Mikayla Manufactured Realities

practice for ideas and quotes on comparative essay

In your introduction, how are characters controlled?

Characters are controlled through censorship and propoganda which create manufactured realities

In both texts, how exactly was this done?

Book Thief- Propoganda was used to reinforce anti-semitism

Truman Show- construction of Seahaven

What judgements do both texts make overall (what we are comparing)?

Both texts reveal that when faced with unjust power, ordinary people can challenge and resist authority.

In the Book Thief, what idea does your topic sentence address?

even though Liesel experiences oppression, the power of language can facilitate rebellion, freedom and ability to change the world.

What is your first quote, technique, brief analysis?

“The words. Why did they have to exist? Without words…the fuhrer was nothing.”

-metaphor of words; how it creates indoctrinating realities

what is your second quote?

“the best word shakers… were the ones who could climb the highest.”

-motif of “word shakers”, represents narrative where humanity has the ability to plant positive roots and outgrow the fuhrer’s words

How will you compare The Book Thief to The Truman Show in your Second BP?

they both similarly experience oppression of freedom but Weir critiques censorship through manufactured Seahaven instead.

What is your first scene, technique, brief analysis?

scene where there is cocoa powder ad and there is a camera in the necklace

mis-en-scene depicts commercialisation of his life, everything is intentional, he has a narrow view of what the world really is

What is your second scene, technique, brief analysis?

-When he is about to board the boat

-mis-en-scene depicts motif of water and fear however demonstrates that humanity is able to overcome this and work against powerful authorities