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Character Development in True Grit by Joel and Ethan Coen

In this analytical essay, a student discusses character development in True Grit directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. The student explores how the use of lighting, camera angles, and costuming reflects changes in Mattie, Rooster, and LaBoeuf.
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Angela's feedback:

"You have a solid thesis statement, and you make many good points of analysis regarding the use of lighting, camera angles, and costuming in the movie. However, your body paragraphs would benefit from some reorganization. First, within each paragraph, it would make sense to provide examples in chronological order to help the reader understand how a character changed from the beginning to the end of the movie. Second, since the story revolves heavily around Mattie, consider reordering your paragraphs according to when characters are introduced. This means you would analyze Mattie, then Rooster, and then LaBoeuf. Maintaining a consistent format for LaBoeuf’s name would give your work more polish. Moreover, you should use either “Native American” or “Indian” instead of switching between the two terms. “Indian” is appropriate if it reflects the language of the film. Otherwise, “Native American” and “American Indian” are more academic. Other writing convention errors include word choice problems (e.g., imply) and the need to use the possessive form of a word (e.g., Rooster’s lighting)."

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