Lifeboat
The many characters in Alfred Hitchcock’s classic movie Lifeboat portrayed a variety of alternating task roles not only in creating a fluctuating group dynamic, but fatal decision making as well. Nine characters originally occupied the small lifeboat after their ship was sunk by a German submarine: Connie Porter a female reporter, Mrs. Higgins and her son Johnny, Alice Mackenzie a nurse, Stanley Garret (Sparks) a ship’s officer, Kovac a worker on the ship, Charles Rittenhouse a wealthy factory owner, George Spencer (Joe) ship’s steward, Gus Smith (Schmidt) an injured sailor, and Willy A German naval officer. Through the whole film many of the characters slip back and forth between different roles, oftentimes assuming two or more task roles at once. Connie Porter was the first survivor to be in the boat, aware that the ship was sinking she simply had herself lowered into the lifeboat with her belongings and rowed to safety. In a short while, more survivors began to pull themselves into the boat. Connie being a great reporter tried vainly to save all her belongings during the entire movie and manages to lose all of her worldly possessions including a precious bracelet she had had throughout her career as a reporte
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Approximate Word count = 972
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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