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Grand Torino
Theme used: Racism, Culture Clash and Peer Pressure
Story line:
A Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood), is a grumpy, tough-minded and border-line hateful widower, who is the lone white home owner in an increasingly ethnic neighborhood dominated by Asians. A Korean War veteran, he's unable to get along with either of his children or his neighbors. But when Thao, a Hmong teenage neighbor attempts to steal his 1973 mint condition, Gran Torino, Kowalski reluctantly tries to reform the youth
Main Character Walt
This also happens to the main character of Walt who is a grumpy person who feels is it to be able to connect with his neighbours. One night he caught a person named Thao who wanted to steel his Gran Torino 1972. Later on he tells his family and they find out and order their son to help his neighbours out. As they are helping out they build a strong relationship between each other and shows how a role model to the young men can affect them in society. This includes differentiating the difference between giving into peer pressure and not giving in, as shown in the movie
Themes of Culture Clash
The star, Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski, an aging Korean War vet, is in the throws of unwanted change as he sees his beloved Highland Park, Michigan neighborhood disintegrate. From older white neighbors moving out as new Asian families move in from his wife’s recent death and his indifference to his children — to his unwanted encounters with religion ethnicity and diversity are embraced by very few characters in the film it is a series of adversarial behaviors with specific struggles… but the film’s redemption comes from the knowledge that with friendship and understanding can come change.
Racism
Another them is racism. Racism is shown through the character personality of Walt. In the movie it shows he has killed many of Koreans in the World War II. Walt find himself living in a suburb which consist of an Asian Neighborhood.
Grand Torino
Theme used: Racism, Culture Clash and Peer Pressure
Story line:
A Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood), is a grumpy, tough-minded and border-line hateful widower, who is the lone white home owner in an increasingly ethnic neighborhood dominated by Asians. A Korean War veteran, he's unable to get along with either of his children or his neighbors. But when Thao, a Hmong teenage neighbor attempts to steal his 1973 mint condition, Gran Torino, Kowalski reluctantly tries to reform the youth
Main Character Walt
This also happens to the main character of Walt who is a grumpy person who feels is it to be able to connect with his neighbours. One night he caught a person named Thao who wanted to steel his Gran Torino 1972. Later on he tells his family and they find out and order their son to help his neighbours out. As they are helping out they build a strong relationship between each other and shows how a role model to the young men can affect them in society. This includes differentiating the difference between giving into peer pressure and not giving in, as shown in the movie
Themes of Culture Clash
The star, Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski, an aging Korean War vet, is in the throws of unwanted change as he sees his beloved Highland Park, Michigan neighborhood disintegrate. From older white neighbors moving out as new Asian families move in from his wife’s recent death and his indifference to his children — to his unwanted encounters with religion ethnicity and diversity are embraced by very few characters in the film it is a series of adversarial behaviors with specific struggles… but the film’s redemption comes from the knowledge that with friendship and understanding can come change.
Racism
Another them is racism. Racism is shown through the character personality of Walt. In the movie it shows he has killed many of Koreans in the World War II. Walt find himself living in a suburb which consist of an Asian Neighborhood.