Aina Kalisa Siregar 1502050210 Mifftahul Jannah 1502050251 Siti Khadijah Daulay 1502050211 Novia Sepbrina 1502050212 Veldi Hardika 1502050235 Affandi Raja Gabe P. 1502050240 Amalia 1502050328 In first person point of view, the narrator is in the story and relating the events he or she is personally experiencing. First person point of view is one of the most common POVs in fiction. If you haven’t read a book in first person point of view, you haven’t been reading. What makes this point of view interesting, and challenging, is that all of the events in the story are filtered through the narrator and explained in his or her own unique voice. This means first person narrative is both biased and incomplete. Almost entirely, this film uses the first point of view. which, PT Barnum and other characters narrate the various events and behaviors they experience, both inwardly, in themselves, and physically, in relation to something outside of themselves. "Third person omniscient" means that the narrator knows all the thoughts and feelings of every character and can dip in and out of the the internal life of anyone, as needed. Omniscient just means "all- knowing." This type of narrator is more god-like than human, in the sense that their perspective is unlimited. In the minute 01:19:38, the criticus knows about the cause of fire and know everything about PT Barnum life. He knows various things about characters, events, and actions, including the motivation behind them. He is free to move and tell anything in the scope of time and place of the story, In this type of narration, the narrator does nothave an omniscient, unlimited perspective. They may have access to the thoughts and feelings of one character, or none at all. The story figure may be quite a lot, which is also a figure of "him", but they are not given the opportunity to show his figure like the first character. In the minute 1 hours 50 seconds, the the queen knows the little prince who is a friend of friends from her friends in America. After seeing an old-timey 20th Century Fox logo—one of cinema’s most annoying (and frustratingly effective) period-movie gimmicks—we open at the circus (how appropriate) with Hugh Jackman as adult Phineas Barnum singing “The Greatest Show,” something the real Phineas Barnum never did. This marks the first moment of The Greatest Showman in which the Barnum & Bailey Circus is misrepresented as a place you went to watch people sing and dance to big dramatic numbers. In case you forgot, it wasn’t that kind of place. It was a place you went to make fun of “freaks” and watch mistreated animals from other countries perform bad tricks—all while crossing your fingers and hoping today wouldn’t be the day the building caught fire. But I digress! When PT Barnum sings the mind-numbing lyrics “It’s everything you ever want, it’s everything you ever need, and it’s here right in front of you, this is where you wanna be” (it is none of those things), he suddenly dissolves into young Barnum, and the film enters an extended flashback in which we learn Phineas grew up as the sad, lonely son of a poor tailor in New York City who was treated like shit by his wealthy clients, one of whom had a daughter, Charity, whom he developed a crush on as a young boy because heterosexuality is apparently as easy as A+B=C. The two children enter an abandoned and overgrown mansion to sing the song “A Million Dreams,” which—like most songs by the duo Pesek and Paul—has a serviceable, sometimes beautiful melody, that is rendered almost unlistenable due to dimwitted lyrics that would make a 5th grader note its embarrassing construction and reading level. When his father dies suddenly, Phineas is left homeless and hungry until a freak hands Phineas an apple. This is important. And this midway through the song they’re suddenly adults. Charity is now played by Michelle Williams, yet another role in which she plays the wife who remains loyal and supportive despite all of her husband’s. “Fine! Marry my pretty daughter, you gutter trash!” Charity’s father says, in effect. “But she’ll be back once she realizes you’ll never be rich and successful and part of New York Society!” This, my friends, is the extent of this fictional Barnum’s motivations. Be rich! Be respected by other rich people! That’s all! How weird. During the latter, adult half of “Million Dreams,” And, from this minute until the end, the plot used is the forward flow until the end of the story. In the late 19th century, P. T. Barnum and his troupe perform a show at the circus ("The Greatest Show"). In a flashback to Barnum's childhood where he and his father Philo, a tailor, work for the Hallett family, he becomes infatuated with their daughter, Charity. Though Charity is being sent to finishing school, Barnum reassures her they will not be separated. The two keep in touch through letters until they meet again in adulthood ("A Million Dreams"), eventually marrying and raising two daughters, Caroline and Helen, in New York City ("A Million Dreams" reprise). They live a humble life; though Charity is happy, Barnum dreams of more. Barnum loses his job as a clerk at a shipping company after the company goes bankrupt. Taking a risky bet, he takes out a large loan from a bank, deceiving the bank into accepting his former employer's lost ships as collateral. He uses this loan to buy Barnum's American Museum in downtown Manhattan, an attraction showcasing various wax models. Initially, sales are slow; on the suggestion of his children to showcase something "alive", Barnum searches for "freaks" to serve as performers for his museum ("Come Alive"). This attracts a large audience despite protests and poor reviews, prompting Barnum to rename his venture "Barnum's Circus." Afterwards, Barnum meets Jenny Lind, a famed Swedish singer, whom he convinces to perform in America, with him serving as her manager. Lind's first American performance is a rousing success ("Never Enough"). While Barnum gains favor with the aristocratic patrons, he begins to distance himself from his original troupe, refusing to socialize with them. Dejected, they decide to stand against their local harassers ("This Is Me"). Carlyle and Wheeler attend the theater together one night, only to run into Carlyle's parents, who are blatantly racist toward Wheeler, causing her to leave. Carlyle chases her and tries to convince her that they can be together, but she rejects him despite her feelings towards him ("Rewrite the Stars"). As Barnum takes Lind on a US tour, Charity feels isolated from her husband as she stays home with their daughters ("Tightrope"). While on tour, Lind begins falling in love with Barnum, but when he refuses her advances, she calls off the tour and kisses him at the end of her last show, which is photographed by the press ("Never Enough" reprise). Barnum returns home to find his circus on fire, caused by a fight between the protesters and the troupe. Carlyle, who had tried to save Wheeler not knowing she had already escaped, is rescued by Barnum amid the chaos but suffers severe burns. Most of the sets and props are destroyed. Word of Lind's cancellation and Barnum's public intimacy also reaches New York, resulting in his mansion being foreclosed upon and Charity taking Caroline and Helen to her parents' home. Depressed, Barnum retreats to a local bar, where his troupe find him there and explain that despite their disappointments, they still consider themselves a family that needs him An inspired Barnum resolves to start anew and not let ambition overtake his loved ones anymore. Meanwhile, the injured Carlyle wakes in a hospital with Anne by his side ("From Now On"). Barnum leaves and finds his wife, and they decide to mend their relationship. Faced with the financial difficulty of rebuilding the circus, the recovering Carlyle steps in, offering to use his earnings from his share of the circus's profits to rebuild it under the condition of becoming partners, which Barnum happily accepts. As rebuilding the circus in its original location would be too expensive, Barnum rebuilds it as an open-air tent circus by the docks. The revamped circus is a huge success, and Barnum gives full control of the show to Carlyle so he can focus on his family ("The Greatest Show" reprise). God has created a world that abounds with variety. Everywhere we look, we see signs of heterogeneity which can serve as a spur to our wonder. To be truly alive in this fascinating world is to open our hearts to the "others" who are very different from us. The famous entertainer P.T. Barnum (Hugh Jackman) called these folk "curiosities.“ This biopicture tells the story of the beginning entertainment shows that morphed into the famous Barnum & Bailey Circus. Riding a surge of energy, this entrepreneur plays a major role in the lives of his wife Charity (Michelle Williams) who stands by him through thick and thin; with the stars of his shows; with a successful playwright (Zac Efron) whom he mentors; with opera singer Jenny Lind (Rebecca Ferguson) whose talents enable him to prove himself to the upper class; and with a skeptical critic (Paul Sparks) who is turned around in his thinking about Barnum. After experiencing this film, we revisited Freaks: Myths and Images of the Secret Self, a 1978 book by literary critic Leslie Fiedler. He writes: "Only the true freak challenges the conventional boundaries between male and female, sexed and sexless, animal and human, large and small, self and other, and consequently between reality and illusion, experience and fantasy, fact and myth." Freaks have an important role to play in any society; they tease and test our openness. Barnum celebrates the chorus line of freaks in his circus and eventually comes to realize that he has created a safe place for them which they view as home. As these performers dance and sing, we were reminded of the words of James Conlon his book Lyrics for Re-Creation: "At the heart of creativity is diversity. Diversity is at the core of the universe and is its art form. We need to embrace and appreciate the differences in places and people."