Cultural Stereotypes: Film Analysis

Although this film is not very long it portrays a strong message of how society tries to change a person to adapt to that person’s cultural stereotype instead of accepting them. The teacher shows a concern for Fatima, especially in her religious beliefs although the school is nonreligious. At the beginning of the short film, Fatima is speaking with her professor. Although it could be for any number of concerns, her teacher focused on Fatima's hijab, a traditional head covering for women, is her teacher's concern. Her teacher continually asks her to remove her hijab, but she refuses. Fatima doesn’t understand why hijab could cause such a problem. She asks her teacher how her hijab could have any effect on how people see her. Though we cannot conclude that Fatima is from another country we can deduce that she is not from Spain but has lived
Other practices, such as different religious practices, are seen as a threat and always lead to xenophobia before meeting a person. Immigrants can often recharge goods or services from homeowners, so they do not like skin color or religion. Fatima explains that her hijab is not forced to wear but wants to wear after being asked if she was abused for not wearing it. The religious laws of Islam, for women, is respect for oneself, for others and follow God. Separating Fatima from her hijab can be seen as castrating her from her religion. Though not expressed in the movie, Fatima looks as though she fears that her new classmates will make fun of her. Fatima was coerced into thinking she would not be accepted because of her religious beliefs. At the end of Fatima is left in the classroom after she took her veil. Once inside the classroom and introduce one of your new classmates under increasing pressure, indicated by the drums at the bottom of the feeling. Although Fatima is supposed to feel freer one can assume that she feels guilty for taking her