Introduction: "Marginalization is the social process by which one becomes or is made marginal, especially as a group within a larger society", according to the free dictionary . In each of the films, marginalization is an important theme. Tsotsi, "The Little Things," Once Were Warriors and City of Men: "The Emperor's Crown" all show the effects of poverty and marginalization. In Tsotsi, post-apartheid South Africa, everyone who can afford a house lives in Johannesburg with electricity and running water, but the rest live outside Johannesburg in townships like the one where Tsotsi lives called Soweto, which has no electricity or running water except a tap on the street that everyone shares. "The Little Things" shows a girl, George, on her 14th birthday, but no one cares, not even her mother. Once Were Warriors shows a marginalized, poor and ignorant Maori family, as well as terrible family relationships. The City of Men: "The Emperor's Crown" is about a boy from the slums (favela) of Brazil, accustomed to extreme crimes and involved with gang members. I chose these films because they all talk about marginalization and people living in poverty. Marginalization is strongly influenced by poverty, which affects marginalized people both internally and externally. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay Poverty is a major key to marginalization: According to Wikipedia, “When a large group is marginalized, it is usually related to a person's social class, educational status, relationships, and standard of living. It also applies to people with disabilities, minorities, members of alternative communities (LGBT), the elderly, children and adolescents Anyone who deviates in any perceived way from the social norm of a society can become subject to marginalization can cause and control marginalization. People who are marginalized due to poverty are usually controlled by the money and wealth they have and the established “social norm” that can alter their perspective poverty becomes imponderable to her, pushing her to exclude other people who think differently or have no money. This causes the homeless and the poor who cannot support their families to be excluded from wealthier people. When people are marginalized due to poverty, it affects their social class, education, relationships and standard of living, which in turn affects their children who are born into a marginalized society. In Tsotsi, Gavin Hood shows poverty through Tsotsi running away from his parents when he was a child. Tsotsi begins to live on the outskirts of Johannesburg in a town called Soweto. Marginalization is an important theme in Tostsi and links to the theme of the luck of the draw. You can't choose what kind of family to be born into. Hood appears in the opening scenes of Tsotsi, the vast town as far as the eye can see, full of shacks built from scrap metal on top of each other. In the scene you can see large electricity poles carrying electricity across Soweto but connecting to Soweto. This scene also shows several women lined up with buckets to fill with water from a public tap for everyone to share. This shows that the people of Soweto, marginalized by society, live in poverty without electricity and proper plumbing. During Apartheid in South Africa, blacks were discriminated against and segregated. After apartheid, only lucky, successful blacks managed to escape marginalization and live in homes in gated, secure communities with electricity and running water. Thenot so fortunate people like Tsotsi and his gang members grew up in poverty and learned to commit petty crimes in order to make a living and survive. These small crimes accumulate and lead Tsotsi to accidentally steal a child. Likewise we see that poverty is a key to marginalization in the City of Men "The Emperor".Corona'. In the city of men Cesar Charlone, shows marginalization through Acerola, his friends and his family who live in poverty. Due to poverty people are forced to live in favelas. People who cannot buy their own homes and earn a living in Brazil's major cities have to live in favelas. According to Wikipedia "A favela is the term for a slum in Brazil, most often within urban areas." The first favelas appeared at the end of the 19th century and were built by soldiers who had nowhere to live. This was the place where former slaves lived without land ownership and without the possibility of work. Today more than 6% of the Brazilian population lives in favelas. Living in the favelas where slaves lived shows that you have almost the same status as slaves. Favelas are marginalized from the rest of Brazil due to stereotypes that people living in favelas are criminals and poor. Charlone shows poverty through Acerola and his friend Laranjinha, who need to find R$6.50 ($3.36 NZD) to go on a school trip by scamming his mother's boss. There are many similarities between Tsotsi and Acerola. Both were born and raised in slum conditions marginalized by society and grew up with crime and live in poverty. Tsotsi and Acerola are both outcasts from society and accustomed to the crime that surrounds them. Tsotsi has to resort to crime to make a living and Acerola has to scam his mother's boss out of R$6.30. Poverty is also considered a major cause of marginalization in New Zealand. The Little Things written by Reina Webster shows a girl named George who lives in poverty. It's her birthday and her mother doesn't want to spend time with her either. He goes out, steals a CD and sells it to earn some money. Then, when she was told to leave the food court, she tried to sneak into the movie theater where she was stopped. On her way out she activated the fire alarm and goes home alone. Webster shows that George is marginalized by committing petty crimes and is disliked by some people, even his mother, on his birthday. Poverty is shown through his acts of theft and trying to sneak into movies and the house he lives in. Being poor and alone on her birthday led her to make bad decisions and commit petty crimes, remaining marginalized by showing other people and the viewer that she is a criminal. As in the case of New Zealand, poverty once again proves to be one of the main causes of marginalization. Once Were Warriors, written by Lee Tamahori, is about a Maori family on the verge of falling apart. Father Jake Heke is a tough guy who beats anything in his way, even his wife Beth Heke. Beth tried to keep the family together while caring for their 5 children. The eldest son was recruited by a gang member, the daughter is/was on the verge of suicide and their second eldest son is being held in a youth camp by social workers. Jake takes no responsibility and the whole family is troubled by empty wallets, electricity bills and trying to make a good impression. Tamahori shows the marginalization of their family through the struggle for money and the family almost collapsing. Marginalization manifests itself differently in each family member.The father beats his wife and has no control over the family, the wife stays with her abusive husband and still tries to make the family happy, the sons were committing crimes so one is in prison and the other is in a gang, and the daughter she committed suicide because her uncle raped her. The Heke family and George are very similar because they are both New Zealanders and are somewhat marginalized due to poverty. The films show a connection of how marginalization can be affected by poverty and often happens even in first world countries. Marginalization has both internal and external effects: Marginalization can cause serious harm to marginalized people both internally and externally. In Tsotsi, Tsotsi is affected internally because he grew up in a small town that was an outcast he learned to grow up as a gangster by committing crimes such as theft and murder. This led to Tsotsi falling out with Boston, going out into the city of Johannesburg and stealing a car. But there was a child in the car who he ended up kidnapping. Although the theft of the child could have benefited Tsotsi internally, it caused many problems for the child's parents and the investigators handling the case. So not only did marginalization affect Tsotsi, it also affected the wealthy in Johannesburg who were not marginalized, but were the marginalizing people. In the City of Men Acerola and Laranjinha are hit every day. Charlone shows the struggle of the boys through their daily struggle. While Acerola was going to school he was stopped by a group of delinquents and was asked where the boss was. Acerola said he didn't know, but the crooks didn't believe him, stole his money and broke the ruler his mother had bought him not long ago. This causes Acerola to start crying. Since Acerola's family lives in poverty, his mother had to work long hours to buy him that ruler along with the money she received for the school trip. Acerola was devastated thinking he would no longer be able to go on the trip. This is an internal effect caused by marginalization. An external effect is shown when the kids in Acerola's class are seen shot to death. Acerola and Tsotsi are both affected by internal and external marginalization. Both have seen and been affected by the death/misfortune of others or themselves. In The Little Things, Webster shows the internal and external effects of marginalization on/in George through his actions over the course of his birthday. George comes home from school to find her house locked and her mother telling her to leave because she was busy with a friend from work. George complains that it was her birthday and that today was supposed to be a day where she and her mother would all be together. This causes a chain reaction, which puts George in an unhappy state of mind and shows that she has been hurt internally, because her mother chose to spend her birthday with a man from work rather than with her. An external effect could be that when she came home from the mall she decided to eat some cake and drink some alcohol with Tama, her 6-year-old neighbor. Along with The Little Things, Tamahori shows the internal and external effects in Once Were Warriors through the acts and behaviors of all the characters. A significant external aspect that struck me strongly was when Grace commits suicide because she was raped. After being raped she began to see how bad her life was because until then her mother had hidden the fact that their family was struggling both socially and economically. Before committing suicide, Grace felt internally confused and struggled to cope with life. Grace's death also caused many feelings of internal pain..