Autobiography And Documentary Analysis

In Something Like an Autobiography and “Homeless: The Kids of Orange County” there are two major organizing parts that are present throughout the Autobiography and Documentary. In this essay, I’m going to analyze the organizing parts and how each part effectively relates to the central subject of the entire text. I’m also going to focus on how each organizing part is structurally coordinated with each other throughout the Autobiography and Documentary; this helps to reinforce the underlying concepts of each text as a whole. In the book Something Like an Autobiography by Akira Kurosawa, there are two major organizing parts that relate to the central subject of Kurosawa progress from a crybaby to a world-renowned film director. The first major …show more content…
The first major organizational part of the Documentary is the focus of the children in the video. The whole Documentary is focused on the children in their “home”, the restricted area where they “play”, and the education that they get at school. Pelosi interviews each child individually in order to get to know about the lives they are living. She is essentially teleguiding the people in the video because she is asking certain questions and getting the answers that she wants she wants. Pelosi documents the living conditions of these children and shows what happens behind closed doors. She focuses on the size of the rooms, sleeping arrangements, and the number of people in the room. She also focuses on where the children play, which is the motel parking lot. The children say that they aren’t allowed to be loud or have fun because they get yelled at and can be kicked out. The last thing she focuses on is the school the children attend. This school gives the best education that the children can get, given the situation that they are in. The school also shows that there is hope for these children. It is showing a place where someone cares about the kids and where someone is trying to do something about their …show more content…
They are a major party of the video because they are the reason they don’t have enough to give their family a better life. The two moms that Pelosi interviews are working one or more jobs in order to stay at the hotel. The first mom that is interviewed has a husband who doesn’t have a job and he doesn’t seem to help much around the motel room. The second mom that is interviewed is a widow, therefore; she is their only source of income. These women are trying to provide for their children and give them a better life, but they are unable to do so because they are overworked and underpaid. These two organizing parts are coordinated by one another because they showing the lives these children are living, which is being affected by their parents. Pelosi is making a connection between both of the women and she is pointing out he underlying concept that there are hardly any men in the documentary, except when they are lining up for food. The traditional responsibilities that men should have aren’t present and it’s the women taking over those responsibilities and their role.
In both texts, we are faced with two important organizational parts that help the audience have a better understanding of the central subject. The two major parts in Something Like an Autobiography are Kurosawa’s teacher and his family. The two major parts in “Homeless: The Kids of Orange County” are the children and their mothers.