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Film Summary: The Power Of One
The Power of One is a very intriguing movie about an English boy named P.K. And his attempts at changing the lives of the South African natives. P.K. ends up becoming an orphan and moves in with his grandpa. He spends his nights at his grandpa's house and during the day he goes to school, where he gets bullied for being the only English boy in an all Afrikaan school and then after school he visits with his grandpa's friend Doc. Doc shows P.K. how to grow cacti and how to play the piano. Doc ends up getting arrested for being a German and not registering with the government for being a foreigner, but P.K. still continues to visit. At the prison, P.K. is taught how to box by an inmate named Geel. P.K. fights several fights verse several different …show more content…
Geel says the rainmaker is the person who solves the problem, he brings rain to the drought stricken areas, he shows calm and peace to all, and he cools everything down. P.K.'s image as the rainmaker throughout the movie grows immensely. At first, P.K. by fighting against and with blacks shows that blacks and whites can get along and he acts as a model for the rest of them. Then when he arranges the concert at the prison, everyone looks up to him as if he is their leader and he has the answers. Then finally he ends up working with Maria and his friend from school to teach the natives English, but at first he is kind of weary of doing this, until he sees the success of his teachings with the natives. Sadly, in a tragic incident, Maria is then killed, but Guideon and P.K. continue their work of trying to build a better future for the natives of South Africa. Obviously, one can notice that P.K. truly had to grow quick as a person because the death of his father before his birth and the death of his mother when he was around six years old. Through all his experiences he grew from a young little boy to a very compelling

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