Gran Torino

In the movie Gran Torino, there were many lessons both taught and learned. Some lessons were taught using good methods and some lessons were taught using bad methods. Since there were many different ethnicities and cultures in this movie, the lessons were also learned differently. The teachers became the students and the students became the teachers. When living in a neighborhood with neighbors of different cultures and ethnicities, trying to communicate could be very difficult, so everyone have to learn how to communicate with each other.

One lesson that was taught in Gran Torino was how to become a man. It was taught by Tao’s cousins to Tao. The mission was to get Tao to steal his neighbor, otherwise known as Walt’s Gran Torino. Tao was …show more content…
The priest had promised Walt’s wife that he would get walt to go to confession since he had not gone in years. The priest had walked into a bar that Walt was in and asked to have a talk with him. When the two men sat down to talk, the priest asked to talk about life and death rather than about going to confession. Walt’s words were “Life and death huh? What the hell do you know about life and …show more content…
One of the lessons taught was that he was letting a girl that liked him get away. He taught Tao this by telling him that he had the most beautiful wife in the world, and he knows that Tao is letting the girl get away with the “Three stooges.” Another lesson was how to do housework. Walt did not really show Tao how to do housework, instead he gave him the instructions and the tools. The third thing Walt taught Tao how to do was get a job. Walt taught Tao with the trial and error method after giving both instructions and an example. Tao learned how to talk to men, keep eye contact, and shake a man’s hand. He learned how to talk to men because he needed a job, so he watched Walt talk to a man first, then tried to talk to the man similar to the way Walt talked to him. His attempt failed the first time, so the two men corrected him. Some of the pointers they gave him were to first say hello, then talk about the problems in his relationship and with his car. Do not swear at the person, instead, talk about a person that is not in the room like a boss or a girlfriend. Talk about how his boss messed him over. Be polite but do not kiss butt. It was time for him to try again, but before he went outside again, Walt told him not to talk about the fact that he did not have a girl, a job, a car, a future, and a penis. He came back in and embarrassed himself. Tao eventually learned that although those things does not apply