Will Smith I Am Legend

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Death is usually seen to be powerful and mighty since no human being can prevent or overcome death, regardless of their race, religion or origin. Death can happen in many ways, such as accidents, suicide, murder, or by disease. Death in the genre form of thriller in which I will focus on an episode in Will Smith’s thriller film “I Am Legend” represent how death is depicted as a calamity or catastrophe to the world. This movie shows that thrillers effectively represent the global pandemic because the virus spreads and kills most of the people living only a few and turning the rest into zombies. In Will Smith's movie the camera is focusing on death as a catastrophe. As Will Smith walks down the street we see tree roots buckled in pavements, and leaves covering the earth surface. Also the famous Time Square is prowled by antelopes and other forest animals rather than tourists. There's no sign of anyone in …show more content…

Will Smith character be the hero of the story? At first he is seen driving through the city with a gun thus making the audience assume he is the bad person, this changes when he is spotted to be walking with a dog thus softening his character. He is a desperate survivor trying to ensure that he and his dog can survive in these condition, however the desperation is seen in his face when he misses to kill a deer that he would have used as his meal together with the dog. This situation can be likened to families that have been wiped out by a virus. An example is with HIV/AIDS virus that orphaned children after their parents died of the virus, it is caused by human immunodeficiency virus which can be contacted through infected blood while sharing sharp tools such as needle or semen and vaginal fluids by engaging in unprotected sex (Shetty, Avinash K, and Greg Powell

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