Summary: Discusses the Australian film‚ The Castle. Explores how Australia is depicted in the film. Provides a plot summary. The Castle conveys a variety of messages about Australia. This is primarily done through the experiences of the members of the Kerrigan family‚ a typical Australian family .For the Kerrigan’s‚ every day is a good day because it is nurtured by the seeds of love‚ gratitude‚ and reverence. Although others in the drama look down their noses at this family‚ they possess the
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in any situation. One such person was Abraham Maslow. He created the hierarchy of needs. However‚ the hierarchy fails to properly explain motivation. This becomes obviously when set aside the life of an individual. I will use the story of Jeanette Walls to disprove Maslow’s hierarchy. Abraham Maslow attempted to explain human motivation by creating a hierarchy of needs. Basic physiological needs such
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The Castle (1997) is an Australian comedy film directed by Rob Stitch‚ renown for perfectly incapsulating the spirit of Middle class Australia. Starring Michael Caton‚ Stephen Curry‚ and Eric Bana‚ The Castle utilises an all Australian cast to illustrate the lives of Australians in the 90’s. The purpose of this essay is to deduce the parallels between the castle and life in 1990’s Australia. The Castle not only represents life in 90’s Australia‚ it is a landmark film in 90’s Australian culture.
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The Castle is an Australian film based on the Kerrigan Family‚ who live at 3 Highview Crescent‚ Coolaroo. Dale narrates the film‚ first stating‚ “I’m Dale Kerrigan‚ and this is my story.” Darryl is an upbeat working class Australian. He is a tow truck driver and is the proud husband and father of four children. The eldest son‚ Wayne is in prison for 8 years for armed robbery. He is a good guy‚ but got in with a bad crowd. Middle son Steve is constantly reading The Trading Post hunting for good
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the memoir The Glass Castle‚ author Jeannette Walls describes her troubled childhood and the daily struggles she encountered. Jeannette grew up with two sisters‚ one brother‚ and two absurd parents. Living with her carefree and reckless mother and abusive‚ alcoholic father could be unbearable to Jeannette at times. The dysfunctional family never stayed in one place for too long‚ and the constant moving between states proved challenging to the education and development of the Walls kids. With her
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The Castle Directed by Rob Sitch Miramax 05/99 DVD/VHS Feature Film In our frenzy of getting‚ spending‚ and moving quickly through life‚ we often miss the greatest wealth of all — living contentedly in the present moment. There is probably no better movie about this spiritual practice than The Castle‚ an Australian comedy directed by Rob Sitch and written by Santo Cilauro‚ Tom Gleisner‚ Jane Kennedy‚ and Rob Sitch. Darryl Kerrigan (Michael Caton) is a working-class tow-truck driver who takes
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me personally a text that has had a profound effect upon my understanding of the global village is the film The Castle. The Castle’s explores highly relevant issues like the rights of individuals in the globalised world and the egalitarian nature of Australian society. Both of these issues are discussed in the scene at the High Court. During this scene
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The film "The Castle" presents us with a representation of an Australian family. Most people would agree however that they are not a typical family. A few of the reasons is‚ for this is that there is no such thing as a typical family‚ roles have changed and people are not so community minded as shown in the film. There is no such thing as an Australian typical family. A few of the reasons why is every ones different and if everyone tried to be the same we wouldn’t have the diverse country
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‘Building Castles’ is a romance that follows the journey of Cynthia Starling as she trawls through her past romantic entanglements‚ trying to glean information about where she keeps going wrong in relationships. Reaching just over 12000 words‚ it’s a short story that tells the tale of the lengths a woman will go to‚ to get over a broken heart in the hopes of finding a happy ending and her very own fairy-tale. My very first idea sprung out at me from a line in a song by P!nk‚ “What about all the
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stereotypes when trying to find some expression of our Australian identity. The feature film‚ The Castle‚ deals with issues about Australian identity in the 1990’s. The film uses techniques like camera shots‚ language and the use of narration to develop conflict between a decent‚ old fashioned suburban family‚ the Kerrigans and an unscrupulous corporation called Airlink. Feature films like The Castle are cultural products because they use attitudes‚ values and stereotypes about what it means to be
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