Journal 3 Fruitvale Station

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The scene that I thought was the most important was the very last one, which also happened to be the last spoken sentence of the movie, when “T”, Tatiana, and her mom were in the shower the day that Oscar died. While T and her mom were in the shower, T asked her mom, “Where is daddy?” I think this scene was the most important because of what is going on in today’s society such as the current battle in Ferguson, Missouri and the previous racial battle in Florida. We hear too much of people getting shot and getting taken away from their families. Whenever a person shoots someone, they are potentially taking the victim away from their loving family forever. On January 1, 2009, T lost her dad, Wanda lost her son, and Sophina lost her boyfriend and her daughter’s father. This scene showed all the viewers that Oscar was a person, a father, son, and soon-to-be husband and that he wasn’t a criminal or a bad person. When someone gets senselessly murdered the rest of the population thinks of them as the victim, not as a family member. When the shooter is tried in court for murder they don’t realize that they not only murdered someone, but they murdered pieces of the victim’s family members’ hearts. The scene where T looked up at her mother and asked, “Where is daddy?” symbolized that a piece of her heart got taken away. The film was able to show the viewers how T felt and why it was such an important part of the film. By the look on T’s face, she knew exactly what was going on when her mom gave no reply when she asked where her daddy was. This makes the scene about when her parents were ready to leave for ‘Frisco even more important. T said to her dad, “Daddy the guns outside scare me. I can hear them.” So, when T and her mom were in the shower there was a close-up of T’s face and her emotions showed.