Hannah Espia's Transit: Analysis
In the present world where a lot of political disputes arise, natural disasters occur in a flash, and laws are being violated almost everywhere, did you ever wish you could just go back to those days when you were a child who only worried about a few things in life, when your imagination seems to have no limit, and your household and school rules are the only ones you mind and obey?
While watching the movie “Transit”, that was what came up to me. As all the scenes roll, Joshua’s (the 4 year old son of Moises) childish ways never slipped from my attention. Yes, it is true that the possibility of him getting deported is a serious matter, but I wondered what is running in his innocent yet clever mind when things get complicated.
In his own little ways, his emotions are being reflected. His happiness on the night of his birthday illuminates through his eyes. His fear upon hearing Janet and Yael (mother and daughter who lives with Joshua and his father) fight made him grab and wear the scarf which he believes makes him invisible. His incomparable joy when he played as his father was showering him with water from the hose as if he was dancing in the rain. And on the moment he realized he was about to be deported, he felt the urge to recite a verse in the Torah (Jewish bible) thinking this would serve as his Bar Mitzvah (a ceremony wherein a thirteen year old Jewish boy chants a portion of the Torah which he has prepared as he reviewed the fundamentals of Jewish observance which makes him ready for the life of an adult Jewish man). He recited the verse flawlessly in the thought that after this, he would be considered as an adult so the Israeli police would not deport him anymore.
Children view the world on a different perspective. What an adult might consider a serious problem would seem to be less of importance to a child. This does not mean they are too ignorant to care. They just think there might be other ways to get out of that situation how complicated it
While watching the movie “Transit”, that was what came up to me. As all the scenes roll, Joshua’s (the 4 year old son of Moises) childish ways never slipped from my attention. Yes, it is true that the possibility of him getting deported is a serious matter, but I wondered what is running in his innocent yet clever mind when things get complicated.
In his own little ways, his emotions are being reflected. His happiness on the night of his birthday illuminates through his eyes. His fear upon hearing Janet and Yael (mother and daughter who lives with Joshua and his father) fight made him grab and wear the scarf which he believes makes him invisible. His incomparable joy when he played as his father was showering him with water from the hose as if he was dancing in the rain. And on the moment he realized he was about to be deported, he felt the urge to recite a verse in the Torah (Jewish bible) thinking this would serve as his Bar Mitzvah (a ceremony wherein a thirteen year old Jewish boy chants a portion of the Torah which he has prepared as he reviewed the fundamentals of Jewish observance which makes him ready for the life of an adult Jewish man). He recited the verse flawlessly in the thought that after this, he would be considered as an adult so the Israeli police would not deport him anymore.
Children view the world on a different perspective. What an adult might consider a serious problem would seem to be less of importance to a child. This does not mean they are too ignorant to care. They just think there might be other ways to get out of that situation how complicated it