Animal Kingdom

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David Michod explores the uses of intertextuality in Animal Kingdom through the use of a wide range of stylistic devices. He uses intertextuality to explore the physical “world” that exist below what is moral and correct based on the moral of the those living in the underworld, he also uses intertextuality to examine the behaviours of those who live within his perceived underworld through the uses of violence and drugs, and he uses intertextuality to question whether fate is set for those who are part of this society which operates just below what we know as moral and correct by having the authorities stopping anything that is not legal in our moral “world”. Firstly, David Michod uses intertextuality to explore the physical “world” that exist …show more content…

In his perceived underworld the fate for those who are part of this society leads to either power or getting shut-down and life being taken away by the authorities. The fate of these people depends on their action and what path they chose to survive in this society, David Michod describes this very well in the movie with one of the scenes showing the Authorities holding Joshua to protect him and tried to change his mind to change his fate he might face in the future. The Authorities describe to Joshua how the Authorities are the highest, the strongest. They explained how his fate would be like if he chooses to stay in the business. The technique David Michod uses to generalise the fate of these people living in the underworld is by having scenes that describes to the audience how the Authorities will eventually catch them and put a stop to the business, the authorities will stop them either by taking lives or putting them in jail for a long time. This describes to the audience how the fate of these people will likely lead them to having their lives taken away. In conclusion, David Michod explores the uses of intertextuality in Animal Kingdom through the use of a wide range of stylistic devices. He uses violence, drugs and power themes to describe the underworld in his perspective to the audience. He manages to generalise the environment and those who live in the underworld into a 2 hour

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