Dev Patel

these things did and do happen to real people. The movie has marvelously captured human emotions as the protagonist rides up and down his life’s roller coaster. The movie takes place in Mumbai, India, in the year 2006. The protagonist Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) is an uneducated 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Juhu in Mumbai, who takes part in India's version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’…

Dev Patel 4.27.16 Mrs.Reimel - 5/6 LA Are Smartphones Making People Stupid? According to a 2014 report, students who didn't have smartphones scored 6.4 percent higher on tests than students who had smartphones. This shows that smartphones are making students dumber because smartphone users are scoring lower on tests. To add on, one aspect of this is the amount of Americans and teenagers that own a smartphone and that they rely on their smartphones a lot, making their lives easier. However,…

Slumdog Millionaire In the Academy Award winning film Slumdog Millionaire, directed by Danny Boyle, Boyle constantly used flashbacks to tell the story. In this film the main character, Jamal Malik (Dev Patel), was on the game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire. The show was made to be very difficult so that nobody would win. When Jamal continuously got the correct answers, the men running the game show claimed that he was cheating. The film began to flash back and forth between three different…

The Academy Awards or most commonly known as the Oscars, is considered to be the most prestigious award giving body in the world of movies. It was first presented in 1929, making it the oldest entertainment awards ceremony and last February 26th of 2017, the 89th Academy Awards ceremony was held at the Dolby Theater and it is hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. It was televised not just throughout the US, but to more than 200 countries all over the world. The twenty-four artistic and technical awards are…