Where God Left His Shoes by trinekronborg https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf Class analysis of the opening sequence en-us 2012-11-23 10:13:08 UTC 2016-08-22 10:45:42 UTC hello@padlet.com http://d20uo2axdbh83k.cloudfront.net/20121123/3cc4dc2575edd39089b0cdde5e405f12.jpg Setting tk1 https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5687873 2012-11-25 21:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5687873 Main Character + relationships tk1 https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5687874 2012-11-25 21:28:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5687874 Themes tk1 https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5687875 Family relationships and problems

Economic problems

Difficulties and bad luck

Poverty - homelessness - survival

Unemployment/struggle to provide

Boxing and fighting (there will be other fights..)

American Dream / Broken dreams

Immigration/two cultures

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Realism

]]> 2012-11-25 21:29:52 UTC https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5687877 New York tk1 https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5747625 Big city images

The train = central image

]]> 2012-11-28 10:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5747625 Boxing Gym tk1 https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5747626 Main character's work

Place of the opening conflict

]]> 2012-11-28 10:06:48 UTC https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5747626 Apartment tk1 https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5747628 Middle class neighbourhood. Signifies the family has had money at some point.

]]> 2012-11-28 10:06:53 UTC https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5747628 Environment tk1 https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5747640 Split culture: Amr- Latino

Poor environment: "depended on that money" - light goes out.

Sound ?

]]> 2012-11-28 10:08:23 UTC https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5747640 Frank Diaz tk1 https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5765343 Mexican background, about 30 years, ex soldier (desert storm, dog tag), works as a boxer and provides for his family.

He is fired for a reason he seems to know and accept - affected by the situation (train take).

He makes sure the family keeps laughing in the middle of a crisis (light goes out)

]]> 2012-11-28 19:08:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5765343 Boss tk1 https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5765455 Relationship with boss  - angle?

]]> 2012-11-28 19:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5765455 Angela tk1 https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5765473 The wife - very stressed about their financial situation. She pays the bills. Affects their relationship.

]]> 2012-11-28 19:13:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5765473 Justin tk1 https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5765502 Son. Frank seems to toughen him up (you can't dribble). Why? Frank is a soldier + a boxer. Maybe it's also a tough neighbourhood.

Use of colour?

]]> 2012-11-28 19:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5765502 Christina tk1 https://padlet.com/tk1/d4fi37mghf/wish/5765541 Daugther. Seems to be Frank's favourite. He adores her.

Use of colour?

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