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    However, as Benshoff and Griffin explain in their book America on Film, Asian Americans’ position in the media products of the early 21st century continues to be marginalised (138) and thus it creates differences based on race. Indeed, in the film Gran Torino, Walt Kowalski, a Korean War veteran, is firmly bound to the prejudices that he has towards the Asian American Hmong community that now lives in his once white neighbourhood. The prejudices that Walt Kowalski has are “heavily dependent upon social

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    For Milestone Two project, I have chosen the film Gran Torino starring Clint Eastwood to analyze, this film is filled with a profusion of cultural diversity, which is met with contention, stereotypical actions, and prejudice by the main character, Walt Kowalski. This film begins in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan where the grumpy widower Walt Kowalski is a Retired auto worker and Korean War veteran full of prejudice despising the many Asian, Latino and black families in his neighborhood. Walt’s whole

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    Cheryl Evans Carol Hayes Interpersonal Communication 11 June 2017 Gran Torino Analysis- A Reflection on Cultural Conflict and Redemption The 2008 movie “Gran Torino” starring Clint Eastwood is filled with an abundance of cultural diversity, which is met with much resistance, stereotype, and prejudice by the movies’ main character, Walt Kowalski. Walt’s world is changing; his Detroit neighborhood is decaying, his relationship with his sons is distant, and his Korean War memories continue

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    Gran Torino Themes

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    the movie Gran Torino, says “Bitter in the pain, sweet in the salvation.” The movie shows how an aging man successfully changes his life from bitterness to sweetness. The three main actors in the movie deliver outstanding performances. Clint Eastwood directed and starred this movie. He plays a Korean War veteran and retired Ford autoworker, Walt Kowalski. Other two actors are Bee Vang, who portrays Thao, and Ahney Her, who plays Thao’s sister Sue. Gran Torino reveals Beginning of the movie reveals

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    totally different characters, however. Just because two characters have some of the same qualities, does not mean that they are going to be similar throughout the whole movie. In both “Forty Guns” and “Gran Torino,” we see the toughness of each character and their transformation to a compassionate character throughout each movie due to each of their experiences then allowing them to fit in with the Western Genre of the film. In Forty Guns we see Griff Bonnell working at the attorney general's office

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    'Sometimes, the most unexpected events enable individuals to grow.' How is this shown in Gran Torino? The key point in Clint Eastwood’s film, “Gran Torino” is all about the necessities of becoming a man and being important to society. The characters in “Gran Torino” undergo changes within the film that were caused by traumatic events that occur in the film. Thao gains confidence and becomes a man, finally realising his usefulness in the world. Walt gains new views and perceptions of the world around

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    GRAN TORINO ‘Identify critical moments in the film Gran Torino where Walt Kowalski is transformed from a racist tormented character to a compassionate father figure.‘ Gran Torino is a film directed by Clint Eastwood, with Eastwood also taking on the key role as main character and protagonist. Eastwood plays a retired auto worker and Korean War veteran who feels emptiness in his life. His character is happiest on his home porch, beer in hand, dog his only ally, his lawn immaculate, despising the

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    Redemption is a capacity that both Amir from the remarkable novel Kite Runner, written by Khaled Hosseni along with Walt Kalwoski the main character of the unforgettable movie Gran Tornio, directed by Clint Eastwood, withhold. Both Walt and Amir were collided with life changing events that later shaped the individuals they are today. Nevertheless, throughout both stories, the protagonists are faced with opportunities to redeem themselves, often at the risk of hurting their loved ones more than they

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    GRAN TORINO ‘Identify critical moments in the film Gran Torino where Walt Kowalski is transformed from a racist tormented character to a compassionate father figure.‘ Gran Torino is a film directed by Clint Eastwood, with Eastwood who is also taking on the key role as the main character and protagonist; Walt Kowalski. Eastwood plays a retired auto worker and Korean War veteran who feels emptiness in his life. His character is happiest on his home porch, beer in hand, dog his only ally, his lawn

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    Frontier Myths

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    20th and 21st century still exists in many of the entertainment today, such as books, tv shows, movies, and video games. Two examples of entertainment that portrays the frontier myth is Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino and James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy. The Frontier myth influenced Gran Torino through American masculinity, the West and political ideology, the West and religious theology, and Western violence. Walt Kolwalski is the example of American masculinity because he prefers to be alone

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