paralells in my brilliant career

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Strojan and Ward
Paper #1
My Brilliant Career
Paralells in My Brilliant Career
Obtaining ones goals in life is not an easy task. There are many
obstacles that canprohibit one from doing so. What separates the weak
from the strong? The ability toovercome the obstacles and reach your
goal. This was most evident in the movie, MyBriiliant Career, it is a
stunning example of how one can go through trials and tribulationsand
still be successful. The parallel between the movie, reality, and Australian
history isvery clear in this film. In the movie we meet a young lady by
the name of Sevilla. Her dream is to write anovel. Unfortunately that is
not conducive to the goal of her parents. So her parents tellher she can
move in with her grandmother. This works to Sevillas advantage because
hergrandmother appreciates art and the beauty of such talents. This is
the first triumph thatwe witness, but as we know there is always some
other adversity to overcome. That iswhat we do , we travel with her
through her life and experience the joys and pains that sheexperiences.
While on this journey we find out some important things about our
leadinglady. First we discover that she is a woman with a mission and
that she will go throughany length to get it. We also find out that love is
very important to her. for example shehas a man that is courting her and
is a womans dream. He is handsome and rich, also hasa good family
name. In fact her grandmother who is very important person in her life
tellsher that she should accept his love. Instead she rejects it, and tells
her grandmother thatshe does not love Frank. From this point we find out
she is a feminist with very strongviews. She has a need to feel
independent and feels that women don't need men foranything at all.

Then she meets Harry and to her surprise falls in love with him.
She does not acton this love in fact, she rejects it. He wants to marry her
and she tells him to wait, comeback in 2 years and then see what
happens. Just as she makes this decision her family feelsit is time to
start having a little responsibility. The send her off to work in a house
takingcare of children. Once again it is like an obstacle thrown in her
way, but, she overcomes itand still continues to write. After time passed
she returned to her grandmothers and thatis when Harry asks to marry
her. She says, no and moves on with her life. She rejectslove and family
or anything that could possibly deter her from doing what she
loves,writing. At the end of the movie she finishes her novel, the way the
director did this scenewas terrific. he places in a position so that she
looks like a Christ figure. This was abrilliant scene in that it appeared to
show exactly how victorious she was. The moviedrew many parallels. In
reality , the film really hit home because it was a real situation. How many
times in life have we seen it? We here success stories everyday of how
peopleovercome adversity. It is most prevalent in my own life. For years
all I wanted to do wasact and perform on stage. Just as Sevilla I had
people in my life that did not wish for meto do well. Those people viewed
me as selfish and strong headed. Questions were oftenasked like, What
is your realistic goal? So this movie really hit home for me. SeeingSevilla
suffer through these heart aches and pain moved the movie to a new
level. Alsoseeing her reign triumphant at the end of the movie was a
scene that put a smile on myface knowing that it is possible to overcome
things that others put in your way. A neat twist in the movie is that if you
substitute the men in Sevillas life forBritain and Sevilla herself for Young
Australia you have the history of that nation. Sevillaherself is Australia a
nation that had many obstacles to overcome. The history which Ispeak of
has been prevalent in all the movies that we watch in class. This nation
hasovercome manta bad times. That was well demonstrated in the movie

Breaker Morant.That movie concentrated on the bore wars of Australia, it
also showed how the men in thismovie parallel to Britain. There are so
many parallels that can be drawn by this movie. Ijust chose to put a few
of those analogies down on paper and express them to you. My
Brilliant Career , is an exciting movie that creates a positive image of life.
Thismovie also gives a new and exciting way to view Australian history.
The creators of thisfilm were brilliant in that they gave an excellent view of
life and history, well balanced, andstill exciting.