LYLE K GAINES
ENGLISH 4TH GENRE ASSIGNMENT
Strictly Ballroom & Billy Elliot alike both have many characters who undergo transformation & development throughout the film, two of these characters who undergo great transformation & growth are Fran & Billy who both figuratively change from ugly ducklings into beautiful swans.
In the beginning of Billy Elliot & Strictly Ballroom both Fran & Billy are seen as very underdeveloped & can be seen as ugly ducklings in many ways, Billy is seen at the boxing hall going to his boxing classes stands out & is different from all the other boys there, he gets teased & mocked before he even goes in & even when he starts boxing in the ring, he does something completely unexpected & different which people do not approve of & in with his own personal acts to box, fails & gets knocked to the ground in failure. It is then seen that his father is very disappointed in him, & his coach even says to him that "you're a disgrace to this boxing club, you're a disgrace to your father & a disgrace to those gloves" this shows the extent of disapproval that people have of Billy also in these first scenes we see that Billy looks very intimidated & not very happy at all, also he is wearing old clothes & does not look very good. When Billy is seen in the ballet class for the first time he really stands out & looks very out of place as he is wearing boxing clothes while everyone else is wearing ballet clothes, also Billy is the only boy among many girls which makes him stand out. When he does ballet for the first time he is always out of place & doing all the wrong movements at the wrong times, this shows us that he does not fit in & it is unpleasant to watch also by looking at what Billy wears we see that all the...
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...d, proud & beautiful as the beautiful swan that she has now become. Billy is now seen infront of a massive audience & he is completely grown up, we see him as a very strong figure, has stands up proud & strong with good posture which shows us his confidence in himself & how he has grown & transformed into a beautiful swan, both figuratively & as well as literally as Billy is seen playing the main role in Swan Lake as a beautiful swan, which is a direct link to show how he really has transformed & now become a beautiful swan & as he goes out & leaps across the stage we see how much he has transformed & now become very graceful.
We now see that both of these characters Billy & Fran both go through complete changes & drastic transformations from ugly ducklings into beautiful swans through their own personal growth & development as characters throughout the movies.
In how many ways can a person change in the course of one novel? They can change a great deal. Alyss changed from rebellious and mischievous to beautiful and well-educated to. People change in many ways, some you can expect and some you just don’t understand.
William Shakespeare and John Wyndham both demonstrate a strong theme of change in the play, Macbeth, and in the novel, The Chrysalids. The theme of change is represented in both the novel and play through the characters, and their life changes. Change is revealed throughout both artifacts, and both display how the characters’ lives change dramatically from start to end. Shakespeare and Wyndham expose change in these artifacts to set the climax of the play and novel. Firstly, in the play Macbeth, the character Macbeth changes after the murder of Banquo and Duncan and his conscience is presented, this compares to the novel The Chrysalids, because during the war, the Sealanders kill the people from Waknuk and the Fringes, moreover changing the conscience of Waknuk. Secondly, Macbeth’s reputation is altered, because of his no longer high status after his death, which relates to the novel The Chrysalids, because Sophie’s status in Waknuk changes after her six toes are exposed after hiding them her whole life, along with the telepath’s telepathic powers being revealed everything changes for them. Lastly, in the play Macbeth, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth’s relationship is transformed due to his change of heart for his wife, and how he adjusts after her death, which relates to The Chrysalids because David and Sophie’s relationship is changed after Sophie leaves Waknuk. Macbeth by William Shakespeare, and The Chrysalids, by John Wyndham both include the theme of change all through the novel and play in the course of the changing of characters after deaths occur, the character’s reputation and status is altered within both artifacts, and the relationship between the characters after being separated.
Billy is a Caucasian, determined and outgoing young boy, he observes his environment and charges forward to include himself into that situation. Billy at three has to deal with the addition of a baby sister, Brazelton then goes into some ways to help a child cope with a new sibling. There is a lifelong rivalry between Billy and his sister Abby which is a very common reaction.
A transformation took place during the story and it is evident through the narrator?s character. In the beginning he was lacking in compassion, he was narrow minded, he was detached, he was jealous, and he was bitter. Carver used carefully chosen words to illustrate the narrator?s character and the change. Throughout the story his character undergoes a transformation into a more emotionally aware human being.
...ed at a happy ending? In order to become part of a happy couple both Betty and Bill had to give up a part of who they were as individuals in order to find love. This relates to the dramatic element of the stage being a metaphor for life. Betty and Bill are taking on characters that are only mirror images of who they really are, fooling the other completely.
In the book, The Watsons Go to Birmingham -1963, two brothers named Byron and Kenny belong to the Watsons family. Byron, the older brother, is a troublemaker and tends to pick on his younger siblings. Kenny, the narrator. There boys are growing up in Flint, Michigan. Kenny and Byron have many similarities and differences.
This character changes as soon as she starts to realize that Billy will be going off to the ballet school.
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