Todorov's Narrative Theory (Scarface)

Todorov's Narrative Theory (Scarface)

State of Equilibrium- Tony Montana arrives from Cuba to America, from a bad life, and lives in the refugee camp for some time. Later the refugee camp was burnt down due to violent protests, which makes him want a job at the kebab van.

Disruption of the Equilibrium- He quits his job because he had an argument with his manager and went crazy. Then he gets introduced to some cocaine to trade it around. His drug dealing causes bad problems for Tony and one of his friends. His friend gets chopped up in half with a chainsaw. This is where Tony becomes a 'Don' which leads him into having more cocaine deals. This leads him into Frank Lopez who the connection to the Colombian person Sosa. When Tony builds a relationship with Sosa, the cocaine supply starts to become stable.  Which later helps him get a lot of money. This leads to Tony becoming greats friends with Jerry the banker because tony needs someone to keep his money safe.

Recognition that disorder has occurred- Tony realises after he takes huge chunks of cocaine and acts like he is the biggest "Don" there, which later makes him kill one of his connections-Frank Lopez. He also kills Manny, who was about to marry Tony's sister. After this we can see that the problem has occurred.

Attempt (or attempts) to resolve the situation- Tony and his crew have Colombians after them. The Colombians enter his place and Tony and his little crew are targeted. Tony takes a lot of cocaine which later make him really high. His sister arrives aggressively and drunk shooting at Ton, which makes the cartel change their coordination to Tony. Tony just realises that the cartel were here when his sister gets shot.

Return to equilibrium or establishment of a new equilibrium- Tony starts getting wreckless and attacks everyone due to the large amounts of cocaine he took."You wanna play games" Tony says and one of the men come behind him and takes Tony out. This creates a new equilibrium.