Prejudice Intertextuality Essay

Why does he hate me so much? Is it me mortalally or just what I am? I have chosen to explore the idea of di drabvantage (judgments of a person based on lam, gender, social class, and religion or group tie-ins. ) These themes are evident in the short strike Chinese Whispers directed by Neil Paddington and Stuart McKenzie, and in three written texts Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman, Patches overcloud No Scars by Haree Williams and On the paving Bleeding by Evan Hunter. I used to comfort myself with the belief that it was only certain individuals and their peculiar notions that bad things for the rest of us.But how many individuals does it take before its not the individuals who are prepossessd yet conjunction itself? Noughts and Crosses is a powerfully written, pretended novel about devil teenagers Callum (a nought) and Sephy (a cross), who are stuck in a racist dystopia separated only by skin colouring. In Malorie Blackmans imaginative novel the characters are either a black dagger snatch or a white blanker bastard. Callum and Sephy are surrounded by a hierarchy, in which Noughts are considered second-class citizens and forbidden to be together.This disturbed night club shows a racial prejudice in which interracial relationships are not allowed and there is favoritism towards the Crosses. Youre a Nought and Im a Cross and theres nowhere for us to be, nowhere for us to go where wed be left in pacification Thats why I started crying. Thats why I couldnt stop. For all the things we mightve had and all the things were never going to have. This theoretical account shows the desperation of Sephy as she realizes that because of the prejudices of her society she will never be allowed to be with Callum.This film relates back down to events in the past in our world with issues such(prenominal) as discrimination and the mistreatment of hoi polloi of a particular race or religion. An warning of this is the class-system in America. For many geezerhood Afri bathroom-Americans, (like Noughts), were judged by their skin colour and treated as inferior beings. Author Malorie Blackman used specific examples from events in the Black Civil Rights movement in the novel to add impress to her novel. An example used is the pi nonpareilering achievements of Robert Peary.Examples like these show that Noughts achievements are undervalued or ignore because they have white skin. I strongly believe it is important for children of at once to be educated on issues like these to take in all racisim. The ordinary Declaration of Human Rights states all human beings are born unaffixed and mates in dignity and rights. Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set off in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or another(prenominal) opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.This novel has made me believe in the importance of educating young pile on events and issues, like genocide (eg the Rwandan Genocide of 1994, only 18 years ago, where an estimated 7 Tutsi citizens were brutally murdered every minute for 100 geezerhood ) and racism, in order to prevent the future from becoming a transmit like in Noughts and Crosses. How are we to learn from the mistakes of mankind if we are never educated on them? Dreams of living in a world with no more discrimination, no more prejudice, a fair police force, an equal justice system, equality of education, equality of life, a level playing playing field His name is Andy. This gang up related short story On the Sidewalk Bleeding relates to the theme of prejudice by exploring the idea of lost identity operator through group association. At the exposition of this story, Andy (a member of the Royal gang) is stabbed by a rival gang (The Guardians) during a rumble. The plot and then follows Andys thought path as he slowly bleeds to death. The natural language had not been plunged in hatred of Andy. The knife hated only the over-embellished jacket. The jacket was as stupid meatless thing that was robbing him of his life. Andy wears a purpleness silk shirt, a symbol of his membership with the Royals.In his dying moments Andy comes to the realization that volume dont see him as Andy, a human being, but a member of the Royals. At the climax of the short story Andy uses his exist strength to take off the jacket so that he can be Andy again. I want to Andy. Sadly, just after his death, Andys young woman Laura, finds Andys dead body and races off to find a police officer. The police officer sees the purple Royal jacket next to Andys body, the officer then proceeds to say A Royal, huh. This shows that Andys efforts to remove himself from the gang have failed as the police officer judges him by the sight of the jacket.The police officer associates Andy as a part of the gang the Royals and doesnt see him as Andy, a sixteen year honest-to-goodness boy. This short story by Evan Hunter has shown me how easily a persons identity can be lost through association and how people can perceive you as a member of a group not an individual because of an item of clothing. The world didnt complete he was Andy. Chinese Whispers directed by Stuart McKenzie and Neil Paddington also relates to racial prejudice or judgments based on race before actually collision a person.The short film Chinese Whispers is based around hessian teenager Vincent Chans struggle to fit in. Vincent confused by the two diverse aspects of his culture. At the beginning of the film Vincent lives in fear of encounters with afraid(predicate) bogans who dislike and harass Vincent because he is Chinese. Vincent is ashamed to be Chinese. Vincent feels pressure to align to the social norm of his age group. He criminals his back on his bugger offs cultural ways and instead joins Swans three-base hit gang. Swan offers Vincent an illicit world of reward.Vincent sees this a s an opportunity to stand up to xenophobic bogans but by joining the gang Vincent isolates himself from his family. Directors Neil Paddington and Stuart McKenzie use dark, obscure lightening in many of the scenes in Chinese Whispers to portray the sad, calamitous world Vincent is being lured into. This is an effective visual feature because it stresses the consequences of Vincents decisions. An example of this is Vincents decision to conform to the Triad ways by taking illegal narcotics. Blue lighting is also used when Vincents pose is sitting in a room lonely and longing for his unlike son.This New Zealand film has made me more aware of the Chinese struggles in New Zealand. Chinese Whispers has given me deep insight into the Chinese headway of view and the pressures they withstand. It has shown me the importance of being accepting of minorities and their differences. Stuart McKenzies and Neil Paddingtons film has also shown me how important it is to end xenophobia and prejudi ces in order to help people like Vincent Chan to make better decisions to keep a balance betwixt their culture and fitting in to society. All men are heavy brutes, intruders, vagrants. Haree Williams poem Patches Hide No Scars refers to young Maoris, turning their back on the way of their ancestors preferring the direction, discipline and orders of gang life. This New Zealand poem has captured the sad truth about the loss of the Maori culture as the lost youths turn to gang membership in a search to add meaning to their lives. Patches Hide No Scars relates to the idea of prejudice by describing the members of Maori gangs as one group, a whole, not a group of individuals. How do we prosecute those already punished? How do we fine those lost in the street of no direction? Throughout this short text author Haree Williams continually uses dustup like we and those/them, by doing this the gangs (those) are separated from the rest of society (we). By doing this Maori gangs distance fro m the rest of New Zealand is emphasized. This poem has raised questions to me why do these youths find security in the rules and orders of gangs but not the rules and orders of regular jobs or life in the normal society?And what is society doing to make the youngsters of the Maori race feel like they do not belong in society? By reading and viewing these texts, Noughts and Crosses, Chinese Whispers, Patches Hide No Scars and On the Sidewalk Bleeding, I have learnt of the struggles and pressures many people, fictional or not, suffer through due to the prejudices of modern society. And just like that, Id been assessed and judged. Nurse Fashoda didnt know the first thing about me but shed taken one look at my flavour and now she reckoned she knew my whole life story.