The Hero In The Film Mad Max: Fury Road

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Jamilette Oliva In the movie Mad Max: Fury Road, several characters show heroic actions but of the many, Max’s actions prove to make him the hero of the movie. Max was simply trying to survive in a world where it was almost impossible. In the beginning of the film he is shown alone in the dry desert land and then is captured by Immortan Joe’s people. They use him only as a blood bag and strip him of all his humanity, yet he attempts to gain it back by trying to escape from them. Max didn’t chose to go into battle he was forced being strapped to Nux as his blood bag. When he realized the situation he got taken to his only objective was to survive. He fought relentlessly and did anything he could to escape a battle he shouldn’t have even been

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