Film techniques Essay

Human kind has always displayed a desire, within their literature, to engross themselves on a journey of self reflection. yet often these journeys can also be negatively forced upon a character. Skrzynecki, in his text Immigrants at central station explores how forced journeys have dehumanize and isolated his family on their journey of migration. However, in 10 Mary street Skrzynecki focuses on positive outcomes of journeys that him and his family have taken on their own.Furthermore Girl, interrupted, the 1999 plastic film directed by James Mangold, Outlines the segregation and inequality of forced journeys whilst also looking at journeys with positive outcomes of self enlightenment that were chosen to be taken. mickle who are forced upon a journey may feel isolated and disempowered. Skrzynecki explores this in immigrants at central station by detailing the apprehension matte by migrants whilst waiting for a train in central station, Sydney.In the first line of the poem it was s ad to hear Skrzynecki has already established a sombre using the highly descriptive word sad. Similarly in the line a dampness that slowly sank into our thoughts He continues this negativity through the sensual imagery of dampness and the depressive symbolism of sank into our thoughts. Skrzynecki also uses the simile like cattle bought for slaughter to link to the negativity shown in stanza 1, he also creates a reek of entrapment, dehumanising the migrants and reducing them to livestock.Skrzynecki uses repetition of the first line with the introduction of a conjunction at the beginning but it was sad to hear. Doing so allows him to insinuate back to the first stanza and stress the sombre tone while the conjunction allows Skrzynecki to juxtapose the poem against the last two paragraphs bringing the audiences guardianship to the suddenness of the arrival of the train. Paragraph 2 (negative) yet to be analysedAlternatively people can immerse themselves on journeys of self-reflection and self discovery, leading to a sense of empowerment and happiness. Skrzynecki in 10 Mary Street details a positive outcome of a chosen journey through the story of his family in their home on Mary Street. The line My parents watered plants like adopted children uses accumulation to display the journey that the parents have taken to lovingly care for their plants