Power Of One Theme

Prejudice is the unjustified discrimination against a particular thing, whether it be music, food, a breed of canine, a particular race of humans. Prejudice customarily stems from the nescience of people, prejudging anything without having first examined it. This in turn, forms in the minds of some and ruptures into a blind and confident opinion, however monstrous it is. Though ignorance is a strong characteristic of prejudice, family morals or even fear can develop prejudice further to become something more widespread and embedded into culture. The Film 'The Power of One' (1992) filmed by David Avildsen and ' The Help' (2011)directed by Tate Taylor; both explore these themes of prejudice deeply.
The entrenchment of prejudice into family values can stem further to become a widespread quandary. In the power of one P.K. goes to Maria’s house to ask her father for sanction to date Maria. A panning shot is then exhibited across the wall of Professor Daniel Marais study, exhibiting a painting depicting" great" moments in their family history, withal displaying the racial prejudice of their family through time. Not only does it show this but it supplementally shows how ones family morals and notions can dehumanize others and engender the inequitable acts towards them."The problems of South
Fear is additionally shown in the prison with the zulu tribes as they are to trepidacious to stand up against the Afrikaners because of the dire consequences. "You are a bunch of shit eaters, aren't you, Kaffir?" "No, Baas" "What you say?" "Yes,Baas." "Bloody right" There is then a Low shot displaying Sgt.Bowmann dipping his shoe into feces expecting geel piet to victual it. This further shows that by just saying he wasn't a 'shit eater' and how it was such a minor thing it still had immensely colossal consequences for geel