Analysis Of O Brother Where Art Thou

O’ Brother, Where Art Thou? Critical Analysis In “O’ Brother Where Art Thou”, the protagonist of the movie was Ulysses Everett McGill, an escapee from prison who takes his partners, Delmar and Pete, with him on his adventure to find his wife, Penny. The group of inmates follow a false promise of fortune from Everett. Several events in the plot relate to Homer’s epic, The Odyssey, such as the sirens attracting the boys into the water, Big Dan, a bible salesman, as the Cyclops, Big Dan killing a toad thought to be Pete, just as the Cyclops killed Odysseus’ crew, and the group dressing as KKK members to disguise themselves from Big Dan similarly to Odysseus and his crew disguising themselves as sheep to escape the cave of Polyphemus. “O’ Brother,

They illustrate the organization of the Ku Klux Klan, and their rituals. They also portray the effects of the Great Depression, as the poor lower class people are mistreated by the richer and more overweight people. Pete’s cousin shows the relationship between financial institutions and the lower class, as he employs his own son to shoot anyone from the bank. “O’ Brother, Where Art Thou?” accurately relays the lower class struggle, and upper class corruption. The movie also is produced in a filter, allowing the audience to historically define the period as dry, and harsh, as most of the tones in the movie are neutral. The vitalization of older jazz music also helps in producing a 1930s vibe. However, this movie represents political power as well. Within the film, two candidates for governor are running, and both represent two different aspects of higher society, Pappy O’Daniel representing the old wealth of the area, and Homer Stokes representing the white supremacist and racist violence of the area. This reinforces the information about southern culture, as the KKK became a large group around this time period, and racial prejudice was found in southern