COMPARATIVE ESSAY

1. Name: Deong Khai Keat
Student ID: 0320055
Firm Selected: Lucy & The Guardians of The Galaxy
English II (ELG 30605)
Written Assignment 1: Compare-Contrast Essay
Lecturer: Cassandra Wijesuria
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2. Lucy & The Guardians of the Galaxy
Science fiction movies were becoming a burgeoning
demand in the film industry. The most serious pieces of this
fiction arise from speculation about what may happen if
science makes an extraordinary discovery. Science fiction is
a subdivision of fantastic literature which employs science or
rationalism to create an appearance of plausibility. Science
fiction is a genre of fiction about imaginative fantasy and
science technologies. Of all these explanations above,
Science fiction movies has taken a great part in the movie
industry. Some of them are “Lucy” and “Guardians Of The
Galaxy” film. There are contrast in between them such as
storyline, settings, characteristic of characters and also
moral lessons.
This particular paragraph will be reviewing on the
description storyline describe on both of the movie. “Lucy”
film brings about an ordinary girl with a normal lifestyle.
Unfortunately, she’s involved with the wrong friend which
later changes her life entirely such as obtaining superpowers
with the drugs inside her. The other movie which is
“Guardians Of The Galaxy” tells a story about how they
protect the galaxy from being destroy and that they met lots
of different people from different planets. The difference in

3. here is that “Lucy” is actually a plot about human powers that
are unlocked within from a human capabilities while the
“Guardians Of The Galaxy” is actually a group of different
people came along together and form a team to protect the
universe using weapons and marksman skills.
This particular paragraph will be discussing on the settings
of both the movie. The settings of both movies takes place in
a different environment of each other, which “Lucy” the
movie was filmed in Earth, the place where we human stay
while “Guardians Of The Galaxy” was filmed in galaxy. There
is a big difference between the two of this place which are
clearly different space from each other.
This particular paragraph will be stating on the
characteristic of the characters. The characteristic of the
main character, Lucy in the “Lucy” movie shows a strong-will
woman and actually are able to fight against the fear of her
enemy. While on the “Guardians Of The Galaxy” side, the
main character, Peter Quill is a strong guy with incredible
gun skill while also a kind-hearted guy in the inside when he
decided to hand in the orb which could destroy the whole
universe if it falls into the wrong hands to the Nova Corp.
The difference in characteristic is that Lucy is more of a girl
whose destiny are random strike upon while Peter Quill is

4. actually destined to protect the galaxy with his skills which
later met up with great teammates.
Finally, the moral lessons given in both movies are different
from each other too. The moral lessons in the movie “Lucy”
tells about that there are still lots of things to learn in our
universe and also to be careful in dealing with new friends or
partners. For example, Lucy has thought wrong about Harry,
a guy she met in a pub, to be a good friend of hers.
Eventually, it turns out to be that he is a drug dealer which
leads Lucy’s life a big change. The next movie which is
“Guardians Of The Galaxy” tells a moral lesson about that
we should not judge too quick by a person’s behavior. For
example, Peter Quill started as a thief whom steal precious
things and sell to dealers but in the end he is actually a good
guy which he has also save the universe from being
destroyed by the villians. Both the movie gives people
different moral lessons to learn about it.
Overall, paragraph above stated the contrast of two movie.
Including the movie’s storyline, the contrast between setting,
characteristic and moral value of two movie. Although the
movie chosen looks the same but difference the usage.
Throughout this research, people should know more about
this two movie. In a nutshell, I like Lucy the most, because of

5. how the author combine both the genre action and science
fiction.
Reference
Lucy Tells the Greatest Superhero Origin Story Ever. (n.d.).
Retrieved April 8, 2015, from http://io9.com/lucy-tells-the-
greatest-superhero-origin-story-ever-1610548412
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Synopsis - Plot Summary -
Fandango. (2014, January 1). Retrieved from
http://www.fandango.com/guardiansofthegalaxy_157231/plot
summary