Slumdog Millionaire Movie Analysis

Certain ways of life are hard to imagine when you have not been brought up in it. Poverty is everywhere, but there are different levels of it, which alter from place to place. For many, the only way to visualize poverty is through films, such as Lion and Slumdog Millionaire. These in particular focus on the severe predicaments in India regarding wealth and the lack thereof. These films shine light on the major issues which can be sensitive material to some, but it is necessary for people to see and understand them. Poverty throughout India is portrayed similarly in the films, Slumdog Millionaire and Lion by depicting the lives of poor families, the children’s roles in their societies and how you have a greater ability to do certain things when …show more content…
Education is such a pivotal part of a child’s life and if they do not properly receive it, it can affect their future drastically. According to Princeton professors, Jeanne Brooks-Gunn and Greg J. Duncan, "The effects of long-term poverty on measures of children’s cognitive ability were significantly greater than the effects of short-term poverty” (61). This is an extremely salient point because it entails that poverty is more than just being poor, it can weaken children’s lives. Although some of these instances may be correlation and not causation, this statement shows that that kind of lifestyle can have so many more detrimental effects than one would think. This brings up concern because living in poverty for an entire lifetime can cause someone to have lower abilities than someone who had only been in poverty for a short portion of their life. The scenes of the children at school in Slumdog Millionaire are appalling. During one class, Jamal gets a book thrown at his head for arriving late and not being there to read. The crowded, dirty, and unorganized classrooms make it a challenge for those children to get a sufficient education (Slumdog Millionaire, 00:08:25-00:08:55). Children are belittled and