Guardian Of The Galaxy Film Analysis

Although the concept of power is prominent within this film, another anthropological concept that has influenced one of the character’s behaviors in a specific scene in Guardians of the Galaxy is enculturation. Trying to fit into a new culture can be hard and there are potential influences when it comes to learning and trying to fit into a whole new culture and society. This concept of enculturation has had an influence on Peter within this film. Although Peter has been trying to learn all the new norms and values of his new culture, since being taken from Earth, a specific scene where enculturation has influenced Peter’s behavior is going out and stealing the most powerful thing in the universe, the orb. Peter, after being taken from earth, …show more content…
The final anthropological concept that has influenced one of the character’s behavior in a specific scene in Guardians of the Galaxy is cultural symbols. Peter’s language has had an influence on him and has caused him to stick out within the film. One scene specifically is when Peter and his group of misfits are brought to Kyln, the high security prison. During the night when other prisoners and Drax try to kill Gamora, Peter hears them and goes down to see what is going on and try to stop it. When he is talking to the prisoners, specifically Drax, he is talking and explaining how he can just kill Ronan himself, and not Gamora, he uses a universal hand signal for slitting Ronan’s throat, but in his new culture it is not universal at all. His old cultural symbols has made the situation awkward and confusing, because Drax says that he does not understand why he would want to put his finger on Ronan’s throat. Even after Peter tried to explain what the gesture meant, it did not work at all. The influence of his cultural symbols has made the situation confusing and has created a barrier of communication between the two. For Peter his language is funny and his gestures have meaning and stand for something, but within his new culture, their language is different, so his influence has caused a communication barrier and could have made the situation worse. Although Peter