Coming To America Character Analysis
The analysis of American Character as Depicted in Coming to America Film
By Art Buchwald
Introduction to American Studies
Fitri Aningsih
090110101001
Faculty of Letters
University of Jember
2012
1. American Characters
a. Adventurer
An adventure is defined as an exciting or unusual experience; it may also be a bold, usually someone undertaking with an uncertain outcome.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/adventure)
A person who enjoys taking risks or someone who travels into little known regions especially for some specific purposes.
(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/adventurer)
b. Materialist
Someone with great regard for material possessions or thinks that nothing exists but physical matter. …show more content…
Discussions
Coming to America is a comedy film directed by John Landis in 1988. The screenplay was written by David Sheffield and Barry W. Blaustein based on a story originally created by Art Buchwald. The film stars is Eddie Murphy who plays an African prince who comes to the United States in hopes of finding a woman he can marry.
Adventurer
When his parents, King Jaffe Joffer and Queen Aeoleon, present him with a bride-to-be, Imani Izzi, whom he has never met and who is trained to obey his every command. Seeing that Imani is too perfect, Akeem concocts a plan to travel to the United States in Queens, a borough of New York City to find a independent-minded wife he can both love and respect and who accepts him for himself, not his status. The rest of the film centers on Akeem 's attempts to win Lisa 's hand in marriage, which is complicated by her obnoxious and lazy boyfriend Darrell.
Materialist
Tn. McDowell refused Akeem to having close relationship with Lisa because he just wants to have son-in-law who come from a rich family.
In the end of this film, Tn. McDowell approve the marriage proposal of Akeem because he know that Akeem is the Prince of Zamunda and absolutely he has a lot of
By Art Buchwald
Introduction to American Studies
Fitri Aningsih
090110101001
Faculty of Letters
University of Jember
2012
1. American Characters
a. Adventurer
An adventure is defined as an exciting or unusual experience; it may also be a bold, usually someone undertaking with an uncertain outcome.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/adventure)
A person who enjoys taking risks or someone who travels into little known regions especially for some specific purposes.
(http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/adventurer)
b. Materialist
Someone with great regard for material possessions or thinks that nothing exists but physical matter. …show more content…
Discussions
Coming to America is a comedy film directed by John Landis in 1988. The screenplay was written by David Sheffield and Barry W. Blaustein based on a story originally created by Art Buchwald. The film stars is Eddie Murphy who plays an African prince who comes to the United States in hopes of finding a woman he can marry.
Adventurer
When his parents, King Jaffe Joffer and Queen Aeoleon, present him with a bride-to-be, Imani Izzi, whom he has never met and who is trained to obey his every command. Seeing that Imani is too perfect, Akeem concocts a plan to travel to the United States in Queens, a borough of New York City to find a independent-minded wife he can both love and respect and who accepts him for himself, not his status. The rest of the film centers on Akeem 's attempts to win Lisa 's hand in marriage, which is complicated by her obnoxious and lazy boyfriend Darrell.
Materialist
Tn. McDowell refused Akeem to having close relationship with Lisa because he just wants to have son-in-law who come from a rich family.
In the end of this film, Tn. McDowell approve the marriage proposal of Akeem because he know that Akeem is the Prince of Zamunda and absolutely he has a lot of