A journey is a planned or unexpected expedition embarked by an individual or a group of people. When an individual is forced to embark on an inner journey, the attitudes and beliefs can be challenged in many different ways. This is evident in the radio drama, ‘Flowers for Algernon’ adapted by Bert Coules and written by Daniel Keyes, where the protagonist Charlie was forced to embark an intellectual and emotional journey and his attitude and beliefs were challenged. Similarly, in the film ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, emotional and inner journey is ventured by the Hoover’ family and Frank and different challenges are faced during the journey. The journeys conveyed in the film, displays the improvement of relationships with one another.
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In ‘Little miss sunshine’, Hoover’s family is introduced as dysfunctional, however in the end, they re-unite and bond with one another. An example of this idea is illustrated in the scene where the Hoover’s family is arguing in the car on the way to California to participate in the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant for Olive. The use of eye level shot allows the audience to see each character’s facial expressions and actions. The gestures and expressions portray an action of having an argument which represents the concept of disunited family. Moreover, the broken car also represents the family and its dysfunction. Along the way, the family has numerous problems with their vehicles such as broken gear and horn, which symbolises how the family is falling apart. Furthermore, the last example that depicts an obstacle within the journey is when Olive is getting judged by the audience. Despite the fact that she might get pulled out of the pageant, her family help Olive to overcome the obstacle by helping her out on
Even when individuals have a positive attitude …show more content…
In ‘Little miss sunshine’, Hoover’s family is introduced as dysfunctional, however in the end, they re-unite and bond with one another. An example of this idea is illustrated in the scene where the Hoover’s family is arguing in the car on the way to California to participate in the Little Miss Sunshine beauty pageant for Olive. The use of eye level shot allows the audience to see each character’s facial expressions and actions. The gestures and expressions portray an action of having an argument which represents the concept of disunited family. Moreover, the broken car also represents the family and its dysfunction. Along the way, the family has numerous problems with their vehicles such as broken gear and horn, which symbolises how the family is falling apart. Furthermore, the last example that depicts an obstacle within the journey is when Olive is getting judged by the audience. Despite the fact that she might get pulled out of the pageant, her family help Olive to overcome the obstacle by helping her out on