The Movie “Grantorino”
The movie “GranTorino” demonstrates that the casualties of war are not just those on the front line. Nearly all of the characters have experiences the impact of war even though most of the have never been near the front line. This essay will explore the way that war has impact on different character.
Walt Kowalski’s family directly experience the negative ways of war. When Walk the main character comes back from was he’s a changed person who doesn’t really like other people and finds it really hard to communicate with others even his children, he finds it hard to shows that he cares. Throughout the movie he indicates that he doesn’t understand his children or grandchildren. I have more common with these gooks than my own spoilt, rotten family. In terms, it can be seen that his children don’t know how to show respect to him an example of this is they talking throughout at Walt’s wife Funeral. He grandchildren are disrespectful and give the impression that the only thing they see Walt is good for his Gran Torino and his money. It is sad to see that Walt has not been able to have a good relationship with his family and he prefer to spend time with his dog. Rather than a loving relationship it seems that Walt’s children sees him as a Burden and they try to make him to the nursing home because they do not want to being worrying about him. The end result is that after Walk’s death he loses much of his prized possession including his Gran Torino to the Hmong people. It is clear that despite having never been near a war that Walt’s family continues to feel like the casualties of war.
Other casualties of war are those that have lost loved one during the war. The Hmong teenager Sue and Thao who lived next door to Walt lost their father in the Vietnam War. Leaving then without a father figure. This seems to affect Thao more than Sue. At the start of the movie we see Thao being told of by his family for doing tasks that normally done by a woman in the Hmong in the culture.
Walt Kowalski’s family directly experience the negative ways of war. When Walk the main character comes back from was he’s a changed person who doesn’t really like other people and finds it really hard to communicate with others even his children, he finds it hard to shows that he cares. Throughout the movie he indicates that he doesn’t understand his children or grandchildren. I have more common with these gooks than my own spoilt, rotten family. In terms, it can be seen that his children don’t know how to show respect to him an example of this is they talking throughout at Walt’s wife Funeral. He grandchildren are disrespectful and give the impression that the only thing they see Walt is good for his Gran Torino and his money. It is sad to see that Walt has not been able to have a good relationship with his family and he prefer to spend time with his dog. Rather than a loving relationship it seems that Walt’s children sees him as a Burden and they try to make him to the nursing home because they do not want to being worrying about him. The end result is that after Walk’s death he loses much of his prized possession including his Gran Torino to the Hmong people. It is clear that despite having never been near a war that Walt’s family continues to feel like the casualties of war.
Other casualties of war are those that have lost loved one during the war. The Hmong teenager Sue and Thao who lived next door to Walt lost their father in the Vietnam War. Leaving then without a father figure. This seems to affect Thao more than Sue. At the start of the movie we see Thao being told of by his family for doing tasks that normally done by a woman in the Hmong in the culture.