Not Without My Daughter

Year 11, I was asked to join you here today to discuss conformity and its presence in the brilliant film; “Not Without My Daughter”, directed by Brain Gilbert. The movie was adapted from the true story based on Betty Mahmoody’s experience. The plot pivots on a sinister manipulation: Iranian-American husband “Moody”, convinces his American wife, Betty, to travel with him and their daughter, Mahtob, for a vacation in Iran, promising to safely return to their Michigan home two weeks later. However, once

Film Analysis: Not Without My Daughter The film Not Without My Daughter depicts both positive and negative responses to the Islamic religion. The film starts off with the couple of Moody and Betty, and their daughter, Mahtob. In the opening scene, the family is depicted of being loving, humorous, and supportive. The culturally unbiased and multi-faceted portrayal of Islam in this film is accomplished by including both negative aspects, through depicting gender discrimination and positive aspects

Not without my daughter is about an American women Betty marries a man Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody from Iran who lived in America as a doctor. Sayyed and her husband oody have a daughter together. When Mahtob was old enough to travel, they decide they would go see “Moody’s” family in his homeland Iran for two weeks. Little did Betty know that his plan was to never go back to America. He now wanted to live in Iran because he no longer had a job and his family was there. Near the end of their “two week

Persepolis & Not Without My Daughter The Iranian revolution of 1979 refers to the overthrowing of the last king of Iran. It was an Islamic revolution which attempted to replace Mohammed Reza Shah, with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the revolution. Strong opposition against the Shah showed that the people wanted a religious ruler rather than someone they saw as an American puppet. Many Iranian people would think that the Shah was a ‘capitalist pig’ who

such as the movie, Not without My Daughter. Both Iran and USA have extremely different cultural practices. Some differences in Iran and the USA, in which some have also partially changed since the 1980’s, are woman and freedoms, dress, family, religion and specific values and beliefs. Women

She risks her life because her daughter is more important to her and can’t leave Iran without her. In the movie, Betty finds out that her father is ill, here is a few lines from the movie Betty Mahmoody says “Why can't I go and see him, come back, and leave later with Mahtob?” Houssein replies with “You can't leave

Refusing forced conformity can lead to consequences, and an individual can never conform to anything, without defecting another. The well-known director Brian Gilbert conveyed and explored the theme of conformity in one of his memorable movies “Without my daughter”. The movie is extracted from a real life story of Betty Mahmoody and her daughter Mahtob Mahmoody. The storyline of the movie revolves around an American couple, the husband is from an Iranian background and he hasn’t visited his home

Not Without My Daughter was an amazing novel by Betty Mahmoody, and was turned into a phenomenal film. This film revolves around many ideas and themes, but education was an underlying theme. Betty wrote this book about her real life experiences. She was married to an Iranian, Sayyed “Moody” Mahmoody, and had a beautiful daughter, Mahtob. Moody has not seen his family in many years and convinces Betty to go with him and Mahtob to visit them in Iran. While in Iran, Moody states that he wants Betty

cooperation. Every different culture, has their own mindset, their perspective. People tend to judge others culture based on their own perspective and that can lead to cultural misunderstandings. For example, in the movie, "Not Without My Daughter", Mahtob saw the

against the Taliban has been raging for well over a decade. Lives have been lost; families have been broken and torn apart. Suffering thousands of losses on both sides, each must cast these unthinkable circumstances aside to communicate compassion without speaking a single word. The untitled picture of an Afghan citizen, offering tea to an American soldier and his brigade, speaks volumes against the stereotypes bystanders are exposed to regularly; employing the villager to demonstrate selfless love