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I also found thisĀ Children of Men to be a very powerful film. Gender does play a big role in film, and I do feel that if this film had a female perspective it would have been a fairly different film. I think that if Theo’s character was a female it would bring the message, “women supporting women”, but in this case it made it very different. Theo, being a man, chooses to support this woman that he had just met, because being the hero that he is wants to see that the actions that he has taken to have something good come from it. I think that Theo being a man creates a more powerful message to the audience, because it is a situation that would be unexpected. I also agree that some of Theo’s actions seem to be unheroic, but he had heroic intentions.
I agree that these men were hoping to gain masculinity from this rigorous canoe trip, but they surely did not get that from the tragic events that took place in the film. I also found it interesting the way that Bobby dealt with his trauma, because he was able to continue on with the story like nothing ever happened. Bobby just wanted to forget about it, because for him it was traumatizing and embarrassing that he was not able to defend himself, making him feel like he was less of a man.
I agree that Luke was continually a strong character throughout the film. He never gives up, which in turn makes hims seem like he is a person to look up to. I feel that once Luke first entered the prison, he was looked down upon, and he wasn’t respected. However, throughout the film he was able to gain the respect of all of the men that were also in this prison that used to think nothing of him. When looking back they are able to notice that this man, Luke, is a fighter and he will never give up even when given the chance to.