The book of eli 2010 solara makes a stand scene 810. Spoilers every clue in the book of eli that explains the. We hear a baby crying in the background and redridge lifts his pistol to make a third shot, but then slightly tilts his head and doesnt fire. In the morning, carnegie overhears solara repeat the prayer to her mother, and realizes eli has the book he has been seeking a bible. Denzel washington in a world where it pays to be a loner. Its the flower of light in the field of darkness thats giving me the strength to carry on.
Biography thirty years after a nuclear apocalypse, eli travels on. He told solara that hes been reading the bible everyday. My chosen movie for that saturday afternoon was the book of eli, directed by the hughes brothers with denzel washington as the lead character. In one fight, the other guy had to shoot first so eli would know which direction to fire back. In order to entice eli to stay in the town, carnegie sends his stepdaughter solara mila. Solara quotes in the book of eli 2010 the character quotes. Hes distraught because carnegie, the movies villain, just shot him and stole eli s bible. The legend of solara walker afalstein the book of eli. Eli and solara are surrounded and dragged out of the house. Very useful for designing your peresonalities and includes also ideas for the writer to design stories fromwd 55.
Solara mila kunis attacks carnegies gary oldman men and makes an escape, killing redridge ray stevenson in the process. That pleasure lies unto writer gary whitta and directors albert and allen hughes. Washington and the hughes brothers do a good job of establishing this man and his world, and at first, the book of eli seems destined to be solemn. I just watched the denzel washington movie the book of eli and thought it was great. And he knew that the older woman had the shakes because she hands him the coffee cup and he can feel the movement of the cup.
What happens to solara at the end of the book of eli. Solara, eli s friend, pulls alongside and helps him, giving eli a ride. Book of eli caps wasteland saga with a twist wired. The movies blatant support of christianity and the notsosubtle references to the bible are greatly encouraging and very surprising for a major theatrical release. But then eli arrives at a western town ruled by carnegie gary oldman, who, like all the local overloads in westerns and gangster movies, sits behind a big desk flanked by a tall bald guy and, of course, a short scruffy one. Eli tries to see if the woman is blind by testing her.
Amidst the crumbling buildings of toronto, in the loosely scattered townspeople collected there, she met a man from alcatraz. The book of eli might also suffer over its uncanny resemblance to john hillcoats current release the road in that it follows a man heading westwards across america after an apocalyptic event. The book of eli 2010 a postapocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across america in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. Solaras journey book of eli chapter 20, a book of eli. Eli sneaks away, but carnegie and his henchmen confront him in the street.
Eli is the main protagonist in the 2010 dystopian postapocalyptic thrillerdrama film the book of eli. Worldview elements of film implications questions biblical parallels the priest eli solara as samuel catholic parallels modern day parallels westward movement american dream what is the place of religion in the life of the common person. Although she toughens up by the end of the book and helps eli and lexie decode the message that their father left them. Eli frieden, masterminds eli frieden is cloned from tamara dunleavy, founder of the company vistanet. Themes all themes having and losing faith in god inhumanity fathers and sons guilt and inaction. Book of eli eli is not blind at least not in this scene. A road warrior of a different sort, the title character played by denzel washington in the book of eli spends much of the story traveling by foot across an eerie landscape, a long and quick. The book of eli shifts into overdrive once carnegies stepdaughter, solara mila kunis.
Redridge entreats eli to surrender the book and eli tells redridge where he hid it. My story is a continuation of the events after the movie which i have written solely for. At this point, he knows hes dying, but perhaps still wants the best for her. He chicken wings it a bit here, but at least he actually aims it, unlike most fictional characters when using a. Early on, eli pretends to give up the book, only for it to turn out to be a book safe containing a live grenade. Biography thirty years after a nuclear apocalypse, eli travels on foot toward the west coast of the former united states. Solara sees eli has a book, and he offers to share his food, saying grace before they eat. This story is a fantold expansion of the original 2010 movie the book of eli starring denzel washington eli and mila kunis solara. To do more for others than you do for yourself solara. It was, i was carrying and reading it everyday, got so caught up in protecting it, i forgot to live by what id learnt from it. Eli and solara survive as promised, and the pair end their journey in san francisco, or rather just.
At the end, we see eli telling the librarian that he has the book, intercut with a scene of carnegie attempting to break into the one hes been given. Elis mission became solaras mission because of elis sacrifice for her giving away the location of the book to avoid solara being killed. This book will appeal to those who enjoy fan fiction. Wyatt, which you find out at the end of the book, so i wont tell you what it is. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for us. Shes a prostitute in carnegies bar, having made the mistake of coming in on take your child to. Eli sits to talk with solara with the remington near his side. Eli is the protagonist and title character of the film. In the morning, carnegie overhears solara repeat the prayer to her. She plays solara a young girl with a childlike voice who is energetic and strong willed. Realizing eli is a literate man like himself, carnegie forces him to stay the night under guard.
In this scene we see the main character eli with his companion solara in what looks like an abandoned silo, sitting around a fire. In the book of eli, after eli denzel washington has shot most of carnegies gary oldman henchmen and redridge ray stevenson has already missed killing him twice, eli and redridge are facing each other in the street. Get an answer for in elie wiesels night, what are the main traits of elies personality before and after he loses his faith. When eli refuses to give up the book, carnegie orders him killed. Most likely, redridge is giving solara a chance to escape carnegies regime. It means that you know something even if you dont know something. Remember, he had a crush on her the whole movie blocking her while she was getting eli s canteen filled, bargaining with carnegie for her before chasing after them, even asking eli nicely to give up the book after the gunfight in. As the good book says he quotes from it so many times. We are to live as close to christlike as we can and we are to tell others the gospel so they can make the decision to follow god also. In his sack were many copies of eli s book, and of others. Otherwise, you wouldnt need to read the book in order to find out what the secret is.
Solara roots through elis pack, just wanted to see the book. Redridge recovers the book, with a locked flap, and gives it to carnegie, who releases solara. He sends a young girl, solara mila kunis, to elis room in an attempt to seduce him. Yet, when forced to make a brutal decisionwhether to relinquish the book or save the life of solara, a girl whos fallen into his carehe chooses to save the latter, risking death for her sake. These kinds of people are quite common to the inhabitants of the world of the book of eli, even to the extent of people being able to tell that they are cannibals due to a quivering in their hands caused by kuru, a disease spread only through cannibalism.
Eli is staring her down for her reaction to his test. It should be noted that eli was motivated to give up the book a few scenes before because carnegie held a gun to solara s head. When the mother walks into the room eli is staying, he compliments her on the perfume he smells. He was wellarmed and welltrained, but even so he was surprised to meet her, solara walker, as people had begun to call her. Hi, i made this video to prove that eli is not blind at least not in this scene. He is played by actor denzel washington, who also portrayed lincoln rhyme, john creasy and robert mccall. Of course im a little confused on what happened at the end because i have an idea of my own, but im not sure if its right. Character traits are the individual characteristics and qualities that make characters from books, stories, movies, plays, and other art forms come to life for readers use the following list of character traits as a guideline when writing book reports and essays about the different characters youve read about. Forever hopeful for a happy outcome she had a hard time accepting her fathers heinous crimes. Mila kunis on her character, solara oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Touch me again with that hand and you wont get it back. In the book of eli, mila kunis, as solara, toughs out a wasteland journey. In the beginning god created the heaven and the earth. In elie wiesels night, what are the main traits of elies.
Solara is a fictional character created by electronic arts, in conjunction with marvel comics, in their first attempt to bring marvel heroes to a video game platform, marvel nemesis. Eli in the bible was a jewish priest living in the days of the judges and serving god at the tabernacle in shiloh, a city near the hill country of ephraim 1 samuel 1. Eli bumps the bottom step with his foot before going up the porch steps of the couples house, presumably to gauge where the steps are credit to jeremyogles. The book of eli our purpose, as a christian, is to worship and glorify god. Eli wants to get moving west, but the towns powerhungry overseer, carnegie, has other plans for eli and his book. Carnegie presses his blind lover claudia jennifer beals to send her daughter, solara mila kunis, to at least convince eli to spend the night by sleeping with.
Throughout this book, the reader follows solara as the main character and receives closure to the original story. In the final analysis, eli is us and we are all elis. Carnegie threatens to kill solara, to the dismay of redridge. In the scene when eli and solara are hunkered down for the night in an abandoned nuclear silo. Mila kunis is another personality actor in the movie the book of eli. I didnt think youd ever give up the book, i thought it was too important to you. Book of eli, the internet movie firearms database guns. Like all of the characters in the compound she follows a steady routine which encompasses watching mary poppins at least once a day. We meet carnegies abused wife claudia jennifer beals and her daughter solara mila kunis, named, for some reason, after the cause of all the destruction.
The book of eli is very compelling and aweinspiring, with excellent production standards as well as absorbing character portrayals by denzel washington and gary oldman. He was raised in serenity by felix hammerstrom, a mad scientist who pretended to be his father. Eli is best remembered for his blessing on samuels mother and for. The book in question is, of course, in eli s hands, and mayhem ensues once our villain realizes this. Is the character eli blind in the movie the book of eli. A few observations about the book of eli welcome to. In order to leave the town, eli must avoid the threats of bikers, henchmen, and other thugs, and escape with supplies of water and food. Night characters from litcharts the creators of sparknotes. Eli pursues what he believes to be his godgiven quest with singleminded determinationin itself an admirable trait. Carnegie, whom eli shot in the leg before leaving town, exults over his triumph in stealing the book from the walker eli, but his triumph ends in tragedy.
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