Seven Samurai Research Paper

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From the start of the research essay assignment, Seven Samurai was my first pick as my research topic. I watched the film for the first time earlier this year when the spring semester began. I was aware of Akira Kurosawa and his legacy, but I had never seen any of his films before. As I watched, I could see the influence the movie had the narrative elements of prominent films that followed. From there, coming back around to the research assignment, I knew such a prominent Kurosawa film would have an abundance of scholarly articles and analyses from reliable sources for me to take advantage of. With that, however, came a drawback: finding new ground. I had not reached a brick wall with the assignment. It was more like a deep ravine, and I needed a bridge of some sort. While reviewing what I knew about Seven Samurai, I took an interest in how often I had seen elements of the plot, a group or individual assisting a helpless mass to defend themselves from an outside threat, reused …show more content…

The sunny outside is contrasted by the inside of Max’s car, casting a darkness on his face and inside the car, symbolizing the former cop’s psychological condition shortly before he takes out two of his pursuers without remorse. I felt like I was finally getting my footing on the assignment, and the words followed easily after. Once I had wrapped up my discussion on The Road Warrior, my attention went to Star Wars. Like anything by Kurosawa, I knew that I could easily find reliable information on Star Wars from academic sources. For this bit, I utilized the Ole Miss database and quickly had my sources lined up and evaluated. I had never used a database before, so it was a new experience. Fortunately for me, the system was easy to use and the checkboxes on the side allowed for me to easily narrow down the

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