Empire of the Sun

The movie Empire of the Sun was a great movie. That me and my class mates were able to see in our English class. The movie showed lots of things but the one thing that stuck out the most was the value of family.

Jamie was a wealth British boy who lived in China with his mother and father. When he is separated from his parents because of the war he goes home and try to continue his old life. When that does not work he goes out and try’s to find help. That when he meets a man name Basie who becomes like a father to him. When Basie and Jamie are captured and taken to Soo Chow confinement camp, Jamie attempts to reconstruct his former life by building a family with everyone. He lives with the people at the camp.

Jamie lives with the British but when he does a task for the American’s he is able to move in with Basie and the other American’s but when the American’s turn there back on Jamie and leaves him he goes back to the British who welcomes him back with open arms as if he were one of there kids.

Everyone helped each other out so they could survive. The doctor helped Jamie continue his education, Jamie helps the older people that can not get there own food, he also help people get things that they need. At the end of the movie when the war is all over and Jamie can reunite with his parents he builds another family bound all over again with his mother and father.

In the story the value of family means a lot the Jamie as you can tell. From the doctor helping him, to him helping others, to the British helping him built another family.