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MOVIES AND ACADEMIC ESSAYS Sample of Student's Essay Movie "3 Idiots" SAMPLE 1

PROMINENT CHARACTERS in ‘3 IDIOTS’

THE ESSAY

Watching movies and drama have become a favorite pastime to many people. Comedy based drama can be watched by people of all ages. The movie ‘3 idiots’ is about the life of 3 Indian engineering student who share a room in a hostel at the Imperial College of Engineering. This movie potrays interesting events and incidents that the audience can learn from. The three prominent character in the movie ‘3 idiots’ are Rancho, ViruS and Chatur.

The first prominent character in 3 idiots is Rancho who is a brilliant and caring person. He applies physics application in the bathroom  incident. He also invented a power inventer to convert a car battery into electricity. Despite being intelligent, he is also caring. He helps Farhan and Raju face their problems. He still cares for his best friend although they had lost contact. So, Rancho is potrayed as a brilliant yet caring character.

ViruS, who is competitive and egoistic person, is also one of the prominent character in the movie. He tells his experience in a  speech in the morning assembly about how to survive in life. Furthermore, he was  too obsessed with the university’s ranking until some of the students got depressed. Besides that, ViruS has his own ego. He thinks that neither Farhan nor Raju will get a job in the job interview. He also had a thought that all of his decisions were the best for everyone. Hence, ViruS is represented as a competitive and egoistic character.

Next, the third prominent character in this movie is Chatur or known as ‘The Silencer’ who is potrayed as selfish and boastful. He gives porn magazines to students during the study week to distract them from studying. In addition, he gives urine – expulsion everywhere  and fart wherever he wants. He only thinks of himself without considering the confort of the people around him. He is also boastful of himself. He speaks only in English when all the other students spoke only Hindi. Moreover, he was chosen to give speech during Teacher’s Day. Thus, Chatur is potrayed as a selfish yet boastful character.

To sum up, the movie ‘3 idiots’ potrays three different characters with different personalities; Chatur, ViruS and Rancho. Selfish and boastful characteristics are often shown in most of the events in this movie by the character of Chatur. He willing to do anything as long as he gets everything he wants. Next, ViruS expressed himself as a competitive and egoistic person most of the time. He keeps his life at his pace and refuse to allow  anyone to be  better than him.  Rancho shown himself as a brilliant and caring character. He cares too much about his best friend and he uses his intelligence study hard. To conclude, this movie shows many different personalities of the protagonist and antagonist. Watching how these characters behave allows us to  understand people around us.

Syed Naqib bin Syed Mohamed Al-Qudsy            

Abdul Atiq bin Abdul Aziz                                            

Amirul Azri bin Mohd Yusof                                        

Muhammad Akmal bin Noor Rashid                        

MOVIES AND ACADEMIC ESSAYS Sample of Student's Essay Movie "Brave" SAMPLE 2

The Effect of Selfishness in ‘Brave’.

THE ESSAY

Animated movies have become a favourite for many these days because watching them helps to release tension. Some examples of famous animated movies are Tangled, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. The latest one is Brave. Here are some of the effects of selfishness that can be found in the movie which are has created conflict and has caused fights.

            Firstly, the act of selfishness has created conflict between father and daughter as well as between mother and daughter. The conflict between father and daughter can be shown between Merida and her father who argues about her mother. Merida told her father that her mother, Queen Elinor has been cursed and turned into a bear but her father did not believe her so he wanted to kill the bear.Moreover, conflict also happened between mother and daughter where Queen Elinor wanted Merida to be a real princess but she did not listen to her mother. Thus, in this movie, selfishness has created conflict between father and daughter as well as between mother and daughter.

            Secondly, being selfish caused the fight that happened between the three kingdoms and  among siblings. The fight between was created because Merida did not want to choose whose son she wanted to marry. Instead, she volunteered as a representative for her kingdom in the archery challenge. Besides that, the fight among the siblings is shown in the scene where the eldest prince wanted to rule the land on his own and that is the cause of their fights. Hence, being selfish can make rulers of three kingdoms to fight and siblings to go against one another.

            In conclusion, causing fights and creating conflicts are the effects of selfishness. One should think before doing something that will fuel people’s anger. Other than that, one selfish act could ruin an entire kingdom. A leader must be fair in ruling his or her kingdom to maintain harmony. Furthermore, one should be rational and wise in making decisions. However, both sides also need to be considerate and come to an agreement. Thus, one should throw away their selfishness and be tolerant towards others.

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Adiba, Ain, Syamimi, Kamizah

MOVIES AND ACADEMIC ESSAYS Sample of Student's Essay Movie "Brave" SAMPLE 1

WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF SELFISHNESS IN THE MOVIE ‘BRAVE’?

THE ESSAY

‘Brave’ movie is about a girl name Merida who comes from royal family and from a clan called Dunbroch. Merida disagreed with her mother’s decision to ask her to marry so she ran away into the wood. She found a witch and asked the witch to make a spell to change her mother. The spell  changed her mother into a bear.  Merida felt sad and she learnt her lesson. The effects of selfishness in the movie ‘Brave’ are conflict and fight.

The first effect of selfishness in the movie ‘Brave’ is conflict between Merida and Elinor and between Merida and Fergus. In the movie, Merida and Elinor argue about marriage. Merida refused to marry one of the three princes but her mother forced her. Merida also does not listen to her mother as she wants her freedom in her life. She is not ready for the marriage and she swears that the marriage will not happen.. In addition to that, Merida and Fergus also argued when Fergus tried to kill his own wife but Merida stopped him. Fergus also shouted at Merida and accused her  of  talking nonsense. Fergus locked Merida in the room and he then searched for the bear to revenge Elinor‘s death. So, selfishness brings conflict in the family as Merida fight with Elinor and Fergus.

The second effect of selfishness in the movie ‘Brave” is the fight in the kingdom and between sibling. In the kingdom, three clans fight with each other to in the a competition to marry the princess, Merida and so that they can be the next king in the kingdom. Besides that, from the legend, the older prince among the four princes wanted to rule the kingdom by himself. His pride and selfishness transformed him into an evil bear and ruined his kingdom. So, the characteristic of selfishness may destroy the kingdom and relationship between siblings.

The movie ‘Brave’ has shown that selfishness brings about conflict and fight in the clans. The quarrel between Merida and her mother Elinor, becomes worse when Merida breaks the tradition of the clan. In addition to that, the argument does not lead to positive effect.  Next, the disagreement causes Merida and Elinor to quarrel about their different opinion all the time. They need to learn to communicate so that they can understand each other. In summary, selfishness does not bring advantages to people. So, the movie 'Brave' is not only an enjoyable movie to watch but also brings some lessons to the viewers.

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Siti Maisarah

Hani Baizura

Hamizah

Siti Aniqah

Some ideas for Oral Commentary of a Movie Assignment SAMPLE OF STUDENT ESSAY -4-(Movie:In Time-) -The Mind Map and Essay

THE ESSAY

IS RAYMOND REALLY THE VILLAIN N IN ‘’IN TIME’’?

Villains in movies are sometimes portrayed as bad and violent. In movies, sometimes, good characters pretend to be bad or may end up as bad characters and sometime villains may end up as good. Raymond is portrayed as a villain in "In Time", however, a close analysis of his characters reveals both the evil and good side of Raymond. Raymond  has two bad characteristic such as  cruel and selfish but he also has a good character such as he is responsible. The characters that Raymond portrays shows even the bad person has some negative attitude but that person can also have the positive attitudes in their lives.

Raymond is a cruel person, and this is seen in the way he handles his  job and how he behaves a s a thief. Raymond is a cruel person because he kills Henry Hamilton’s when Henry Hamilton was sleeping. Besides that, Raymond is also a thief of time. He want to live longer and become a rich man from stealing the other person’s time. So, In Time movie, Raymond shows that he is a cruel person in different ways like he is a killer and in the same time, he is also a thief.

Raymond is a selfish person when it comes to  time and power. Raymond is selfish because he steals Sylvia’s time when her car is involved in an accident and he does not want to share the time with his friends. Raymond is also selfish through the use of his  power. He used the power for his own uses for example he uses the title as a “ time keeper “ to add on to his power. So, Raymond is selfish actor in ‘In Time’ movie and he shows the attitude in different ways.

On the other hand, Raymond has the good attitude that is he responsible towards his job and time. Raymond is responsible with his job because he is so addicted in his work. He has to be a good  ‘time keeper’ and he is also alert when  anyone makes mistakes like stealing other people's time.He will catch the thief . In addition to that, Raymond is also responsible in his time. He defines that time is very important because he manages his time properly to satisfy he needs like adding the extra time to live longer. Even though Raymond is seen as the villain character, he has the some good qualities that we can model from.

In a nut shell , this movie shows both sides of Raymond.. From this movie, i learn that there are many sides of a person. Sometimes, some bad characters we meet have reasons why they become so. Some good characters were once bad. Not everyone is as bad as we think they are, and not all good people were good last time too.