How Is Gran Torino Related To Racism

Gran Torino follows the life of a man called Walt Kowalski who is Korean war veteran and a retired auto worker who had a terrible predisposition about the Asian, Latino and Blacks in his neighbourhood. All this changes when he forms an unexpected friendship with his Hmong neighbours.

After I had finished watching this movie, I was amazed how the character Walt changes and through I felt as if had given a clear insight into modern day racism in America and it's all because of strong, sense of nationalism people like Walt still has in their life. It’s hard to scrutinize Walt because majority of his perception on the Asian community comes from the war in Korea when he saw his own country men were dying because of them and since coming back to America all of a sudden the ones that he was ordered to kill, and the ones that wanted to kill him in battle field were being asked to live together in perfect harmony. It's not just the Asian community that he is struggling to come to terms with, he is even questioning the values of a typical American and is confused to realise that the strong nationalism he has is almost extinct. This conservative thinking not only affects people of different, race but even his grandchildren can’t escape it. We see at the start of the film at his wife’s funeral when looks at his granddaughter belly button piercing , “Look at the Old Man glaring at Ashley. He can’t even tone it down at mom’s funeral? What do you expect Dad's still living in the 50s. He expects his granddaughter to dress a little more modestly.” Walt still hasn't grown emotionally since the 50’s and he hopes that
The movie taught me that being overly proud of yourself and the things you have may cause you to become isolated and its timeless message audience of any age can take into their