and makes a better destiny from his own, not like his brother who started a gansta life and by his own hand set his own tomb.


What do you think the film is saying about the globalization of culture through media? We see the game show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” adapted in the Indian culture. Is this a sign of progress? Why or why not? What is this film staying about the effect of money on culture?

Well, it can say many things, like for example the influence a Tv game can have adding contents of such an ancient culture like the indian to it's use. It can be seen as a sign of progress or as a sign of offense to such a conservative culture, in some aspects it do shows progress, becuase it allows "coffee boys" such as Jamal, to get out of the hole and get a better live, even thought it is in a luck game, but it other ways, it can show that there isn't a progress but a salvage attitude becuase when Jamal got to the 6 millions, he was kept as a host by the police only becuase no one apart from him had won that game with such a high quantity. The effect of money on culture is huge, becuase in this days, money keeps a high role in someone's life, and no one is an exception, if you don't have a work, very difficult you have money, and money, is what gives you the role in society, it doesn't matter where you are living.

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In one exchange of dialogue in the film during the interrogation of Jamal, the police inspectors discuss the impossibility of what Jamal knows.
Police Inspector: Doctors... Lawyers... never get past 60 thousand rupees. He's on 6 million. [pause]
Police Inspector: What can our slumdog possibly know?
Jamal Malik: [quietly] The answers.
Discuss the irony in the film that Jamal “knows too much” and is suspected of cheating. Discuss the irony that in the end, his poverty may make him rich. What point is the film making? What is real wealth?

Jamal knows that much not because he is smart, but because he has lived through many situations that ironically have something to do with the answers of the game. Thanks to his poverty, Jamal could live all the situations that contained the answer of the questions, aside from obtaining the reason to play the game. The film wants to indicate that poverty is not a barrier of opportunities or intelligence. What's even more, rich people seem to have it all; poor people have less, but give at least value to what they possess.
The game show format brings into to focus the culture of meaningless competition. What does the spectacle of the game say about what people value today? What values does the media promote? Are they humanizing values?

The game was only admiring wits and intelligence. The gift was recognition and money. The game promotes the studies of a person. It tells them to be smarter to win much more money, even if the questions seem ridiculously random. "Play our game by becoming smarter!". They are showing entertainment, but aren't promoting values at the end. Only superficial, lonesome challenge.
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?

Those who have power and money are characterized as being cold and arrogant. People that do not have emotions and devalue everything that does not belong to them as to feel superior. They use the people around them for their own purpose, and still do not recognize the richness of their materials and experiences. That is how they're characterized. Victims get abused by these characters, until they become useless for the rich guy.

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Before I write the answers to my questions, I would like to thank you, teacher, for giving me the chance to see this wonderful movie. I've wanted to see it since I saw an interview to Dev Patel (Jamal) at "The Daily Show with John Stewart". Now, you've given me the opportunity to see it before it appears at theater. I liked it so much...

It's the best film I've seen in a while.

So here are my questions and answers:

What does the title mean? How does the title and the contrasts within it provide symbolic summary of the film?

The title is a reference to Jamal, and how he, a chaiwallah, turned from day-to-night into a millionaire by answering the questions of a TV program. It gives a symbolic summary of the film because Jamal, who grew up at Mumbai slums, and lived turbulent and sometimes cruel experiences, won a general culture quiz, when he's supposted to be ignorant and supposted to lose.

In the film, the theme of destiny is a central theme. What does it mean that all Jamal desires is just out of his reach? (The prized autograph, Latika, his brother, the answers, etc.)

It's suppost to mean that poor people never get what they want. But it was in Jamal's "destiny" to finally get what he most desired, the love of Latika. And what he desired the most in the past helped him in the end, as every single thing he used to desire turned into a question and an answer which helped him win the contest. So all that was out of his reach was actually ment to be out of his reach, as it would help him fulfill his destiny...

Is ethical decision making possible when one must make choices based on survival? Do seemingly “bad” choices make a person bad?

Making bad choices doesn't make someone bad, as that person might be ashamed of what he did and even regret doing those things. That is the case of Jamal's brother, Salim. He was taught through that doing certain things would lead him to an easier, happier life. Later on, he understood that those things really didn't brought him happyness, but rather suffering... But he was trapped, the only way to survive was to carry on with his life of crime. Even if he thought what he was doing was wrong, he had no other choice. So I think ethical decicions can't be made when the choices one makes are based on survival.

So long and thanks for all the fish...

Blog assignment # 5 Slumdog Millionaire

We continue with our next assignment, team. We did well on the last assignment, but don't lose the technique. As for this assignment, we will have to answer individually some assigned questions from the link provided below. I have already chosen the questions each one of you will answer. Here is how you must do it:

-Make a new post with the title "Slumdog millionaire"

-Your answers must be complete. Without mistakes and uncomplete fundaments.

-Make your answer as most formulated as you can.

-In the comments section of the post, you must make your writing referring to the answer of your teammate. It can be either to agree or disagree of the answer. Make a good basis. A good one.

Erick P. : 1st, 3rd and 5th questions.

Leunam: 2nd, 4th and 6th questions.

Alain: 7-9th questions.

Pablo: 10th and 11th questions.

Marcos: Last 3 questions.

That is all you must do. Its incredibly easy, so please, make no excuses. Below are the links you might need. The last one being the questionaire.

http://awprepauvm.blogspot.com/

http://fqd02.livedepot.net/1372976/4OKO7WPQY/s01_541ab40b4d28ce5efea6ec8c0bae86ed/slumdogmillionaire%203.pdf

Have a good day team. Prem Kumar is waiting for your answers.