Title: Gran Torino Year of publication: 2008 Film Director: Clint Eastwood Medium: Film Genre: In a nutshell: It tell’s the tale of a war veteran living in a run down area that used to be at the forefront of american economic providence but is now filled with Hmong immigrants. Mr Kowalski gradually learns to accept the neighborhood in which he lives in‚ and befriends his neighbour in particular a young boy named Thao. Thaos family is under constant threat from a neighborhood gang which is
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Hello and welcome to this workshop on writing a monologue on the film‚ Gran Torino‚ from 2009‚ with Clint Eastwood who stars and directed in the film. This workshop will show what techniques are used in writing a monologue. This monologue will be written from Ashley’s point of view. As well as showing what the character‚ Ashley Kowalski is feeling at the time when her and her family are at the funeral of her grandfather‚ Walt Kowalski‚ also the part after the ceremony when there is the reading of
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interaction with others and the world around them either enriches or limits their experience of belonging. In Peter Skrzynechi’s anthology “Immigrant Chronicle” this statement is explored via two of his poems‚ “Migrant Hostel” and “In the Folk Museum”. Clint Eastwood’s 2008 film Gran Torino also demonstrates similar themes and concepts. However both these texts are relevant and illustrate how one’s interaction can strengthen or alienate their experience of acceptance and identity. Through connections with
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In the movies Up and Gran Torino‚ there are many reinforcements and resistments of ageist assumptions. While Up and Gran Torino both exhibit and defend against ageist assumptions‚ they do it in similar and in different ways. Both of these movies are stories about an older man who lost his wife and grow throughout the movie because of their relationship with a young boy. These men are portrayed as grouchy old men who are lost without their spouses. When the young boys come into their lives‚ they learn
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The movie “Gran Torino” involved a lot of ideas from class that we talked about. 1. Respect is displayed in the movie a lot as Walt is a highly respected war vet. 2. Respect is also displayed when Walt changes his views and begins to respect his neighbors. 3. There are several gangs in the movie. These include Asian or Hmong‚ Mexican and Black gangs 4. Where there are gangs‚ there will also be gang violence. This is displayed though when the gang shoots up Teo’s house 5. Another example of
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Gran Torino The concept of kenosis states that Jesus gave up some of his divine attributes while here on earth. The reason this was done by Christ was so that he could function as a real man in order to complete his mission. Jesus humility moved him to leave a more divine and majestic state and become enriched in human nature. This concept of kenosis can be easily applied to the main final scene in Gran Torino in which Walt Kowalski empties himself up for justice in order to better the lives
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One day while walking to work‚ Clint Gordon‚ a mechanical engineer‚ tripped and fell into a hole and was stranded from the rest of the world. He noticed some driftwood in a nearby flow of water. He propped it up against a wall and crawled under‚ to stop the drops of water from falling on his head. Clint was feeling hungry when he heard a splash‚ he knew what he had to do‚ he fastened a rock to a stick he had found and followed the sound. His one hope for survival was to build his own home‚ friends
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How does Clint Eastwood‚ director of the film‚ Invictus‚ use the South African rugby team (the Springboks) as a vehicle to bring a troubled nation together? Clint Eastwood shows the change in the nation of South Africa in Invictus‚ using the Springboks as a vehicle. He starts the film with large amounts of separation‚ followed by the steady change in the middle of the movie‚ and finishing with the nation combined. In the beginning of the film‚ Clint Eastwood shows how separated black and white
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Throughout the history of film making‚ there has been many great films. One of the greatest films ever made is Clint Eastwood’s film Gran Torino. Gran Torino stars Clint Eastwood as the main character named Walt Kowalski. Walt is a racist‚ lonely‚ troubled Korean War veteran‚ and a retired auto worker from a Ford Motor Company factory. After losing his wife‚ the only important things he has left in his life are his dog‚ Daisy‚ and his prized possession car‚ a 1972 Ford Gran Torino. Throughout the
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