Mad About Movies - Winter 2015.1: CARS

[DavidC]

THINK ABOUT THE PROTAGONIST OF THE MOVIE, LIGHTNING MCQUEEN. IN TWO OR THREE SENTENCES, DESCRIBE HIS CHARACTER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MOVIE. WHO IS HE? WHAT IS HE LIKE? WHAT ARE SOME GOOD THINGS AND SOME BAD THINGS ABOUT HIM?

NOW THINK ABOUT LIGHTNING MCQUEEN AT THE END OF THE MOVIE. HAS HE CHANGED? IN TWO OR THREE SENTENCES, DESCRIBE HIS CHARACTER AT THE END OF THE MOVIE. HOW HAS HE CHANGED? WHAT HAS HE LEARNED? HAS HE IMPROVED? HOW? WHY?

FINALLY, THINK OF A SPECIFIC SCENE IN WHICH LIGHTING LEARNS SOMETHING THROUGH ACTION THAT CHANGES HIS CHARACTER. DESCRIBE THAT SCENE IN TWO OR THREE SENTENCES.

SEE YOU ON WEDNESDAY!

[Line1992]

A the beginning of the movie, the protagonist, Lightning Macqueen is selfish. He care about his own person, he think that he does not need anyone no win the race and he treat his own team without any respect. Moreover, he is very egocentric; he likes the attention that the media give to him and all the world of luxury that the racer fame bring to him. Also he is competitive and ambitious since he seems to only live for being the first one and win the race.

At the end of the movie, the protagonist drastically changed. He discovers that family and love are really important values in life. When he starts understanding this with the help of some citizen of the little town called, Radiator Springs, he really want to help them and show them that he want to be their friend. Especially when he fall in love with Sally and also when he found out about the real Doc Hudson.

One of the most important scene when we can found out that the protagonist changed is when Duc call the media to said to them where they can found Mcqueen. When the media arrive in Mass expecting to found the racer they use to know, Mcqueen starts to feel that he does not have the need to feel the attention of the media and to apparent good in front of the cameras. He starts to worried about his people, about Sally and even about his own truck. When he finally arrive to California for the race he is not the same knowing that he left away his people. At the moment he is hearing Duc in the headphones, he really want to give his best not only for him but also for his friends. An other scene that shows that Macqueen is an other person, is at the end of the race, when he is about to win, Chick the antagonist of the movie, push out The King who has a terrible accident. Instead of finishing the race as a winner, Macqueen go to help The King to finish the race. At this moment, we can understand that the protagonist figure out that life is not everytime about fame and winning.

[Gabrielle1996]

[remi1992]

At the beginning of the movie, the protagonist Lightning Macqueen is special we understand that he is very competitive, but we understand also that he does not care a lot about other. Hovewer, we do understand that he cares a lot about himself.
At the end of the movie, after many actions we can tell that Lightning Macqueen has changed his behiavior. through out his adventure he learned that life is not only about himself, but also about others. This transformation the beginning through the end marked a change for the protagonist. His little journey into Radiator Springs has thaught him that the life is not limited about himself, but people around you.
On my opinion one of the changes is when Lightning Macqueen realizes that his friends that he has maden are there to support and help him to win the race. I think that at this point he is conscient that the most important thing he never had are those people that are around him.