And this is where it went downhill…

Here is part of my first draft of my film analysis paper. This part was just my summary of the movie (80% of which I will end up cutting out). I am in the process of editing it, and turning it into a worthwhile piece of writing right now…

Note, however, the ingenious alliteration:

Despite their apparent differences in demeanor and interest, Walter really was utterly in love with and devoted to Kitty. Teeming with spite he makes a rather weighty proposition. He informs Kitty that she must either accompany him on his journey to a small Chinese village at the heart of the ongoing cholera epidemic, or he will shamefully divorce her on the grounds of her infidelity. He will list Charlie Townsend as her lover. Kitty is horrified, and insists that dragging her, a delicate young dignitary, to this dangerous war zone of disease is insanity and completely barbarous of him. She insists that Charlie, her gallant lover, will not allow for it. Walter is humored by this notion and tells Kitty that if Charlie agrees to divorce his wife and marry her, that he will let Kitty divorce him quietly. Much to Kitty’s dismay, Charlie is nothing more than a wily wanton womanizer, who whittles away her sense of worth with his wildly wicked ways. He cares no more for her than a bear cares for old honey, or than he cares for the scum infesting Walter’s cholera-ridden water samples. He agrees to no such proposal, benefiting too much from his alliance with his wife Dorothy. Kitty, feeling deeply downtrodden by his cruel rejection, decides to depart from Shanghai and dejectedly accompanies Walter into the depths of destruction and ultimate death.