Paralells In My Brilliant Career Essay, Research Paper

Ray Romeo

Film as Lit.

Strojan and Ward

Paper #1

My Brilliant Career

Paralells in My Brilliant Career

Obtaining ones goals in life is not an easy task. There are many obstacles that can

prohibit one from doing so. What separates the weak from the strong? The ability to

overcome the obstacles and reach your goal. This was most evident in the movie, My

Briiliant Career, it is a stunning example of how one can go through trials and tribulations

and still be successful. The parallel between the movie, reality, and Australian history is

very clear in this film.

In the movie we meet a young lady by the name of Sevilla. Her dream is to write a

novel. Unfortunately that is not conducive to the goal of her parents. So her parents tell

her she can move in with her grandmother. This works to Sevillas advantage because her

grandmother appreciates art and the beauty of such talents. This is the first triumph that

we witness, but as we know there is always some other adversity to overcome. That is

what we do , we travel with her through her life and experience the joys and pains that she

experiences. While on this journey we find out some important things about our leading

lady. First we discover that she is a woman with a mission and that she will go through

any length to get it. We also find out that love is very important to her. for example she

has a man that is courting her and is a womans dream. He is handsome and rich, also has

a good family name. In fact her grandmother who is very important person in her life tells

her that she should accept his love. Instead she rejects it, and tells her grandmother that

she does not love Frank. From this point we find out she is a feminist with very strong

views. She has a need to feel independent and feels that women don’t need men for

anything at all.

Then she meets Harry and to her surprise falls in love with him. She does not act

on this love in fact, she rejects it. He wants to marry her and she tells him to wait, come

back in 2 years and then see what happens. Just as she makes this decision her family feels

it is time to start having a little responsibility. The send her off to work in a house taking

care of children. Once again it is like an obstacle thrown in her way, but, she overcomes it

and still continues to write. After time passed she returned to her grandmothers and that

is when Harry asks to marry her. She says, no and moves on with her life. She rejects

love and family or anything that could possibly deter her from doing what she loves,

writing.

At the end of the movie she finishes her novel, the way the director did this scene

was terrific. he places in a position so that she looks like a Christ figure. This was a

brilliant scene in that it appeared to show exactly how victorious she was. The movie

drew many parallels. In reality , the film really hit home because it was a real situation.

How many times in life have we seen it? We here success stories everyday of how people

overcome adversity. It is most prevalent in my own life. For years all I wanted to do was

act and perform on stage. Just as Sevilla I had people in my life that did not wish for me

to do well. Those people viewed me as selfish and strong headed. Questions were often

asked like, What is your realistic goal? So this movie really hit home for me. Seeing

Sevilla suffer through these heart aches and pain moved the movie to a new level. Also

seeing her reign triumphant at the end of the movie was a scene that put a smile on my

face knowing that it is possible to overcome things that others put in your way.

A neat twist in the movie is that if you substitute the men in Sevillas life for

Britain and Sevilla herself for Young Australia you have the history of that nation. Sevilla

herself is Australia a nation that had many obstacles to overcome. The history which I

speak of has been prevalent in all the movies that we watch in class. This nation has

overcome manta bad times. That was well demonstrated in the movie Breaker Morant.

That movie concentrated on the bore wars of Australia, it also showed how the men in this

movie parallel to Britain. There are so many parallels that can be drawn by this movie. I

just chose to put a few of those analogies down on paper and express them to you.

My Brilliant Career , is an exciting movie that creates a positive image of life. This

movie also gives a new and exciting way to view Australian history. The creators of this

film were brilliant in that they gave an excellent view of life and history, well balanced, and

still exciting.