Tsotsi Essay

Tsotsi Essay

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  Literary Analysis OfTwo Texts Essay Literary Analysis of Two Texts Renita Redding Instructor: Irene Robles–Huerta ENG 125 March 21, 2015 The short story, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been", by Joyce Oates, (1966), and the poem, "What it's Like to Be a Black Girl", by Patricia Smith, (1991), are both about the coming of age of young girls and the conflicts that they encounter. The two pieces explore issues that most young girls have with their bodies and others during their puberty years. The literary elements that will be compared in this essay is imagery and symbolism. The main conflict in both pieces that will be explored is individual versus self. These literary elements and conflict will help us to explore the issues that these two individual young girls...show more content... "First of all, it's being 9 years old and feeling like you're not finished". It's as though, the changes that are to come are going to be better than what's already been. The main change she hopes is that she will be considered beautiful because unlike Connie in the first story this 9 year old girl don't believe she's pretty at all. So she's hoping that, what's to come? Is better than what's been? Although there are many different literary techniques used in these two pieces imagery is an element that is depicted in the both of them. Imagery is a literary technique that appeals to the senses of its readers. It gives the reader a visual of what the writer is feeling about what he or she is writing. In the poem, "What it's Like to Be a Black Girl", by Smith, (1991), imagery is used to display the writers feelings of being black and not necessary proud of being black, "it's dropping food coloring in your eyes to make them blue and suffering their burn in silence". The writer could be using the word blue as a way to depict the wanting to have beautiful blue eyes like many White women as opposed to the dark brown or black eyes that she probably possessed. Imagery is also seen in the way how the writer explains her encounter with the opposite sex. "It's finally having a man reach out for you then caving in around his fingers". It is having a man finally paying attention to you but not knowing that he only wants to control your body. Get more content on HelpWriting.net
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  Tsotsi Mental Illness Doyou really think a person who is mentally ill deserves to serve time in prison? Do you think being held up in a cell all by yourself is going to be the best decision? I think not! PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. This is what Tsotsi is diagnosed with. Tsotsi I believe that Tsotsi has this disorder and cannot be held responsible for his crimes. He shouldn't because he isn't functioning right, has a troubled past, and needs to go to a mental institute for mental health treatment. Tsotsi is mentally ill and isn't functioning right. There are many symptoms for PTSD. One of them is called the "Avoidance Symptom". The Avoidance Symptom is when you stay away from certain places,...show more content... This will help him because at the hospital he will closely monitored and accurately diagnosed, have his medications stable, and to have an eye on all day just in case his mental illness temporarily worsens. Tsotsi is also showing a sign of the Arousal and Reacting Symptom. When he started to beat on Boston and couldn't stop, that was an angry outburst. And the signs of the Arousal and Reacting Symptom is having angry outbursts. This was clearly evidence of this symptom and he needs to get treated right away. He also has the Avoidance symptom. That is when you stay away from places, events, or objects that are reminders of the traumatic experience. Tsotsi would avoid certain people because he knew that they would ask him questions about his past. Which he is clearly afraid of because he knows nothing about and when he does start to remember, it's all events that messed up his life and family. Whenever he would see Boston or Die Ape and had a feeling they were going to ask a question regarding him to think about his past, he'll find a way around it. Either by hiding from them, ignoring their questions, or a say something off topic to throw them off. This is why I truly believe that Tsotsi needs to go to a mental Get more content on HelpWriting.net
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  Weak Scene InTsotsi Tsotsi is a 2005 South African and United Kingdom co–production film about a Johannesburg township gangster Tsotsi who is struggling with his longing for fatherly love. He is on a journey of survival and redemption from his childhood while experiencing the social classism and poverty of the post–apartheid period. It was originally a novel written by well–known apartheid author Athol Fugard before it was adapted for screen and directed by Gavin Hood and won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006. This essay will seek to explore and analyse how Mise–en–scГЁne and Editing used in the preying on the weak scene in Tsotsi, work together to demonstrate the impact it had on Tsotsi's choice of redemption by the end of the film. The scene preying on the weak which is being discussed is between Tsotsi (Presley Chweneyagae) and Morris (Jerry Mofokeng) an old crippled man in a makeshift wheelchair. They meet when Tsotsi accidentally bumps into him at the top of the stairs of the train terminal and Morris proceeds to curse and...show more content... The set for this particular scene was an on location shot which was filmed in the city side of Johannesburg. In the world of the film it is a well–lit, deserted area on the outskirts of the train terminal close to the train tracks. This secluded location with little to no pedestrian traffic at this time of day was a good production call, as it gave Tsotsi the perfect opportunity to carry out his intensions without being caught. Due to the many directorial close ups (CU) in the scene and the emphasis on facial expressions and body language, especially during some of the still moments there was a need for adequate light source. According to the construct rules of film the camera lights must mirror the same amount of light source that is visible in the shot or scene reflected in the frame to the Get more content on HelpWriting.net
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  Was Tsotsi Guilty Wouldyou feel safe if you are around to someone who intimidate and kill people? Tsotsi is a young boy that grow up without his parents, and had being charged of killing and stalking people. To begin this case, I should tell that my accused Tsotsi is guilty, but I believe that he deserve sometime in prison. He had been through alot in his life and had to learn thing his own. Therefore I also believe that he deserve counseling for at least month if he show that he is recovering and improve. Also is government's fault because of the apartheid laws that was made to divide south africa from others cities,and that separate families that are in the city and go there to find jobs just because they didn't had pass so they can be identified. First, you have to remember that Tsotsi caused intimidation and stalking many people, even to one man that had no leg in the streets. "Tsotsi didn't care because the others, reacting to the purpose it suddenly gave to life, had stood up were following him into the streets."(Fugas 71) This show that Tsotsi is guilty because he is in the streets intimidating innocent people, and I believe that this is a problem because he should not be causing confusion to them. They can be scared because they think that they are going to die or something. Also, he...show more content... Because he was separate from his mother, just because the police did not found her pass to be in the city. After the police came Tsotsi's mother said to him, "Don't move, you hear. Stay in the room and wait for me there. Do you hear. David? Do you hear what I say?" (Fugas 154). This prove that Tsotsi is innocent because his mother told him to never leave where he was hiding until she get back. It was not his fault for what happened that day, show that he was a very good boy because he obey his mother and was sacred for was going on. So, he have to take care of himself to young and have to survive in his Get more content on HelpWriting.net
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  Tsotsi Level 2 English:Visual Text essay for Tsotsi Describe important visual or aural symbol(s) in a visual text you have studied and analyse how the symbol(s) helped develop ideas in the text. In the film Tsotsi directed by Gavin Hood there were many important symbols. The film is about a young man, Tsotsi (a nickname which means thug) who lives a life of crime in Johannesburg, South Africa. The film is set in post–apartheid South Africa and shows a few days which change the life of the main character. The film helps us to understand the struggles that blacks face today years after their mistreatment under apartheid. Symbols such as dice, light and journeys are used in this film to develop the ideas of luck and chance, hope and the...show more content... The physical journeys Tsotsi makes in the film develop the idea of an internal , symbolic journey. We are shown many long shots of Tsotsi walking alone or running. The shot of him walking on the train tracks at night, with slow haunting instrumental music is used several times to symbolise his inner journey. Tsotsi seems to be considering what he has done. Slowly we see him change from a violent, angry young man who only thinks of himself to a man who begins to have empathy for others. His love for the baby and realisation of the pain his parents must feel at their loss leads him to decide to return it. His final physical journey is through his township, the wasteland, the train station and finally out to the wealthy suburbs to give the child back. It is reversal of his original journey to steal the car. In giving away something that has become precious to him, he gains his soul. The audience also makes the journey with Tsotsi. At the beginning we see him as a cold, hard criminal and feel horrified by his actions. However as the film progresses, the director makes him more likeable by introducing some comic scenes and using flashbacks so we understand his difficult childhood and we begin to sympathise with him. By the end he has become a decent human being. In addition to all the visual symbols, aural symbols such as aggressive Kwaito (gangsta Get more content on HelpWriting.net
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  Why Is TsotsiGuilty I believe that Tsotsi is guilty of his crimes which consist of murder but I think that he should be sent to a rehabilitation facility where he can recover from the traumatic things he went through back in the townships. The reason I believe he deserves a second chance is because he showed signs that he's not the evil person he seems to be. Throughout the book Tsotsi showed great improvement and significant change in his behavior that allows me to believe that there's still a chance to save Tsotsi from being a victim of the world's cruelness. While in rehab, Tsotsi can find himself and find out his true purpose in this world and maybe turn his life around and become somebody in society. The reason I believe that Tsotsi is guilty is because Tsotsi made his own decisions. I have a couple of examples of how...show more content... He changed his behavior at the end and he actually showed great improvement when he showed that he cared for the baby that was handed to him. On pg. 46 it says, "'But what sort of milk?, Cassim said. 'Baby Milk.' Tsotsi answered". This quote comes from when Tsotsi went to the store to buy the baby milk which shows he actually cared for the baby. In addition Tsotsi showed he wasn't a lost case because by the end of the book he showed significant and great improvement in his character and changed a lot which tells me there's still hope to turn Tsotsi's life around with the right treatment and care. My opponents might argue that Tsotsi is innocent because he didn't know what he was doing but I believe that he did know what he was doing because when he was beating up Boston, he cried and that to me tells me he that he felt bad for what he was doing and he still kept on going. He is guilty for the things he chose to do. He had absolute control over the things he did but I think that where he grew up influenced his actions which leads me to say that he deserves a second chance at Get more content on HelpWriting.net
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  Tsotsi Research Paper Ifyou were to be a victim in tsotsis life how would you see his actions? Now if you're simply seeing it from a stranger's point of view what would you do? Well I've come to the conclusion that Tsotsi should be charged with 10–15 years, tsotsi is mentally ill, but that doesn't give Tsotsi the right to do as he pleases, with his mental illness he will also get help in prison . Tsotsi is given the best gift which is freedom, with him having freedom he ruined lives. Tsotsi caused harm to his own friend Boston, he intimidates and uses his power to get others to do his dirty work, and lastly tsotsi uses an innocent baby for his own good. How could you get so mad at someone for being truthful with you? For having so much love and respect for you...show more content... Tsotsi meets this woman and she gives him a strange baby, that baby changes tsotsi for the better yet, that baby somehow seems to pay for Tsotsis choices and for his prideful actions. On page 125 it says, "first he got rid of the ants on the face. The baby awoke once in the course of this and cried feebly".(fugard 125) This scenario clarifies that tsotsi doesn't care for the kid, how do you leave a kid alone in a box under a bed for a whole day then come back and expect everything to be pitch perfect? It's impossible for a baby that is months old to take care of himself. We can also see that in the book it shows how the baby dies because its left in the ruins by Tsotsi, on page 225 it says, "he got there with seconds to spare. He had enough time to drive for the corner where the baby was hidden... then it was too late for anything; and the wall came down on top of him, flattening him into the dust". (fugard 225) This proves that if Tsotsi never took charge of this baby knowing he couldn't even take care of himself the baby wouldn't of died, at least not on his watch. The baby died because tsotsi wasnt man enough to have the baby around him at all sides, instead he chose to hide the baby and leave him unattended. He left the baby far away from him because he was ashamed of him, if tsotsi hadn't left that baby there the baby wouldn't of been crushed by Get more content on HelpWriting.net
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  David Madondo Case Weare here today to present the case of David Madondo (Tsotsi). Accused of planning Murder, kidnaping, and physical assault. My client, is being charge of physical assault, because he beat up Mr. Nguza Alias Boston. This was caused because a provocation of Mr. Nguza. My client does not like to talk about his past, or people to question him because of his action. Base on the Human Rights we all deserve respect, and by that I mean that we all have the right to remain our life private, which Mr. Nguza did not respect. Weakness confirms that Mr. Nguza stated, "decency", "maybe you have a women. Ja that's right. And when she let you down, or she let you, it hurt inside", "your folks Tsotsi. Your mother... or father. Sister?...What about a dog", ( pages 25,26). This what's the provocation...show more content... Madondo is conscious that he had done detrimental decisions. Is important to mention Mr. Madondo also believe that he deserves a second chance and forgiveness. Is important to remember the causes of why he was in the streets, trying to survive because he lived in extreme poverty. The cause of these way of living is because of the injustice of the apartheid laws of South Africa. Many of this laws cause family separations, guing so many youth to become criminals in order to eat, some other secure himself in the street letting them believe that that's the only way out of poverty. Mr. Madondo now is becoming a good citizen, because of the baby that he is now taking care of. One important fact to remember is that Mr. Madondo was considered a violent person. He has proven that when he took care of the baby, he had changed. He deserves a second chance because he wants to do meaningful and give the baby a better place to live. quoting my client, "I don't have to", (Fugard, pg. 114). This show us how my client has realized his actions by his own, for example is quoted. Meaning that little by little he's been opening his eyes to his way of Get more content on HelpWriting.net