Abitur-Sternchenthema:Gran Torino

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feels threatened or has to protect himself to use his gun Walt has to have a reason Spiders gang uses them to spread terror and getting what they want by scaring others Did Walts use of guns changed things for the Hmong family? He helped Thao with his guns saved him from Spiders gang his neighbours see him as a hero Walt sacrificed himself by coming got killed Started a neighbourhood, war with Spicers gang: they even destroyed the Hmongs House and harmed Sue ↓ negative aspects: ·Started a neighborhood war • the Hmongs house Sue got harmed Walt got to the gangs but Spiders gang went to prison по killed مسند got destroyed positive aspects: Thao wasn't forced to join house without a gang Spiders gang would've continued to spread riot and terror • helped the neighbourhood to get rid of the terror and riot Spiders gang would've destroyed anything' else anyway weapons symbolo • Lelemoly نز معه ' . symbol. Someone or something that represents a particular quality or idea (ex. Lion courage) Leitmotif: idea or phrase that is repeated often in for a particular person or group. а book or a work of art, oг is typical Leitmotifes: • the old helping / teaching the young. initiation into adulthood • Walt not wanting anything from doing a good deed - humble family: intercultural exchange between Hmong culture and the American way of life clash of cultures patriarchy: man as leader provider • done wolf /ranger: Walt sitting symbols: • tools • food • barbecue rocking chair dog and on his porch alone tifs Something to Walt' food- need to live sime, coming together hero endly Symbols of belonging: Gang members wear the same things /colors → belong together, everyone can see it Hmong family eating /food-» belong to their family & culture, connection and friendship with Walt cultural differences but warm up • Walt showing the American flag: belonging to USA - proud of his country, traditions belonging to the military having served for one's country indignity سلعة belonge مهم Walt person thinks of himself as a bad → thinks he belongs nowhere really - Saves Thao / Sve: good thing fights → doesn't want to admit that he cares for people My for the people that are important to him •very old-school: american flag, old Ford worker, doesn't like modern clothing style - his real family has no real connection with him: does not belong there befriends the Hmongs: overcomes racism, finds people to care and fight for Likes American way. → does not want to join a gang Hmong traditions -→ still has his army rifle and lighter: belonging to them his Silver Star: traumatic part of his Life: does not want to belong →locks Thao →no role models/ father figure no belonging to his fathers ways (traditional) experiences racism and rejection → captured in -> Walt: role model for him, shows him the American way to be a man معلم war Walt served in the Korean war how he copes with it: .he it ·locks away everything that has to do doesn't like to talk about •when he talks about ・he only thinks about death when talking about •but he still carries a rifle and an army lighter with his experience during the war how the war changed Walts sense of belonging: • he says he knots a lot about death and not much about life how it changed his relation with the Hmong positive aspects experience • part of his life he can't let go feels guilty for the things he did in the war made family: the war war • Walt knows about Korean people he regrets that he killed people there • the Hmong were US-allies they helped each other also during the Walts PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder) be violence of combat, death of friends, feelings of guilt, horrors withnessed during wartime / bad events negative aspects •he only knows Korea as a place of war » no culture, etc. the Himnong remind him of Koreans and the war he even killed Koreans • has bad memories of the war surroundings him the man he hates himself other veterans of the Korean war: •came home when PTSD was poorly understood -not diagnosed then get over it and return to their old lives • were told to • PTSD was a weakness not an illness back then ↓ PTSD becomes worse when veterans get older: • old age can bring up old memories! • Ilness, disabilitys, reduce income, retirement, death of sprouse no distraction hardes deal with their trauma to Symptoms: J. memories of their wartime triggers: loud noises, news coverage.... • alcohol, drugs "workaholism"> avoiding any reminders by being distracted •sleep problems, insomnia, nightmares feeling numb, detached from one's •Difficulty discussing the events, expressing feelings • feeling edgy, keyed up, easily startled and angry • Alzheimer dementia trigger: fights-brings up the war drinks a lot of beer and goes to bars locks wartime reminders away, Sleep problems, illness works a lot detached from his family, feels like no one understands I can't really talk about the war or is emotional easily angry Since Walt experienced the death during the war he can't really experience "life" he makes everything about the war everything reminds him of it mother his cousin, wants to force him into his s gang tries to protect him from the gang Thao dor W dor does not want to be in his gang Spider/Fong sister and brother mother Sue Lor his gang: he wants Theo in it befriends him teaches him about Hotong culture helps him against the gang, helps him become a man. they grow a bond →Walt overcomes part of his racism Trescues her tries to steal his car as gang initiation, as apology he has to do his chotes, they build a connection finds his lacking father figure in Walt Spiders Gang→ Hmong Gang wants to watch over him → promised his death wife he comes to under Stand walt Walt Kowalski ·lonkey -widower fights them (for Sue and Thao) his son. doesn't Like his kids around Father Janovich doesn't want his advice at first but opens up to him his father, and even does his confession make him truly understand life and death his son , distant disapproves of his lifestyle distant friends, respect his barber his father, thinks he's stubborn and stuck in the past disrespectful towards her grandfather, only cares about his posessions and what she could inherit thinks She is spoiled does not really care about her Steve Kowalski two sons: Daniel and David Martin Mitchell Kowalski his wife Karen Kowalski ✓their Ashley Kowalski daughter their Josh Kowelski What is a man? asian family •has to watch over the house • be head of the family • specific jobs • show leadership men: • stand tall • do gardening gender roles in Gran Torino a man A •have to be strong, dominant and fight ·be mechanically talented •Thao: prefers womans work: is judged for it → Walt wants to make him the gang • don't do womans work •gun fights to handle problems •Cars / weapons • being big and tall dangerous • clonlihante being careles women: •Hmong woman. cook and clean •Sue: strong on her own men (Spiders Gang) want to tell her what to do, don't like it our society: • Some men still earn more than women who do the same •• boys like football and cars, girls like dancing and shopping" job/tasks • they are jugmental people if you act against gender stereotypes, even bullying boy's products are black and blue. girls products are white and pink Society is a lot woman work and study there are • there are stay home dads • men wear dresses and make-up, woman wear trousers Walt. „being a man" : more open transgenders, etc. are accepted woman in high positions (ex. Angela Merkel = chanceller) ↳ men always need jokingly insulting friends or • tell other people → manly speaking need a strong work »be strong, craft jobs everyone how you you don't actually do anything would deal with a . • treating others like they're better than them ↳ be a man to belong - got Walt friends & through war and life, got Thao be a strong person and better than the rest a Man conflict because your way is always right, even if a job m Music Gran Torino theme song. Atmosphere. Sad, depressed, emotional ↓ Slow Melody, piano playing. دا Slow Film context: Walt died, he sacrificed himself ↳ Something bad happend quotations from the song explained. singing "Do you belong in skin?" your Walts inner conflict where he belongs. the feeling of not belonging; not wanting to belong to the army • Engines humm & bitter dreams grow. heart locked in a Gran Torino' his Gran Torino means something special to Walt reminds him of good times bitter dreams of wishing to let go of the war but not being able to his heart is locked away experienced too much pain -> Your world is nothing more than all the things you've left behind Walt died left his Wiolence but also memories for Sue Thao for his family he was only his heritage, for the Hmongs he sacraficed himself made a saver neighbourhood and saved Thao from the pain of Killing someone .It beats a Lonley rythem all night long" Walt was killed at night alone Since the death of his wife. Walt was often alone - a lonely person always alone in his thoughts, with his trauma I drinks instead on my own on how i've known the battle scars and worn out beds Walt deals with his trauma alone he is a Scared, Misunderstood man Walt talking with Father Janovich: • knows 2 lot about death • spend & years serving in Korea •shot people killed and hacked them to I will always remember that ↳ a burden he has to live with when things go wrong you have to with Thao: . about the war: •they went I got a G they knew the mission was dangerous but went anyway there is always a chance of not coming bac looked death into the eyes and lost fellow solickers Killed around 13 people wants one to experience killing someone no weapons: death with shovels lighter act quickly learned that in war on a mission and he was the only Silver star Symbols: footlocker:·locks Memories from the war away • he doesn't want to be reminded of the war • knows how to handle and use them because of the war • always has to bring up how he handled things during the war: uses the Same weapons from the Korean war feeling of security because of the weapons symbol of the war and the army always with him like the army is part of him burdon upon Walt's mind about his previous violent life sticks with him until the end: his sacrafice relives him of that violence one who came back • feels like he belongs to the ammy-wa • war larmy will always be a part of him doesn't want to belong there: war was a traumatic experience a burdon upon him knows he can't forget and has to live with it Killing people will be always jowar changed his life