Rocket

• City of God - Explore how representations of gender are constructed visually to create meaning in one or more scenes 


  Rocket - Opening scene - Calm, stays away from crime. (subverts) Focuses on success, hard-working, takes risks - brave by still walking round even though Lil Ze may still be after him. (conforming), but procrastinating and overthinking
• City of God - Explore how representations of gender are constructed visually to create meaning in one or more scenes 


  Beach scene - Costume of school uniform = Rocket is still focused on education, he's taken a completely different pathway to Lil Ze, but he is still focused on success - friends buy his photos for money. Male desire - "I wanted to loose my virginity with her" "I would have done anything to please her" - in love with Angelica, willing to buy her drugs in order to impress her
• City of God - Explore how representations of gender are constructed visually to create meaning in one or more scenes 



  A sucker's life/flirting with crime - Rocket is a virgin, he's single and broke. He's useless at crime, too empathetic. "I couldn't do it. He was such a cool guy" - inable to hurt someone. Get's a girls number, then looses it. However, Rocket using Goose's gun = symbol of power