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28 Cards in this Set
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Pg vii - silence
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“Why did you write it? … was it to leave behind a legacy of words, of memories, to help prevent history from repeating itself?”
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Pg 7 - silence
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“Jews listen to me! That’s all I ask of you. No money, no pity. Just listen to me!”
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Pg 9 - Silence
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“The Germans will not come this far. They will stay in Budapest. For strategic reasons, for political reasons…”
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Pg 32 - family
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“I first wanted to see where they would send my father. Were he to have to go to the right, I would have run after him”
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Pg 32 - silence
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“How is it possible that men, women and children were being burnt and the word kept silent?”
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Pg 39 - silence
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“What happened to me? My father had just been struck, in front of me, and I had not even blinked. I had watched and kept silent”
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Pg 44 - hope
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“Yes, my mother did hear from them. Reizel is fine. So are the children. He was weeping with joy.”
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Pg 45 - hope
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“The only thing that keeps me alive is to know that Reizel and the little ones are still alive. Were not for them, I would give up”
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Pg 54 - silence
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“I had watched it all happening without moving. I kept silent. In fact, I thought of stealing away in order not to suffer the blows”
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Pg 55 - family
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“I decided to give my father lessons in marching step by step, in order to keep time. We began practicing in front of our block. I would command: "Left, right!" and my father would try.”
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Pg 67 - hope
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“Blessed be God's name? Why, but why would I bless Him? Every fiber in me rebelled. Because He caused thousands of children to burn in His mass graves?” |
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Pg 86 - family/hope
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“My father's presence was the only thing that stopped me” |
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Pg 87 - family/hope
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“I had no right to let myself die. What would he do without me? I was his sole support.” -Elie
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Pg 110 - family/hope
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“. Let me give you good advice: stop giving your ration of bread and soup to your old father. You cannot help him anymore. And you are hurting yourself. In fact, you should be getting his rations” |
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“What's outside of pleasantville? … What’s at the end of main street?”
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This is when they are in school and they are learning about the geography of pleasantville. This is the first time the director hints at the townspeople's lack of knowledge.
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“This place gives me the creeps, do you know the books are blank?”
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This is when Bud is trying to convince Mary Sue to go out with skip. The director again hints at the townspeople's lack of knowledge.
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“Well I always wipe down the counter and then you set out the napkins and glasses and then I make the french fries ... But you didn't come so I kept on wiping.”
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This is when bud is late to work so Bill does not know what to do. This is the first change that is made by a character because Bud tells him that he can start without him. |
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“You know how when we close up, I close the register, then you lower the blinds, then I turn out the lights, then we both lock the doors … Well you weren't around this time so I did the whole thing myself.”
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This is after Bud leaves the restaurant early to find Mary sue. This shows a change in Bill’s character because he has broken routine. |
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“Well maybe it needs to be messed with. Did that ever like--occur to you?”
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This is when her and David are in the halway and he is complaining about how she should not do anything that they would not do in the tv show. This is the first time we see the director show the theme of how dangerous conformity can be.
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“Look, you can't always like what you do. Sometimes you just do it because it's your job. And even if you don't like it, you just gotta do it anyway.”
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This is when he is talking to Bill who is complaining about not enjoying his job anymore and wanting change. This is the first time in the movie that we see a character from Pleasantville gain emotions.
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“Now it seems to me the first thing we have to do is to separate out the things that are pleasant, from the things that are Unpleasant.”
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This is when they are in the town meeting and he is talking about segregating the coloured people from the black and white people. The director did this to emphasize how important change is by contrasting it to the racial segregation in the 1950’s in America.
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“Nothing went wrong... People change. Yeah... People change.”
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He says this to George while he is in jail for painting a mural with bill. He says this to try and convince his dad that change is a good thing. The director does this to show the first time that George starts to feel something after his wife left him and to show that he has started thinking more.
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“I mean, I know you want it to stay "Pleasant" around here, but, there are so many things that are so much better: like Silly... or Sexy... or Dangerous... or Wild... or Brief... And every one of those things is in you all the time if you just have the guts to look for them.”
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He says this in the courtroom while on trial. The director does this to make the viewer think more about how important it is to have emotions and how impactful they are on having a more fulfilling life.
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“I did the slut thing David, got kind of old”
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This is at the end of the movie when they are talking about whether or not to go back home. The director does this to show Jenifers character in her final form and how much she has changed.
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High angle of David pretending to be talking to a girl at the start.
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This shows how David's character was at the beginning of the film where he was very shy and didn't like to leave his comfort zone.
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A close up of skips face is shown after he drops off Betty and he then sees a red flower. In this close up his face looks amazed and he is very confused about why this happened.
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This is the first major change in Pleasantville as it is the first time the characters see true colour. The director uses colour to symbolize change throughout the film.
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A mid shot of Betty and Bill discussing the painting shows him looking deeply and her crying thinking about the painting.
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This shows us how the paintings have changed the way Bill sees emotions and have given him a new perspective on life.
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There is a long shot of them burning the books from the library.
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This shows the black and white peoples hatred for knowledge and change. The director shows this scene to highlight how they think they can stop change by destroying everything that is new. It also references to when hittler burned all of the books in germany that went against his ideals.
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