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This Is England - Coggle Diagram
This Is England
Narrative
conventional opening
cliche, character wakes up
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establishes an equilibrium- Todorov's narrative theory of equilibrium. equilibrium - disequilibrium - eq
Shaun's equilibrium: lonely, bullied trying to find his meaning and identity
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drawing the line
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hero's journey, disequilibirum, cause and effect: because his dad died, he was forced to stay in Combo's gang brainwashed, forced to make dad's death mean something
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closing scene
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more solemn intimate scene with his mother and the picture of his father as he comes to realise that he doesn't have to have much anger and grudge
meeting combo
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a lot of signifiers of violence, fear and aggression with Combo's arrival: bangs on the door, unexpected machete shouting
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Ideology
ideology of the gang
gender
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family and belonging, accepting of each other
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