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Farhad's 'Vandalism In The Film'
Farhad is a Persian immigrant who lives in Los Angeles. It starts out when he visits a gun store with his daughter Dorrci. Then the gun store owner gets angry when he starts speaking his native language. Then he is kicked out of the gun store. He personally owns a store. His aggressive behavior begins when he has problems with his own door. He calls a locksmith to fix the door. Farhad has trouble speaking English. The locksmith who is Daniel tells Farhad that he needs a new door. Then later in the movie Farhad finds out that there is graffiti in the store that is offensive towards his ethnic group. He calls Insurance but insurance to doesn’t cover vandalism because of his door. Farhad blames Daniel and asks the insurance company to give

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