The Road Not Taken, Shawshank Redemption, Slumdog Millionaire, the Kite Runner
My connections look at how certain choices can affect your life forever. The texts that I used to convey this link were The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Slumdog Millionaire directed by Danny Boyle, The Shawshank Redemption directed by Frank Darabont and a poem by Robert Frost called The Road Not Taken. Throughout the texts used we learn that you cannot always see the outcome of a particular choice unless you choose to go down that path. An important decision is made by the main character(s) in each text and they suggest that not all choices are easy to make and can have positive and negative consequences.
Life choices can have various influences affecting them
Within each text a significant decision is made where a strong influence has affected it. There were different factors impacting on a character’s decision in each of the texts such as culture. This was displayed in the text The Kite Runner through the main character Amir, because he decides not to help his friend, who is furthermore his servant, from being attacked and raped by the neighbourhood bullies. This choice is related to the idea of culture because Hassan belongs to the Hazara race which is considered to be the minority group throughout Afghanistan, whereas Amir is a Pashtun and they are deemed to be higher up in the society. Amir is confused about what to do when this horrific event takes place, but what isn’t very obvious from Amir’s emotions is that he unconsciously thinks there is no wrong in this sinful act of rape. Because he has been brought up and told that the Hazara race are minorities in Afghanistan, Amir starts to wonder why would it begin to matter now that another has been treated badly which shows us that culture had influenced Amir’s decision to do nothing while Hassan is raped. The idea of influences affecting decisions is also demonstrated in the film Slumdog Millionaire. The characters Jamal and Salim, who are brothers, and a girl named Latika, make choices that are influenced
Life choices can have various influences affecting them
Within each text a significant decision is made where a strong influence has affected it. There were different factors impacting on a character’s decision in each of the texts such as culture. This was displayed in the text The Kite Runner through the main character Amir, because he decides not to help his friend, who is furthermore his servant, from being attacked and raped by the neighbourhood bullies. This choice is related to the idea of culture because Hassan belongs to the Hazara race which is considered to be the minority group throughout Afghanistan, whereas Amir is a Pashtun and they are deemed to be higher up in the society. Amir is confused about what to do when this horrific event takes place, but what isn’t very obvious from Amir’s emotions is that he unconsciously thinks there is no wrong in this sinful act of rape. Because he has been brought up and told that the Hazara race are minorities in Afghanistan, Amir starts to wonder why would it begin to matter now that another has been treated badly which shows us that culture had influenced Amir’s decision to do nothing while Hassan is raped. The idea of influences affecting decisions is also demonstrated in the film Slumdog Millionaire. The characters Jamal and Salim, who are brothers, and a girl named Latika, make choices that are influenced