Who Is The Protagonist In The Movie The Campaign

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Angel Villa Characters From the movie The Campaign the first sceen shows Cam Brady (Will Ferrell), Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), and a crowd of voters sorrporting Cam or Marty. Also, Cam’s and Marty’s political advisors. Cam Brady is a great polition but he is childis and is not teh best influence. He cheats on his wife he is very comitted to doing waht he likes when he can. He also dosnt think about whats hes doign also is sceen as a fool to the pulic many times but still has sorpoters. Marty Huggins is a family man he is loyal to his wife and is veiwed as ackward. He withthe help of his campian advior start to chanlage Cam But at teh cost of who he really is. He is a nice guy that is trying to find his footing in political the games.Cam’s …show more content…

The crowd is sorporting Cam or Marty. The Start by bringing up the subject of how huggins sorports hard work but Cam beileves in Rainbow Land. Cam starts by saying he is also an american reacting in a defensive way questioning Rainbow land. Marty describes Rainbow land a 13 page book that Cam Brady had written. Cam to counter his acusation say he had written the book in second grade. Marty uses the book as a way to acuse Cam of being a comuniest. In his defense Cam Describes the story as simple story about teddy bear giveing gold to a lercon. Marty then reads a page from the book withthe lines saying “where everything is free” (The Campaign, 2012) the crowd wilds up a bit more and more between the conflict. Cam describes it as fictoin and all madeup but Marty makng Cam look as bad as he can says I guess were all idiots according to Cam Brady. Cam instany denies the claim. teh crowd gets crazier and a man stands sorporting Marty and saying he does not want to live in rainbow land nor will he Cam reacts by saying hedoes not need to giveing more inforamtion showing strees from a simple thing of the book when he wrote the book at age 8. Marty claims it as comuniest manafesto and they begin to chant “I wont go to rainbow land” (The Campaign, 2012). The crowed wilds up and people yell and fight in the back defending there canadate’s face. Cam and Marty brawl then Marty gets away Cam swings and hits a inocent dog. …show more content…

Ingroup as Marty Huggins and his folowers and Cam Brady as the outgroup this sceen shows us jsut how S.I.T works. Marty (ingroup) was making Cam (outgroup) look bad for self gain. An ensample would be when Cam says “I am an american as well” making himself look good as if to say he is dominate as being an american and marty is lesser then him. When Marty said something ngative like saying Cam was a comuniest the crowed cheered or boooed based and the group they wanted to win. When Cam Responds he denies it by expaining it as if it was really a childs book by saying it was about a bear givein g gold to a lepercon. This shows how Marty is making negative statement about Cam and how Cam reacts by defening himself in order to make his group (Cam Folowers) still look good and show he is inocent. By Cam’s advisor staing “thats right” and claping he is showing sorport to hsi ingroup(Cam brady). Cam and Marty makeing the crowed go to a point where there violence between the groups. The Fighting is a non verbal comunication of anger toward the other group. basicly trying to show witch one is better by fighting it out. It also my be sceen as a faces aving attempt torewars teh group so t looks like there canidate won the debate. When Cam and Marty brawl Cam’s Advisor says “no no no no no!!” tryign not to provoke more negativeity to the group. By hitting the puppy it

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