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The figured world that I will be observing over the semester is the film series, The Fastand the Furious . The Fast and the Furious is produced by Universal Pictures. The series startedin 2001 and is still in progress. The film series is centered on illegal street racing and robbery. Ichose this series because I am interesting in fast cars. Also it has my favorite actors and actressesin it, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jordana Brewster. It is really sad

because when I was little I wanted to be a part of that lifestyle. The figured world is street carclubs and criminals, some of the artifacts are the cars and tools they use to rob places and someof the actors are Brian OConnor, Dominic Toretto , Letty Ortiz, and Mia Toretto. In the figuredworld, they risk their lives to be a criminal; they lose everything they have because they arealways on the run. During each of the films, they are in different locations around the world.For example in the fifth film, they are in Rio. The purpose of this figured world is to show afictional lifestyle of criminals living on the run. They get close to being arrested and put in prisonfor life, but they always find a way to get away from the federal agents. In the sixth film,Dominic and his crew team up with the federal agents to catch Owen Shaw from stealing amilitary computer chip. The only way Dominic and his crew would help would be if they got full

pardons. The activities that are acceptable in this figured world is racing, stealing money and

drugs, and boosting cars. The forms of communication are talking on walkie talkies, flirtation,and face-to-face conversation. Being loud is expected during racing, but when they are stealingthey are somewhat quiet. The behaviors that may be inappropriate for this figured world would

be turning your back on family and getting caught by the law. The discourse communities Iexpect to find during my observation are criminals, federal agents, street racers, and drug lords.All these discourse communities follow the set guidelines I learned from English 1101.

Observation OneMonday, January 27, 2014

Time: 5:00AM-9:40AM, 10:00AM-12:00PM

Description of the Location: There was not a set location for Fast & Furious . The movie begins in the Dominican Republic, where Dominic (Vin Diesel) and his team highjack a fueltanker. After the high jacking, Dominic leaves his girlfriend, Letty (Michelle Rodriguez)

because the cops are after him and does not want her to be harmed. He goes to Panama City.While he is in Panama City, Letty goes back to Los Angeles. She goes undercover to help Brian(Paul Walker), FBI agent, to catch a drug lord and c lear Dominics name so he can come home.While she is undercover, she is murdered. While Dom is in Panama City, he gets a call from hissister, Mia (Jordana Brewster) saying Letty was murdered. Dom risks getting caught by the FBI

by returning to Los Angeles to find who murdered his girlfriend. Brian goes undercover to findout information on the drug lord, Campos/Braga (John Ortiz). The only way to get close toBraga is to win a street race. When Brian gets to the street race, he sees Dominic. The streetrace takes place in Los Angeles. Dominic and Brian both become part of Bragas team. Bragawants them to deliver heroin for him between the Mexico-United States border. When they getthe shipment they hide it and make a deal with Campos. Brian talks to the FBI about Dominicand asked them if they pull this job off, they have to let Dominic free. When they go to make thedrop they realize Campos is Braga. Braga escapes and goes to Mexico. Brian and Dominic goto Mexico to catch Braga and turn him in.


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F igur ed Worl d: A f igur ed world i s a set of ru les withi n a social and cultur al settin g. Withi nthe fi gured worl ds actors use arti facts to communicate .

Rules and Convention for Appropriate Behavior: Since, The Fast & Furious has manyfigured worlds that variety in set rules. The activities that are acceptable in this figured world is

racing, boosting cars, and smuggling drugs across the border. One major discourse communityduring this movie is FBI. Their set rules are following direct orders from their bosses, take thecase serious, go undercover whenever needed, and find the criminals. Another figured worldwith set rules would be Bragas team. Their set rules are following his orders, do not disobeyhim, ask no questions, smuggle drugs across the border, and definitely do not turn him into theFBI. The forms of communication are talking on cell phones, walkie talkies, GPS, and face-to-face. They use walkie-talkies while driving because it is easier and the FBI cannot track thesignal. The GPS is a form of communication because it tells them where they are supposed togo. During the movie there is a lot of face-to-face communication. Being loud is expectedduring racing, but when they are stealing they are somewhat quiet. Also when they use guns orexplode cars there is loud sounds. The behaviors that may be inappropriate for this figured

world would be turning their back on family and getting caught by the law. An inappropriate behavior for Bragas team would be turning their back o n him and turning him in. Also another behavior would be killing his men or him. An inappropriate behavior for the FBI would bedisobeying orders and not taking their job seriously.

Actors: A ctors are the in dividuals that play a specif ic rol e in the figured worl d. Th ere aremany actors in the fi lm, but I chose the ones that ar e the main actors. The major actors are:

Dominic Toretto: Street racer and hijacker from the United States. Dominic iswanted for numerous crimes he has committed. When Letty dies, he comes backto revenge for her death.

Brian OConner: A former police officer and street racer from United States.

Brian is a FBI agent trying to take down Braga. Mia Toretto: Dominics sister and Brians ex -girlfriend. She makes sureDominic knows when Letty dies.

Letty Ortiz: Dominics girlfriend. She dies at the beginning of the movie. Campos/Braga: A drug lord. He wants to smuggle heroin over the border.

Ar tif acts: I tems/emotions that are sign if icant to actors and help us to determin e what theirbehaviors are.

Fast cars: Fast cars shows that they are street racers. GPS: Using a GPS to tell what direction they need to go. Lettys Death: Lettys death is a very emotional part of the movie. Dominic risk

getting caught by the FBI to see Lettys funereal and the scene of the accident. Guns: They use guns to display who is in power and also for protection againstBraga and his team.

Di scour se Communi ties: Th ese are groups that have the same common goals and ways ofcooperating.

Street racers: Dominic and Brian are street racers. Each of them has been inmultiple street races. They are street racing now to become part of Bragas team


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to get revenge for Lettys death and lock him up. There are many street racers.They all want to win and become the best.

Criminals: Dominic is a criminal. Dom and his team hijack cars and trucks.Their common goal is to make money and do not get caught.

FBI Agents: Brian is a FBI agent. He is trying to take down Braga. Their

common goal is to get justice and put the criminals away for life. Drug Lords: Braga is a drug lord. He wants to smuggle drugs across the borderso he can make money. Their common goal is to not get caught and also to makemoney off the drugs they sell.

L iteracy Practices: Ways of communicating both wri tten and spoken. I t may be nonverbal orverbal.

Walkie-Talkies: They use walkie-talkies to communicate when driving. Flirtation: When they are at clubs are the women are all over them.

Figure 1: Dominic and Brian arrest Braga

The Observation for F ast & Fu rious :Note: Th e times given are times I beli eved were in the fi lm. Th e Description of the Locationgives a brief summary before what is observed.

5:00AM Dominic and Brian leave Los Angeles and head to Mexico. They meet up with Gisele(Gal Gadot). She is close to Braga and gives them information on where to find Braga inMexico.9:00AM Braga goes to a church in Mexico. Braga gives the Priest a bag of money. The Priestgives him a blessing. After the blessing Braga prays.


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9:05AM Dominic and Brian show up. They threaten him. Dominic puts a gun at him and tellshim he is going back across the border. Brian arrests him. They leave the church. Bragas mengo looking for him.9:10AM Dominic and Brian head back to the Mexico/United States border. Dominic is in hisown car, while Brian has Braga with him in his car. Fenix (Laz Alonso) goes after Dominic and

Brian. Bragas men show up and start shooting at their cars.9:15AM Cars are chasing Dominic and Brian to get Braga back. Braga tells Brian that they aredead men and asked if they know where they are going.9:20AM Dominic and Brian make it to the tunnels that connect the United States to Mexico.The tunnels are small and very hard to get away from anyone.9:25AM Dominic, Brian, and Fenix are still in the tunnels.9:30AM Brian gets out of the tunnel with Braga. Fenix is right behind them. When Brian andFenix get out of the tunnel they crash their cars. Dominic is still in the tunnel. Fenix pulls Bragaout of Brians car. 9:35AM Brian gets out of his car and Fenix is about to shoot Brian when Dominic comes outof the tunnel and hits Fenix and kills him.

Figure 2: Felix is about to shot Brian

9:40AM The cops show up. Brian tells Dominic to run. Dominic tells Brian he is donerunning. The cops take Dominic away.Couple days later10:00AM The judge sentences Dominic to twenty-five years in prison with no parole.12:00PM Brian, Mia, and their crew hijack the bus taking Dominic to prison.End

Observation TwoMonday, February 3, 2014

Time: 11:55AM-12:30PM, 7 months later, 8 months later


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Description of the Location: The set location for Fast Five is Rio. The movie begins where thefourth installment ends with Mia (Jordana Brewster) and Brian (Paul Walker) high jacking the

bus taking Dominic (Vin Diesel) to prison. While the federal agents look for them, they flee toRio. While Mia and Brian wait for Dom to arrive, they meet up with their friend Vince (MattSchulze) to steal cars from a train. Dom arrives with the rest of the crew. While they are

stealing the cars off the train, the DEA agents that are on the train notice and go back to check itout. Mia gets away leaving Dom and Brian behind. Brian attacks one of the guys because theywere trying to go after Mia. One of the other men kills the three DEA agents. Dom takes thelast car to save Brian. Brian jumps off the car into Dom s car. Dom and Brian crash the car intoa river and are taken back to Hernan Reyes (Joaquim de Almeida). Before they are questioned;they escape and go to their safe house. They examine the car, that Mia brought back, and noticethere is a chip containing Reyes criminal world. Word gets back to the federal agents that DEAagents were killed and Dom and his crew are blamed. The federal agents send DSS Luke Hobbs(Dwayne Johnson) to bring them back to the US. Hobbs asks for a local officer, her name isElena Neves (Elsa Pataky). Elena asks Hobbs why he wanted her on his team. Hobbs said she ismotivated because when her husband was murdered she became a police officer. Hobbs finds

their safe house, but is too late because Reyes men ambushed the house and Dom, Mia, andBrian escape. Once they escape, they come up with a plan to steal Reyes money and start a newlife. They organize a team to perform a heist. The team consists of Han (Sung Kang), Roman(Tyrese Gibson), Tej (Chris Bridges), Gisele (Gal Gadot), Leo (Tego Calderon), and Santos(Don Omar). Dom and his crew plan their heist. Hobbs tries to arrest them but does notsucceed. Tej puts a tracker on Hobbs truck. When Hobbs finds the tracker he reverses the GPSlocation and goes to Doms safe house. Some of Doms crew leaves to get ready for the robbery.

F igur ed Worl d: A f igur ed world i s a set of ru les withi n a social and cultur al settin g. Withi nthe fi gured worl ds actors use arti facts to communicate .

Rules and Convention for Appropriate Behavior: Since, Fast Five has many figured worldsthat variety in set rules. The activities that are acceptable in this figured world is racing andstealing money from the crime lord in Rio. One major discourse community during this movie isDiplomatic Security Service (DSS). Their set rules are following direct orders from their bosses,take the case serious, and find the criminals. Another figured world with set rules would beReyes team. Their set rules are following his orders; do not disobey him, and making sure hismoney is secure. Another figured world is Doms crew. Their set rules are not to get caught andsteal the money to start a new life. The forms of communication are talking on walkie talkiesand face-to-face. They use walkie-talkies while driving because it is easier and the agents cannottrack the signal. During the movie there is a lot of face-to-face communication. During thismovie, they are loud because there is street racing. When they are stealing money they are quiet.Also, when they use guns or explosives the sound is loud. The behaviors that may beinappropriate for this figured world would be getting caught by the law. An inappropriate

behavior for Reyes team would be his money not being safe. An inapp ropriate behavior for theDSS would be disobeying orders and not taking their job seriously.

Actors: A ctors are the in dividuals that play a specif ic rol e in the figured wor ld. Th ere aremany actors in the fi lm, but I chose the ones that ar e the main actors. The major actors are:


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Dominic Toretto: Street racer and criminal from the United States. Dominic iswanted for numerous crimes he has committed. Dom and his crew pull of the

biggest heist of their life. Brian OConner: A former FBI agent and street racer from United States. Brian

resigns from the FBI after they refused to let Dom go free. He is in a relationship

with Mia. Mia Toretto: Dominics sister and Brians girlfriend. Brian and her free Domfrom the bus taking him to prison. She goes to Rio with them. She announcesthat she is pregnant.

Vince: Vince is Doms childhood friend. He sets up the job to steal the cars fromthe train, which does not turn out as planned.

Roman: Brians childhood friend. Brian brought him on the team b ecause hecan talk his way out of anything.

Tej: Brians and Romans friend from Miami. He is good with computers andsurveillance.

Han: Han is a street racer. He was on Doms team when they were in theDominican Republic. He becomes Giseles love interest. Gisele: Gisele is a formal Mossad agent. She is not afraid to fight. She becomesHans love interest.

Leo: Leo was on Doms team in the Dominican Republic. He does the dirtywork with Santos.

Santos: Santos was on Doms team in the Dom inican Republic. He helps Leowith the dirty work.

Reyes: Reyes is a coldblooded drug lord acting as a legitimate business man inRio.

Hobbs: Hobbs is a DSS agent. He was asked to go find Dom, Brian, and Miaand bring them back to the US.

Elena: Elena is a police officer in Rio. She became a police officer after herhusband was killed. She becomes part of Hobbs team because he says she knowsRio better than anyone. She becomes Doms love interest.

Ar tif acts: I tems/emotions that are sign if icant to actors and help u s to determin e what theirbehaviors are.

Police cars: They use police cars to blend in so the cameras do not see it is them. Guns: They use guns to display who is in power and also for protection against

Reyes and his crew. Also, they use them to protect themselves from the DSSagents.

Police Scanners: Mia uses the scanner to see where the police are. Binoculars: They use binoculars to see from far away without being noticed. Remote control car with a camera: Roman brings the remote control car in a

box to the police station in Rio as evidence (the police do not know what is in the box). The officer takes the box to the evidence room where the vault with themoney is. Tej uses the remote control to drive the car around the room to seewhat the vault looks like.


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Blueprint of the police station: The team uses the blueprint to see where thevault is and plan a way to steal the money.

Tracker: They use a tracker to track Hobbs car.

Di scour se Communi ties: Th ese are groups that have the same common goals and ways of

cooperating. Street racers: Dominic and Brian are street racers. Each of them have been inmultiple street races. During the film, they street race to win fast cars for theheist.

Criminals: Dominic and his crew are all criminals. Their common goal is tosteal the money and not to get caught.

DSS Agents: Hobbs is a DSS agent. He is trying to take down Dominic and histeam. Their common goal is to get justice and put the criminals away for life.

Drug Lord: Reyes is a drug lord in Rio. He portrays himself as a wealthy business man. He has a $100 million. He secures it in a police station.


Walkie-Talkies: They use walkie-talkies to communicate. Mia uses the walkie-talkies to tell the team how long their window is when they are stealing themoney.

Flirtation: Gisele flirts with Reyes to get his hand print for the safe. Face-to-face: During the movie, there is a lot of face-to-face communication. Spanish: Since the movie is in Rio most of the people there speak Spanish to

communicate.

Figure 3: Brian and Mia living on the beach after the heist


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The Observation for F ast Fi ve :Note: Th e times given are times I beli eved were in the fi lm. The Description of th e L ocationgives a brief summary before what is observed.

11:55AM Hobbs shows up at the safe house Dom, Brian, Mia and Vince try to run, but they

cannot. Hobbs and Dom start fighting each other. Dom is about to bear Hobbs head in with awrench, but Mia screams his name in terror.12:00PM Hobbs arrests Dom and some of his crew. While they are going to the airport to meetup with the US Marshall, they get ambushed by Reyes men. Hobbs starts shooting at them.Elena cuts Dom and his crew. Dom and his team save Hobbs by killing Reyes men. Whilefighting Vince gets shot in the side. Vince tells Dom that he needs to meet his son Nico. Dom

promises Vince he will. Vince dies.12:05PM They head back to the safe house. Dom tells the team they are still going throughwith the plan. Most of them are not happy because Vince just died and they do not think it issafe. Hobbs tells Dom he will help with the mission. Then everyone follows and continues withthe plan. Reyes tripled the security at the police station.

12:10PM Hobbs crashes into the wall with the vault. Dom and Brian pull up and hook cablesto the vault and onto their cars. Hobbs and Elena are shooting at the police. Dom and Brian startdriving which breaks the wall and sets the vault free. They start driving down the road with thesafe behind them. Police are following them. Mia is telling Dom and Brian which way to go.The vault is destroying everything in its way.12:15PM They are still driving trying to get away from the cops. Mia is telling them howmuch time they have. Police are wrecking all over the streets. Police start shooting at them.The police are gaining on them fast. Han and Roman show up and start wrecking the other

police cars. Their window of time has increased to ten seconds.12:20PM Reyes and his men follow them. Dom and Brian are still driving, but they cannot goanywhere because they are on a bridge. Brian says there are too many cops and they will notmake it. Dom says that he is right and they will not, but Brian will. Brian says he is not leavinghim. Mia tells them just to let the vault go. Dom says Brian is a father and he needs to cut loose.Brian and Mia say that is not the plan. Dom says that was always the plan. Dom cuts Brianscable loose. Brian is pissed. Dom revs the engine and starts driving head on towards Reyes andhis men. He is swerving around so the vault hit the cop cars in his way.12:25PM Reyes men start shooting at Dom. Dom swerves so hard that the vault rolls aroundto the front of the car and takes out one of Re yes mens car. Dom jumps out of his car becausethe vault starts to pull it. Doms car crashes into the car Reyes is in. One of Reyes men tries tokill Dom, but Brian came back and kills him before he shoots Dom. Hobbs shows up and shootsReyes in the chest. Hobbs gives Dom and his team twenty-four hours to get out of town, but themoney stays with him. Dom and Brian leave before Hobbs opens the vault. Hobbs opens thevault and there is no money in it.


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Figure 4: Hobbs and Elena talking to Dom and Brian.

12:30PM Leo, Santos, and Gisele have the vault with the money in it. When Dom and Brianhad the ten second window they unhooked the vault from their cars and put it inside a garbagetruck that Gisele was driving. The n Leo and Santos hook a different vault onto Doms andBrians car. They go back to the safe house. Tej unlocks the vault. The vault has $100 millionand everyone gets $11 million of that.7 months laterDom gives Vinces share of the money to Vinces wife. Leo and Santos go to a casino inMonaco. Tej builds a garage to fix cars in. Roman spends his money on cars and luxury items.Han and Gisele go to Berlin. Brian and Mia settle down on a tropical beach. Dom and Elenalive near them too. Brian challenges Dom to a race to see who the better driver is.8 months laterHobbs gets a file on his desk. He says he is not interested if it is not Dom and his team. Hiscolleague said he would be interested if he looked inside of it. When he looks at it, he sees it isLetty. He is in shock because everyone thought she was dead. His colleague asked if he

believes in ghosts.End

Observation ThreeTuesday, February 4, 2014

Time: 8:55PM-9:30PM, 3 months later

Description of the Location: The set location for Fast and Furious 6 is in London and Spain.The movie begins where the fifth installment ends with Brian (Paul Walker) and Dom (VinDiesel) racing. Mia (Jordana Brewster) gives birth to a baby boy named Jack. Hobbs (DwayneJohnson) shows up at Doms house asking for his help. Hobbs shows Dom the file with Lettys(Michelle Rodriguez) picture in it. Dom is in shock because she was dead. Dom tells Hobbs it is


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a deal. Dom goes to tell Brian about Letty. Brian is angry at first because he knows that agentsdo this to get inside peoples head. Dom told him he needs to know if it is really her. Brian saysthat he is coming with him. Dom calls up his old team consisting of Han (Sung Kang), Roman(Tyrese Gibson), Tej (Chris Bridges), and Gisele (Gal Gadot). Hobbs has a new partner namedRiley Hicks (Gina Carano). Hobbs told the team that if they pull this off they get full pardons.

While in London, they fight Shaws team around the city. Brian goes back to the US undercoverto get information from Braga (John Ortiz) in prison and he asked him abo ut Lettys death.Braga tells Brian that Shaw knew about her being undercover. He also said that Fenix did notshoot her and Shaw went to the hospital to finish that job, but could not because she did notremember anything. Shaw and his team go to Spain. Brian gets back to London before the teamleaves for Spain. While they are there Doms team takes down Shaw and takes him to themilitary base. When they are on a military base they give the computer chip back to the military.

F igur ed Worl d: A f igur ed world is a set of ru les withi n a social and cultur al settin g. Withi nthe fi gured worl ds actors use arti facts to communicate .

Rules and Convention for Appropriate Behavior: Since, Fast and Furious 6

has manyfigured worlds that variety in set rules. The activities that are acceptable in this figured world areracing and helping the feds take down Owen Shaw (Luke Evans). One major discoursecommunity during this movie is Diplomatic Security Service (DSS). Their set rules arefollowing direct orders from their bosses, take the case serious, and find the criminals. Anotherfigured world with set rules would be Shaw team. Their set rules are following his orders, do notdisobey him, and making sure they get the computer chip is safe. Another figured world isDoms crew. Their set rules are not to get caught and steal the money to start a new life. Theforms of communication are talking on walkie talkies and face-to-face. They use walkie-talkieswhile driving because it is easier. During the movie there is a lot of face-to-face communication.During this movie, they are loud because there is street racing. Also, when they use guns orexplosives the sound is loud. The behaviors that may be inappropriate for this figured worldwould be getting c aught by the law. An inappropriate behavior for Shaws team would be theyget got and die. An inappropriate behavior for the DSS would be disobeying orders and nottaking their job seriously.

Actors: A ctors are the in dividuals that play a specif ic rol e in the figured wor ld. Th ere aremany actors in the fi lm, but I chose the ones that ar e the main actors. The major actors are:

Dominic Toretto: Street racer and criminal from the United States. Dominic iswanted for numerous crimes he has committed. Dom and his crew pull of the

biggest heist of their life in Rio. He is asked to help Hobbs with a mission whenhe realizes Letty is still alive. He lives with Elena after Rio.

Brian OConner: A former FBI agent and street racer from United States. He isin a relationship with Mia.

Mia Toretto: Dominics sister and Brians girlfriend. She stays at home with the baby when Brian goes on the new mission.

Roman: Brians childhood friend. Brian brought him on the team because hecan talk his way out of anything. He lives in luxury after Rio.

Tej: Brians and Romans friend from Miami. He is good with computers andsurveillance. He lives in luxury after Rio.


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Han: Han is a street racer. He was on Doms team when they were in theDominican Republic. He dates Gisele. He lives with Gisele in Hong Kong.

Gisele: Gisele is a formal Mossad agent. She is not afraid to fight. She datesHan. She lives with Han in Hong Kong

Hobbs: Hobbs is a DSS agent. He is asked to take down Owen Shaw. He needs

Doms and his teams help. Elena: Elena is a police officer from Rio. She became a police officer after herhusband was killed. She lives with Dom after the heist in Rio.

Owen: He is a former Special Air Service soldier now leading a heist. Riley: She is part of Hobbs team. Letty: She is Dominics former girlfriend. She also was believed to be dead. Braga: Shaws former henchman. Brian put him in prison during Fast and

Furious .

Ar tif acts: I tems/emotions that are sign if icant to actors and help u s to determin e what theirbehaviors are.

Fast cars: They use fast cars to drive fast and catch up with Shaw and his team. Guns: They use guns to display who is in power and also for protection against

Shaw and his crew. Binoculars: They use binoculars to see from far away without being noticed.

Di scour se Communi ties: Th ese are groups that have the same common goals and ways ofcooperating.

Street racers: Dominic is a street racer. He has been in multiple street races.During the film, he challenges Letty to a street race, so he can get a chance to talkto her. The street racers race in the streets of London.

Criminals: Dominic and his crew are all criminals, but they are offered full pardons if they help take down Shaw and his team. Shaw and his team are theworst criminals. Their common goal is to steal the money and not to get caught.

DSS Agents: Hobbs is a DSS agent. He is trying to take down Shaw and histeam. Their common goal is to get justice and put the criminals away for life.


Walkie-Talkies: They use walkie-talkies to communicate. They use them tocommunicate where Shaw is and what his team is doing.

Flirtation: Gisele flirts with a guy that made a car for Shaw to get informationon where Shaw is.

Face-to-face: During the movie, there is a lot of face-to-face communication.


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Figure 5: The team in Los Angeles after the mission.

The Observation for F ast & F uri ous 6 :Note: Th e times given are times I beli eved were in the fi lm. Th e Description of the Locationgives a br ief summary before what i s observed.

8:55PM Hobbs arrests Shaw and his men. The team thinks everything is over. They talk aboutwhat they are going to do after they get full pardon.9:00PM Hobbs questions Shaw. Hobbs tells Dom he needs to hear what Shaw has to say.Shaw tells them that they have not won. He told Brian to call Mia. Shaws team took Mia.Brian hits Shaw because Mia is at harm. They cut Shaw loose and give him the computer chip.Hobbs tells Dom that once they let Shaw go it is over. Hobbs and his girlfriend Riley leave witheach other. Riley is a dirty cop. That is why Shaw knows everything about Doms crew.


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Figure 6: Shaw is telling Dom that they have not won.

9:05PM Shaw calls his men to kill Mia, but Tej blocks the signal. Dom and his team go afterShaw and his team. They are driving down an airstrip. A huge cargo plane comes down to helpShaw get away. Dom and his crew crash into Shaws mens car. While on the plane Riley triesto shoot Mia, but Dom hits her and starts shooting at everyone. Mia runs. Doms crew tries tokeep the plane from taking off. Letty and Riley fight. Shaw is going after Mia.9:10PM Brian fights Shaw. Dom knocks out Shaw before he shoots Brian. Mia and Briandrive out of the plane. Doms team shoots at the wings with a harpoon to keep it from taking off.Hobbs helps Dom fight Shaw and one of Shaws men. The plane starts lifting up off the ground.They are still fighting each other.9:15PM Letty and Riley are still fighting. Hobbs gives Letty a harpoon to shoot Riley. Lettytells Riley she chose the wrong team and kills her. The plane is starting to take off. Gisele isfighting one of Shaws men. She is about to fall off the car and Han saves her, but the guy triesto kill Han so she lets go and shoots at the guy and falls to the ground. She dies. Han gets madand kills the guy. Hobbs and Letty jump out of the plane onto Romans car. Dom goes to getthe computer chip in Shaws car. Shaw falls out of the plane and dies. The plane crashes.9:20PM Dom is still in the plane while it is crashing and exploding. Dom drives a car throughthe plane but crashes and gets caught in the debris off the plane, which is on fire. The rest of thecrew is safe.9:25PM They watch for Dom. Dom comes walking out of the fire. Letty walks up to him andhugs him. Mia notices Gisele is gone. Han breaks down in tears.9:30PM Dom gives Hobbs the computer chip. Hobbs tells Dom to name his price. Dom says1327. Roman and Tej are confused. 1327 is the house number of Doms house in Los Angeles. 3 months laterThe team has full pardons. They are back in Los Angeles. They are cooking dinner for their

barbeque. Mia and Brian show Jack around the house. Han tells them he is going to Tokyo.Hobbs comes to the house to give them their papers.


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InterviewsTuesday, February 4, 2014

Dominic and Brian:Tell me about your criminal lives. How has it affect your lifestyle?

Dom : I live my life a quarter mile at a time. Nothing else matters. For those ten secondsor less, I am free. I have been a criminal for a while now. I have high jacked trucks andstolen money. My life has changed dramatically. I was always running from the law.When Hobbs asked me and my team to help him with a mission, I was hesitant but he

promised to give us full pardons.Brian : I never use to be a criminal, but once you fall in love with someone who isrelated to a criminal, things change. I was an undercover cop when I met Mia and Dom.My job was to bring Dom in, but I could not do that to Mia. I lost my job. The years

moved on and I became a FBI agent after helping the police in Miami with an undercover job. While I was an FBI agent, I went undercover again and helped arrest a drug lord.While I was undercover Dom showed up and the FBI wanted me to bring him in also. Itold them Dom could help us if they gave him full pardon. After we brought the druglord into custody, they did not let Dom go free, so I left the bureau. I left the US withMia and Dom and we did another heist in Rio. During the heist, Mia told me she was

pregnant. After we pulled of the robbery, we had our son Jack. My life has gone fromgood to bad. People tell me I am a corrupt cop. I never thought I would be a criminal. Itis a different feeling when you are on the other side of the law.

Tell me about the day you found out Letty died.Dom : When Mia called me about Lettys death, I was in Panama City. I washeartbroken. I risked getting caught to go to her funeral, but I know she would do thesame for me.Brian : When I found out about Lettys death, I felt guilty. I was the one who told her togo undercover. It was my fault she died.

Tell me about th e concept of Ride or Die. Dom and Brian : The concept of Ride or Die is you are family no matter what goeson, through thick or thin, and through it all the good and the bad. You never turn your

back on family.

Dominic:Give an example of one of the heist you have done.

Dom : The best heist I have done would be the one in Rio. That was the biggest andhardest heist that I have ever done. The reward of the heist was big too.

Tell me about your team and why you choose these people.Dom : My team is made up of people I can trust, people that know what to do in thegiven situations, and knows how to drive fast cars. I choose these people because I cantrust them and they are loyal.

When you were in the Dominican Republic why did you leave Letty?Dom : I left Letty because I wanted her to be safe. I did not want her to be in this


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lifestyle anymore. When I was told she was dead, I blamed myself because I hurt hermore than anything by leaving her.

Tell me about the street racer life. How does someone become a part of it?Dom : Being a street racer is a lifestyle. You have to know everything about cars. It isnot that you become a part of the street racer life; it is that you understand everything

about cars and racing. You have to understand the concepts of winning. You can be agood racer, but if you do not win then there is no point in being a racer. Winning iswinning, no matter is you win by an inch or a mile.

Brian:Tell me about how you became an FBI agent.

Brian : I became an FBI agent after helping the police in Miami with a job that they had.I was not a cop anymore at that time because I lost my job in Los Angeles. Becoming anFBI agent is not easy.

Tell me about being an FBI agent.Brian : Being an FBI agent was interesting. It is definitely different than being a cop.

How hard was it to be undercover?Brian : It was hard going undercover because you have to live a totally separate life andyou cannot get too attached.

Mia:How hard is it to sit at home while you know your brother is running from the law?

Mia : It was really hard to sit at home knowing any minute I could get a call saying hewas dead or saying he is going to prison.

Tell me about yours and Brians relationship. Mia : I met Brian in Los Angeles. Once he told me he was a cop and had to turn my

brother in I was furious. I loved him and for him to lie to me made me mad. Then whenLetty died, he knew Dom was coming back, so he asked me questions about Dom. Brianand Dom teamed up to find the guy who killed Letty. When Dom was going to prison,Brian left the bureau because they promised Dom could go free if he helped. When hedid that I was so proud of him. When we went to Rio for the robbery, I told him I was

pregnant and he was so happy. We have a son named Jack.Tell me about the day you found out about Letty.

Mia : When I found out about Letty, I did not know what to do. She was a sister to me.It felt like my whole world came crashing down that day. I knew I had to call Dom to tellhim.

Letty:Tell me about the day you woke up in the hospital.

Letty : Waking up in the hospital and not knowing what was going on was scary. No onecould give me answers. Shaw was the only person who visited me in the hospital and Idid not even know who he was.

How was it working for Owen Shaw?Letty : He is very interesting. He only thinks of himself. When someone dies he doesnot care. I did not like working for Shaw after a while because he could care less whathappened to me.

Tell me about your first meeting with Dominic since your accident.


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Letty : My first meeting with Dominic was interesting. He thought I remember him, butafter my accident I lost my memory. Dom was trying to take down my boss Owen Shawat the time, so when he noticed it was me he followed me instead of Shaw. We stoppedour cars and got out. The first thing I did was shoot him. Then I left.

The pictures that are in this document were screen shots that I took on my computer.

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