Wednesday, 3 December 2014

How Keyser Söze from 'The Usual Suspects' relates to our character Sebastian Giles


Keyser Söze is the main antagonist from The Usual Suspects. He is a notorious crime lord who’s reputation is so great that it is almost legendary. He is also incredibly ruthless as shown when he responds to an attack on his family by killing his entire family instead of fighting against the attackers like an honourable person. This relates to our thriller because Sebastian also has no regard for the people he kills because he is poisoning Sean Finch with no real concern for his family or anything that he holds dear. Moreover, Söze also blackmails four different convicts into destroying a large shipment of drugs being shipped by his Argentinian rivals due to the fact that his notorious status is a large danger to their lives. This relates to our thriller because Sebastian is also using his power and skills to blackmail Sean into carrying out a crime, just like Keyser Söze was doing with the four criminals he was using. Furthermore, Keyser Söze is shown to be highly intelligent as seen when it is revealed that the supposed hero of the story Verbal Kint was him all along and the entire story that he was telling to the police inspector was completely made up from various details found on a bulletin board. This relates to our thriller because Sebastian is also incredibly intelligent and manipulating as shown when he manages to get Sean to obey him without question or objection since he is almost taunting him when Sean is asking how he is supposed to carry out the crime. 

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