Y12 English

Children of Men

What message does this film relay about immigration and xenophobia?

What effect does Cuarón’s use of long takes have in the scenes where this filming technique is

used?

How plausible is the future world depicted in Children of Men?

How has the lack of children changed society?

What role does religion play in the film?

Luke is consistently portrayed as the "bad guy" throughout the film. Is he sincerely a bad
person?

Why or why not?

How was a totalitarian government able to emerge in the wake of the infertility crisis in Britain?

How does Kee develop over the course of the film?

How does Theo develop over the course of the film?

Question One:

In regards to illegal Immigration, because of what happened with society people are more likely
to have xenophobia because they aren’t able to interact with from other countries.

Question Two:

By having longer takes it gives off the sense of how long has passed. It also helps set the pace
of the movie and helps us understand what it would be like to follow Theo around throughout
the movie.

Question Three:

It could happen but not as soon as they have said. As we have passed the moment in time where
this happened and as we have not reached the level of chaos.

Question Four:

The lack of children has changed society heavily it has gone from a place of love and
happiness to a place where they are not worried about the children or themselves living.

Question Five:

Religion plays a high role in this film because the movie is based on London hating immigrants

and sending refugees to Bexhill which is a camp for refugees that is disgusting, full of rubbish
and population is so high at the camp.

Question Six:

Luke is not a bad guy he just didn’t have the same views as some of the others. He believed
what he was doing was for the best. But once he saw the baby he realised what he thought was
right actually isn’t. He changed his mind which people do.

Question Seven:

In the wake of the infertility crisis in Britain, the totalitarian government was able to emerge

because they “needed” someone who “knew” how to solve the issue but only ended up
causing bigger problems for the country. They also started supplying people with Kill switch
kits (Suicide kits)and clean and fresh resources making them more popular with the British
people.

Question Eight:

Throughout the film, Kee developed a lot she went from a person who didn't care about
anyone. to someone who cares about everyone and loves her baby, she didn't want to hand
the baby over to the government because she was worried to lose her

Question Nine:

Theo develops over the course of the movie and goes from an alcoholic who couldn't care
less, to someone who would protect the life of 2 people he loves and cares about even if it
meant risking and losing his own.

The lifestyle creed

What does the word “creed” mean? Where else do we see this word used?

A system of religious belief.

Lookup any words you don’t know in this poem and then write an original sentence
using the word to show that you understand its meaning.

Oleocanthal. Oleocanthal is a compound found in extra-virgin olive oil

Look up the Catholic Nicene Creed. What is it? Look up the words. Compare them to
this poem.

it is a priar, it is written in the same way

How are they similar? How are they different?

The Catholic Nicene Creed is a preir. they are similar in the way it is believing in something and
different because Catholic Nicene Creed is about religion.

Why does the author use cut up bits of text? What effect does it have?

Because she used words out of the Catholic Nicene Creed and a lifestyle blog

Why does the author use two different font styles? Compare the way they look. Why did

the author do this? What do each of the font styles represent?

To bolden the "more important words". The words from the Catholic Nicene Creed is normal and
the words about lifestyle are bold. To get her point across. one represents the things people care
about and one represents the Catholic Nicene Creed.

Why do you think the author has juxtaposed the Nicene Creed with words such as “brain
boosters”, “antioxidants”, and “good cholesterol”? What meaning is she trying to convey?
Is this effective?

She is trying to show that "the perfect lifestyle" is like a religion and everyone believes in it. She is
trying to convey some people believe in their lifestyle like you would a religion. Yes, it is effective.
It makes the reader want to find out what she has to say

What is the effect on the reader?

She is trying to show that "the perfect lifestyle" is like a religion and everyone believes in it. She is
trying to

convey some people believe in their lifestyle like you would a religion. Yes, it is effective.  It
makes the

reader want to find out what she has to say

What is the overall purpose of the poem?

To show people are following a lifestyle like a religion

What is the overall tone of the poem?

The overall tone of the poem is that lifestyle is like a religion

Read the last two lines of the poem. What ideas do these lines suggest?

We still look for the bad even though we know it is bad

Do you like this poem? Why or why not?

Yes, I do. I like it because it opens my mind up to the things people believe in without even
realizing it and how much it is like a religion

Poetic Language Features

irony

meaning: incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs

1. The fire station burnt down
2. A traffic cop gets his license suspended because of unpaid parking tickets

paradox

meaning: a statement that contradicts itself

1. All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others - George Orwell 'Animal Farms'
2. Your enemy's friend is your friend

synecdoche

meaning: Using a part of something to refer to the whole thing

1. Boots of the ground - refers to soldiers
2. New wheels - refers to a new car

Acronym for exam

S tructure

L anguage features 

U nderstanding

B ig ideas 

S how how language contributes to big ideas

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Fleur, Ashleigh , Bella