Character Analysis (Empire of the Sun)

For my Empire of the Sun project I’m going to talk about character development. I’m sure as you sat and watched the movie you saw the change of Jamie and Basie. In my opinion I think they both took out routes. Jamie’s character went from bad to good and Basie went from good to bad.
We’ll start off by describing Basie’s character change. When Basie first entered into the movie he was helping Jamie. He welcomed Jamie to his home, fed him, and let him come along with him and Frank. Even when they were captured he taught Jamie what to do with his food and how to get what he needed. At first Basie was a great role model and some what of a father figure for Jamie. However, later on in the movie we found out that Basie only cared about Basie. Basie wasn’t letting anyone get in his way of surviving the war.
When the movie began we saw that Jamie was a spoiled rich Britain. Jamie was extremely ignorant of what was going on, but he soon found out. He learned new skills and tricks to surviving and becoming a man in the process. By the end of the movie Jamie became a whole new person. He had learned how to take care of his self, family values, and not to depend on others for his needs.
These two characters took two opposing roads to survive. During the war Basie looked out for himself so could stay alive while Jamie learned the keys to survival during the war.