ESSAY FOR
FIM AND CULTURE
FIM AND CULTURE
Fruitvale Station
The movie Fruitvale Station is about a man, Oscar, trying to get his life together after getting out of prison and removing himself from the drug and street culture. It shows what a caring and compassionate person Oscar is, as well as the best father he knows how to be. There were also many examples of his struggle with overcoming his past and learning how to be “normal.” Unfortunately, there is an ominous tension throughout the movie because from the very beginning the audience knows Oscar is doomed to never live the life he desperately wants for himself. By choosing to show the audience the main character’s death in the very beginning of the movie, the director makes the audience feel helpless as they realize there is nothing he can do to avoid his death in the end.
Oscar’s interaction with his daughter shows he is a good father and cares about his daughter. Oscar would take time to play games with his daughter, Oscar would take her to school and pick her up. He even snuck her and extra snack for school behind her mother’s back.
Oscar took time to text his mom before bed to wish her a happy birthday. Oscar calls his mother 1st thing in the morning and tries to get her to leave work and go celebrate her birthday with him. He goes to the market to get items for her birthday dinner and even though he has financial problems he would not accept any money from his mom to repay him. While he was out taking care of stuff for his mom’s birthday his sister calls and explains that she needs some financial help from Oscar to pay three hundred dollars of her rent. Oscar does not even hesitate to agree to help her. Even though he does not have a job or any income, Oscar portrays an attitude of responsibility and loyalty to help his family and be part of their lives. Oscar shows a lot of personal and family values.
When at the market Oscar goes out of his way to help this stranger he does not even know. Katie the girl that is trying to prepare a fish fry and does not seem to know anything about what she is doing. Oscar calls his Grandma Bonnie and asks his grandma to talk to Katie and help her.
Though Oscar was in a dilemma financially he makes a decision to contact his associate and make a drug deal he made plans to meet at the coast near the city. Oscar was the first one there, as he sits there alone and reflects on a year prior when he was locked up. He thinks of the affects it had on his mother and his daughter and her mother. Oscar is at a cross roads between staying broke till he could find a job and earn a paycheck, or go back to what he knew ( and sell drugs ) Oscar felt the pressure of not having a job, having a family to support. Oscar realizes the risk he would be taking, the consequences of his actions and the affect it would have on his loved ones. Oscar took the ounce of weed that would been the start of a hustle and dumped the bag into the bay. Oscar makes better decisions and works towards bettering his life for himself and his family. Later that night Oscar decides to take some responsibility and come clean with his girlfriend and tells her he had lost his job two weeks prior even though she is going to be angry with him he knows he has to be honest to start turning things around. His girlfriend automatically expects he would go back to hustling and selling drugs, she seems very surprised and yet very proud of him when he tells her he dumped it out. His girlfriend asks him what he is going to do. He says he was not sure but he says it has to be legal. This is a major turning point for the movie, and the evolution of Oscar’s character. This is a major turning point for the movie, and the evolution of Oscar’s character.
Oscar is at the gas station fueling up his car when this dog comes out from nowhere, and Oscar takes time to kneel down and pet the dog and give it some affection. Oscar returns to fueling up his car, a tire squelch comes out of nowhere and a car hits the dog and takes off accelerating at high speed. Oscar notices the dog has been hit, Oscar runs out to the street and hollers at cars to slow down. When the car is out of sight Oscar turns his attention to the dog lying in the street. Oscar picks up the dog, in a panic and is not sure what to do Oscar yells out for help, but no one responds. The dog is dead and he lays the dog down and walks off. You can see what a compassionate person Oscar is with this dog. It was almost like the dog represented the helplessness of Oscar’s life.
When Oscar tells his mom they are going to the city to watch fireworks, she responds with a lot of concern and worry. She doesn’t think they should be out in the city on New Year’s Eve. She pleads with Oscar if he and his friends are going go to please be safe and take the Bart system to the city and back to avoid drunk driving. As a viewer, it was hard to watch because it was what would happen next—the opening scene showed us it would be deadly for him.
It was obvious that Oscar really does not want to go to the city, the movie gives you the feeling that he really just wants to stay home, almost like he has a gut feeling. But his girlfriend Sophina says that she wants to go and she will go regardless if he goes or not. He wants to support her and be with her so he agrees to go. But insisted they take the Bart Train.
Before Oscar and Sophina leave Oscar goes in to tuck in his daughter in bed and make sure she is ok. The daughter says” Daddy I don’t want you to go” she says ; she is scared” Oscar tells her everything will be alright and they be back when she wakes up the next Moring. The daughter says ‘Daddy I hear guns out there” Oscar explains to her that the sounds are not guns but fireworks.
After they arrive to the city, they are stuck on the Bart due to technical difficulty the people on the train gather together and laugh, dance and celebrate until they are able to get off. Once they get off the Bart there are large explosions and excitement from the fireworks. The countdown and explosions could be interpreted as the point of the movie when everything comes to a head—a visual representation of the climax.
At one point in the night Sophina and her friend need to use the bathroom so Oscar asks a small business owner getting ready to lock his front door. Oscar bribes the owner with the last money he has, and gets the store owner to allow the ladies to use the restroom. The store owner no longer hesitates and agrees to take the girls in and does not accept Oscar’s money.
While the guys are outside the business waiting for the girls to go to the bathroom. Another couple walks up to the store hoping the pregnant wife could use the bathroom at the store. Oscar knocks on the business door to get the owners attention and pleads to let this pregnant lady in.
Oscar and the pregnant ladies husband have a conversation, and the gentleman tells a bit of their story and how they started off getting married and being broke, and the guy later started his own business and became successful. The gentleman gives Oscar his business card and tells him to call him. He gives hope to Oscar, who has been feeling like the world is against him and he cannot get a foot off to the right direction no matter which way he steps or wiser choices he makes, earlier that day and decides not to make money illegally, opens a door for him to meet this man and walk into a better situation to better his life. Only trouble is Oscar is never going to be able to even make that call.
In most movies, the suspense lies in not knowing how the movie will end. In Fruitvale Station, the tension comes from not knowing how Oscar will end up being shot at the train station. Through every twist and turn the audience becomes more emotionally invested in the main character, which makes it even harder to watch him fall. No matter what he does, the result will always be the same. It is an interesting way to show the story, and maybe even a testament to how cruel fate can be. It is just following these that Oscar is involved with a fight on the train home and receives the fatal shot to his chest to bring the movie full circle. Even when he is taken away by the ambulance and is in surgery, the audience is rooting for Oscar to pull through because the first scene never shows for sure that Oscar dies. However, it is not a surprise when he does finally pass.
The movie Fruitvale Station is about a man, Oscar, trying to get his life together after getting out of prison and removing himself from the drug and street culture. It shows what a caring and compassionate person Oscar is, as well as the best father he knows how to be. There were also many examples of his struggle with overcoming his past and learning how to be “normal.” Unfortunately, there is an ominous tension throughout the movie because from the very beginning the audience knows Oscar is doomed to never live the life he desperately wants for himself. By choosing to show the audience the main character’s death in the very beginning of the movie, the director makes the audience feel helpless as they realize there is nothing he can do to avoid his death in the end.
Oscar’s interaction with his daughter shows he is a good father and cares about his daughter. Oscar would take time to play games with his daughter, Oscar would take her to school and pick her up. He even snuck her and extra snack for school behind her mother’s back.
Oscar took time to text his mom before bed to wish her a happy birthday. Oscar calls his mother 1st thing in the morning and tries to get her to leave work and go celebrate her birthday with him. He goes to the market to get items for her birthday dinner and even though he has financial problems he would not accept any money from his mom to repay him. While he was out taking care of stuff for his mom’s birthday his sister calls and explains that she needs some financial help from Oscar to pay three hundred dollars of her rent. Oscar does not even hesitate to agree to help her. Even though he does not have a job or any income, Oscar portrays an attitude of responsibility and loyalty to help his family and be part of their lives. Oscar shows a lot of personal and family values.
When at the market Oscar goes out of his way to help this stranger he does not even know. Katie the girl that is trying to prepare a fish fry and does not seem to know anything about what she is doing. Oscar calls his Grandma Bonnie and asks his grandma to talk to Katie and help her.
Though Oscar was in a dilemma financially he makes a decision to contact his associate and make a drug deal he made plans to meet at the coast near the city. Oscar was the first one there, as he sits there alone and reflects on a year prior when he was locked up. He thinks of the affects it had on his mother and his daughter and her mother. Oscar is at a cross roads between staying broke till he could find a job and earn a paycheck, or go back to what he knew ( and sell drugs ) Oscar felt the pressure of not having a job, having a family to support. Oscar realizes the risk he would be taking, the consequences of his actions and the affect it would have on his loved ones. Oscar took the ounce of weed that would been the start of a hustle and dumped the bag into the bay. Oscar makes better decisions and works towards bettering his life for himself and his family. Later that night Oscar decides to take some responsibility and come clean with his girlfriend and tells her he had lost his job two weeks prior even though she is going to be angry with him he knows he has to be honest to start turning things around. His girlfriend automatically expects he would go back to hustling and selling drugs, she seems very surprised and yet very proud of him when he tells her he dumped it out. His girlfriend asks him what he is going to do. He says he was not sure but he says it has to be legal. This is a major turning point for the movie, and the evolution of Oscar’s character. This is a major turning point for the movie, and the evolution of Oscar’s character.
Oscar is at the gas station fueling up his car when this dog comes out from nowhere, and Oscar takes time to kneel down and pet the dog and give it some affection. Oscar returns to fueling up his car, a tire squelch comes out of nowhere and a car hits the dog and takes off accelerating at high speed. Oscar notices the dog has been hit, Oscar runs out to the street and hollers at cars to slow down. When the car is out of sight Oscar turns his attention to the dog lying in the street. Oscar picks up the dog, in a panic and is not sure what to do Oscar yells out for help, but no one responds. The dog is dead and he lays the dog down and walks off. You can see what a compassionate person Oscar is with this dog. It was almost like the dog represented the helplessness of Oscar’s life.
When Oscar tells his mom they are going to the city to watch fireworks, she responds with a lot of concern and worry. She doesn’t think they should be out in the city on New Year’s Eve. She pleads with Oscar if he and his friends are going go to please be safe and take the Bart system to the city and back to avoid drunk driving. As a viewer, it was hard to watch because it was what would happen next—the opening scene showed us it would be deadly for him.
It was obvious that Oscar really does not want to go to the city, the movie gives you the feeling that he really just wants to stay home, almost like he has a gut feeling. But his girlfriend Sophina says that she wants to go and she will go regardless if he goes or not. He wants to support her and be with her so he agrees to go. But insisted they take the Bart Train.
Before Oscar and Sophina leave Oscar goes in to tuck in his daughter in bed and make sure she is ok. The daughter says” Daddy I don’t want you to go” she says ; she is scared” Oscar tells her everything will be alright and they be back when she wakes up the next Moring. The daughter says ‘Daddy I hear guns out there” Oscar explains to her that the sounds are not guns but fireworks.
After they arrive to the city, they are stuck on the Bart due to technical difficulty the people on the train gather together and laugh, dance and celebrate until they are able to get off. Once they get off the Bart there are large explosions and excitement from the fireworks. The countdown and explosions could be interpreted as the point of the movie when everything comes to a head—a visual representation of the climax.
At one point in the night Sophina and her friend need to use the bathroom so Oscar asks a small business owner getting ready to lock his front door. Oscar bribes the owner with the last money he has, and gets the store owner to allow the ladies to use the restroom. The store owner no longer hesitates and agrees to take the girls in and does not accept Oscar’s money.
While the guys are outside the business waiting for the girls to go to the bathroom. Another couple walks up to the store hoping the pregnant wife could use the bathroom at the store. Oscar knocks on the business door to get the owners attention and pleads to let this pregnant lady in.
Oscar and the pregnant ladies husband have a conversation, and the gentleman tells a bit of their story and how they started off getting married and being broke, and the guy later started his own business and became successful. The gentleman gives Oscar his business card and tells him to call him. He gives hope to Oscar, who has been feeling like the world is against him and he cannot get a foot off to the right direction no matter which way he steps or wiser choices he makes, earlier that day and decides not to make money illegally, opens a door for him to meet this man and walk into a better situation to better his life. Only trouble is Oscar is never going to be able to even make that call.
In most movies, the suspense lies in not knowing how the movie will end. In Fruitvale Station, the tension comes from not knowing how Oscar will end up being shot at the train station. Through every twist and turn the audience becomes more emotionally invested in the main character, which makes it even harder to watch him fall. No matter what he does, the result will always be the same. It is an interesting way to show the story, and maybe even a testament to how cruel fate can be. It is just following these that Oscar is involved with a fight on the train home and receives the fatal shot to his chest to bring the movie full circle. Even when he is taken away by the ambulance and is in surgery, the audience is rooting for Oscar to pull through because the first scene never shows for sure that Oscar dies. However, it is not a surprise when he does finally pass.
THIS POWER POINT WAS ONE OF MY ASSISGNMENTS.
MY PRESENTATON WAS ON
THAT WOMAN SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRESS HOWEVER THEY WANT WITH OUT BE VICTIMIZED
MY PRESENTATON WAS ON
THAT WOMAN SHOULD BE ABLE TO DRESS HOWEVER THEY WANT WITH OUT BE VICTIMIZED
BELOW IS MY PRESENTATION
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