The royal Tenabaus

In media me and my class watched the royal Tenabaus and were asked to write about one of the three children, we had to write about their representation, I decided to write about Riche because I felt that out of the three characters he would be the most relatable.

In the opening clip of the film I found out that Richie is the favourite child because in the clip we see him go out on Saturdays with his dad gambling with his dad mates, and the narrator says that this invite was never extends to anyone else. We also find out he is the favourite child because his. This shows us that he has a good relationship with his dad because of the amount of time that they spend together. Other evidence that suggests that he is the favourite child is when his dad shoots his brother Chas who is on his team , this happens when they are at their grandmother house , this shows that he brother Chas is not liked as much by his dad as Richie. Other evidence that I picked up from the clip tat shows he is the favourite child is the amount of toys and luxuries he has compared to his step sister Margot and his brother Chas for example he has:

· HMA radio

· drum set

· collection of cars

This shows us the audience that he is the favourite because when the clip shows Chas and Margot they don’t have any thing, but when it gets to Richie it shows all his toys and gadgets.

From the opening scene we also find out allot about Richie as person for example we find out that he likes painting because we see him painting in most of clips of him which shows that he has an interest in art but the narrator says but he failed as an artist, a lot of his painting are of his step sister Margot which shows that he cares for her because he don’t care for her then he wouldn’t paint pictures of her he also has a room just for his painting which shows his passion for painting.

We also learn that Richie is a champion tennis player since the forth grade and became a professional at the age of 17 which shows he must of been young when he started playing tennis, he also one the national US open two years running. This shows us the audience that he must be a committed person to be able to win the US open two years running.

We find out that he has a good relationship with his step sister Margot, because they both run away together to the west with of the archives for two weeks, camping under a museum presentation, they managed to survive on root beers and crackers.

The clothes he wears show that he enjoys sport because he wears tennis clothing such as the head band, tennis shorts, etc. The clothes he wears also shows us that he has a passion for tennis otherwise he would not dress as a tennis player all the time. He also wears a jacket when he goes out with his dad which shows that he likes too look smart when he goes out with his dad.

We also find out that Richie has a best friend called Eli Cash who lives across the road from the Tenabaus, however he spends most of his time at the Tenabaus house. This shows us that he and Riche are best friends because of the amount time spend together.

We also find out that Richie is well educated because in the opening scene we sea him reading a book with his mum and sister, we know that he is reading to learn because the narrator says that their mother kept the house after the separation of her and her husband and that her highest priority was the children’s education