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* * * o racism in a multicultural society (gun) violence → use their gang: O the cycle of violence O guilt and redemption OO WALT KOWALSKI * is about. 78 years old and still living in the 50's" * distance to his children and grandchildren * he worked at Ford for his entire life * cannot understand his son's choice of a Toyota * * * GRAN TORINO The Ambiguity of Belonging immigration o gender roles 。 (American) values concept of power * guns to show power (enforce dominance). Walt: self-defens, self-image O generation gabs →walt is very traditional. Sue & Thao are very open-minded O concepts of masculipity → in Walts opinion: guns, cars, tough language, hand work like working at a Ford factory angry white men lonely, old-fashioned O religion → his death wife was very religous, Walt think it's ridiculus O family → no stron relationship with his sons O the American Dream → from rags to riches, Walls intention: pride in his car, keeps house and garden clean O facial prejudices → uses racial slurs * only friends old war buddies, Italian barber, Tim at the construction side * he fought for his country in Korea * only one with an American flag outside his house * tendency to solve problems with his rifle * he is alienated from his two sons and their families * very conservative used to live next to people with the same ethnic background →now he is the only white...
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American left. he never tells his family he conceals with cancer Walt and his sons don't really know each others spends most time stilling alone on his porch, reading, drinking, smoking *his behavior is stereotypically masculine Solving problems on his own, defending/protecting with his gun getting in touch with his Hmong neighbors changes him has more in common with the Hmong than with his own family * becomes a male role model for Thao MOMENTS OF BELONGING > Silting on his porch with his dog, drinking beer his Gran Torino meeting his old friends at the bar getting a haicut and joking with his old friend Martin, the barber talking to his friend Tim at the construction site THAO LOR * 16- year old teenager who grows up in a female dominated house * his father was very traditional *lacks self-confidence Walt says at the beginning he has no balls" easy to push around (Imong gang) * I wants to keep distance from the Gang * * begins to work for Walt and the neighborhood *Walt becomes like a father for Thao →helps Thao to manned up * * bein taught to talk and behave like a man Starts clating the Hmong girl Youla * he became Walts Gran Torino after his death → final step to becoming a real man SUE LOR * 17-years-old confident, strong young woman * is quite smart *has the courage to stand up to the limong gang * due to her self-confidence, she doesn't shy away from confrontation * the members of the gang rape her to show their dominant masculine role *she bridges the gap between her family and walt * respects the Hmong traditions, but also the western world *has a white boyfriend Trey WALT RACISM > his intolerance and racism is fed by his past as a soldier > he calls the Asians "gooks" and zipperheads" as all soldiers old-fashioned / traditional > very
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* * * o racism in a multicultural society (gun) violence → use their gang: O the cycle of violence O guilt and redemption OO WALT KOWALSKI * is about. 78 years old and still living in the 50's" * distance to his children and grandchildren * he worked at Ford for his entire life * cannot understand his son's choice of a Toyota * * * GRAN TORINO The Ambiguity of Belonging immigration o gender roles 。 (American) values concept of power * guns to show power (enforce dominance). Walt: self-defens, self-image O generation gabs →walt is very traditional. Sue & Thao are very open-minded O concepts of masculipity → in Walts opinion: guns, cars, tough language, hand work like working at a Ford factory angry white men lonely, old-fashioned O religion → his death wife was very religous, Walt think it's ridiculus O family → no stron relationship with his sons O the American Dream → from rags to riches, Walls intention: pride in his car, keeps house and garden clean O facial prejudices → uses racial slurs * only friends old war buddies, Italian barber, Tim at the construction side * he fought for his country in Korea * only one with an American flag outside his house * tendency to solve problems with his rifle * he is alienated from his two sons and their families * very conservative used to live next to people with the same ethnic background →now he is the only white...
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American left. he never tells his family he conceals with cancer Walt and his sons don't really know each others spends most time stilling alone on his porch, reading, drinking, smoking *his behavior is stereotypically masculine Solving problems on his own, defending/protecting with his gun getting in touch with his Hmong neighbors changes him has more in common with the Hmong than with his own family * becomes a male role model for Thao MOMENTS OF BELONGING > Silting on his porch with his dog, drinking beer his Gran Torino meeting his old friends at the bar getting a haicut and joking with his old friend Martin, the barber talking to his friend Tim at the construction site THAO LOR * 16- year old teenager who grows up in a female dominated house * his father was very traditional *lacks self-confidence Walt says at the beginning he has no balls" easy to push around (Imong gang) * I wants to keep distance from the Gang * * begins to work for Walt and the neighborhood *Walt becomes like a father for Thao →helps Thao to manned up * * bein taught to talk and behave like a man Starts clating the Hmong girl Youla * he became Walts Gran Torino after his death → final step to becoming a real man SUE LOR * 17-years-old confident, strong young woman * is quite smart *has the courage to stand up to the limong gang * due to her self-confidence, she doesn't shy away from confrontation * the members of the gang rape her to show their dominant masculine role *she bridges the gap between her family and walt * respects the Hmong traditions, but also the western world *has a white boyfriend Trey WALT RACISM > his intolerance and racism is fed by his past as a soldier > he calls the Asians "gooks" and zipperheads" as all soldiers old-fashioned / traditional > very