Anak Jann: Film Analysis: Anaak Jantan

The Secret of Roan Inish, a John Sayles movie, is a story of a young girl on a quest to find her lost little brother. The movie loosely parallels many fairy tales throughout the story, with three subjects being the strongest. Fiona, the main character, follows the theme of going on a quest to find someone or something important. Her little brother, Jamie, was raised in the wild without any human interaction, similar to Tarzan. Finally, a story of a “selkie” is told. A selkie is a mythical creature that takes seal form in water, and human form on land. This is very similar to mermaids, who have always been popular in fairy tales. The movie borrows themes from fairy tales throughout its telling of the story, leaning on three popular themes the most.

He also gives the Arab all the hospitality that one could offer a guest; Daru cooks a meal and allows the Arab to eat first even though this could just be more hospitality there could also be a much deeper level to this act (Camus 2258). He could also be showing his sympathy and disagreement as to how the Arab has been treated and believes that maybe he should have just been left alone to live his life according to the law of his people. Later Daru even makes the Arab a bed to sleep in for the night and does not change his nightly routine or keep a gun by his bed (Camus 2259). This shows that Daru sees him as a person thus making him deserving of respect. In this act he also gives the Arab a few more things besides respect including trust and if he so chooses to take it, the chance to escape. With all of the chances that Daru gives him to escape it can be concluded that he either hopes that the Arab will run away so that he does not have to take him to prison or it could also be a test of the Arab’s character. The fact that he does not take any of the chances to escape is proof that the Arab is a respectable man in terms of Daru’s standards and maybe that is one of the reasons that he did kill his cousin, as the Arabs whole goal in life may be to be respectable and not a coward by running away, as his cousin did. All of these acts of hospitality greatly affect how Daru could be interpreted to be feeling about the situation of the Arab and his

Rarely has a film impacted an audience and held the test of time as the film Gone with the Wind. I have always been curious if director, Victor Fleming and producer, David O. Selznick and screenplay writer, Sidney Howard knew what they were creating a masterpiece and how this film would have such an enormous impact on audiences for years to come. Interestingly enough there were some who thought the film should not be made, as Irving Thalberg said to Louis B. Meyer in 1936, “Forget it Louis, no Civil War picture ever made a nickel” (Ten Films that Shook the World).

Teenagers have a habit of trying to hide their true feelings. They think they might look stronger and more put together if they choose not to show any emotion. In the novel, Cherry says, “You’re more emotional. ”(Pg.38). She is talking to Ponyboy about how greasers show emotion and the socs try to tough it out.

In the beginning he is a scared boy torturing himself with memories of his cowardness and unloyalty. Amir doesn't rescue Hassan when he is being bullied and traumatized. Instead of him owning up to his actions he decides to hide his cowardice and get rid of Hassan. He tries to make Hassan look like a thief, which cause the discharge of the family servant. Amir states, “he was just a hazara, wasn't he?” Amir tries to explain his actions. Amir never learned defend himself or anybody else in any way because Hassan always took up for him and took blame. Throughout this tragic part, Amir’s character can most likely be described as cowardly and selfish. He feels as though he shouldn't be suffering, so he thinks if he if he doesn't see Hassan he wouldn't be reminded of the incident. In this part Amir is also young minded because he should be worrying about how help Hassan deal with what happened.

He tried to avoid Hassan as much as possible. Amir did not have the heart to face Hassan after what he had seen.He sent Hassan away from his life by blaming him for stealing his money. Hassan left and so did Amir’s innocence. He was no longer that pure and innocent Amir who once read stories to his friend Hassan. He was a completely new boy, who had lied to his father because of Hassan’s Rape. Amir had betrayed Hassan.Amir was not naive

Immediately Amir feels he is a coward for not sticking up for Hassan who was always so loyal to him. His feelings gave me hope that Amir was ‘the good guy’ I thought he was, although I expected Amir to have done what was right from the beginning. His overwhelming feelings of guilt strained their friendship and eventually Amir concocted a plan that made it appear that Hassan stole money and a watch from Amir which left me questioning again if “Amir is actually a decent character?” At times, I enjoyed the authors style how he would one minute portray Amir as selfish and then the next as caring and at others it annoyed me, I wanted everyone to know from an early on that Amir was also a good guy.. Hassan’s loyalty to Amir is overwhelming. He even identifies that he “would never lie to Amir” and that he’d “sooner eat dirt.” Hassan always protects Amir and chases off the neighbourhood bully by “holding the slingshot” to his face. When Hassan was questioned by Baba about the missing money and watch, Hassan told Baba that he was the one that stole the items. Even with the ultimate betrayal; watching Hassan being raped and doing nothing to stop it, Hassan was still was very loyal and would protect Amir at all costs, even if that meant lying for

The issue is that his father wished amir would be tougher, like he is, and he blamed him for killing his mother when she died in labor, and anytime that his dad showed affection towards anyone but Amir, which is mostly Hassan,

support the resistance to land claim and the indigenous warriors. This included road and track blockades in different cities. However, not everyone was in support of the occupation of Kanehsatake, and the blockades at Kahnawake. “Settlers” also began to riot against the indigenous resistance resulting in racist mobs attacking aboriginal people and destroying food meant for those behind the blockade. Not all “settlers” around the world acted in the same hateful manner. Two interviews with Oka residents were captivating, and showed the true reality of what was occurring. One man stated that many residents were against the project but the mayor ignored them along with other recommendations. That the whites had paper to support their rights when the Amerindians did not know how to read or write. However,

Amir and Hassan were best friends, they have grown up together, and could easily be considered brothers. But in reality, Hassan was actually Amir’s loyal servant, but still his friend. One day, after winning a kite fighting tournament, Hassan goes to retrieve the kite that Amir has defeated. After a while, Amir decides to go look for him, only to find him being held down and raped by the notorious bully Assef and two other boys. The right hing for Amir to do would be to go help and defend Hassan, even if he got hurt for it himself, but instead he just runs away and tries to forget he ever witnessed it.

Hassan is Amir’s servant because of his ethnic background, which is why Hassan is placed lower than Amir by the Afghan community and their friendship is looked down upon. Because of this Amir looked down on Hassan a lot. Over the years Amir has held a grudge on him self for thinking of Hassan in that way, he holds great resentment towards Hassan because of his guilt. Amir also feels guilt that he watched Hassan get raped in the alley, he felt so much guilt that he no longer felt he deserved

The idea of auteurship is one that is surrounded by the domineering presence of the white male, with little exception: a simple Google search of “film auteurs” produces thousands of results of websites listing off the likes of Paul Thomas Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, and David Lynch. However, one early female filmmaker—who, like too many other important women of the past, has been mostly buried by history—stands above the rest. Often viewed in the same regard as male contemporaries such as D. W. Griffith, Lois Weber used her platform as a universally acclaimed creator (at the time) to make socially conscious films that advocated the underprivileged. Although her works are heavily influenced by her belief in Christian charity, they never seem to steer into the dreaded “preachy” territory that so many other religiously motivated films fall victim to.

He also stood up against the Taliban when they tried to evacuate Hassan and his family from Baba’s house, which cost him his life. Hassan’s character serves as the justice part of people. The person that always does good and should be an example to all.

In the beginning Hassan and Amir were the best of friends. The boys would often play games together. They would shoot rocks in a sling shot at the neighbor’s dog just for fun. They would get into all kinds of mischief together. Before the tournament they had a plan to beat Baba record of cutting kites by working together in teamwork. Then after the competition when Hassan went to run the kite down for Amir he was cornered by assef and his friends ordering Hassan to hand him the kite, then they would leave him alone. When Hassan refused to give assef the kite he raped him. During that event Amir was standing there watching them do that to Hassan. They he decided to run away, not even bother to defend the one person who has been there his entire

Amir and Hassan have different thoughts about loyalty or saving one another which affects their relationship.When Hassan and Amir were participating in the local kite tournament, Hassan was retrieving the kite he when ran into Assef. Assef started to rape Hassan, Amir could have stopped Assef from hurting Hassan by “[stepping] into that alley [and] standing up for Hassan” (77) but “in the end, [Amir ran]”(77).This shows Amir is not willing to stick up for Hassan even though he is in extreme danger even though Hassan has helped him before. This also shows how Amir mainly cares about himself and if Hassan or someone he loves were to be in danger he would have a hard time helping them and later affecting their relationship. When Amir and Hassan go up a hill by their house they were met by Assef and his two friends who wanted to hurt them.When Amir was about to get beaten up Assef, Hassan immediately stands up to save Amir by “pointing a slingshot directly at Assef’s face”(42) while saying to Assef, “ leave us alone agha”(42) which caused Assef to leave. This shows how Hassan stands up for Amir even though it might cause Hassan to be hurt. This also demonstrates how Hassan is more brave than Amir or more giving than Amir as he