Essay On Dead Man Walking

The first movie that I chose to discuss is “Crash”. This movie showcased many people’s perceptions/beliefs regarding race and different cultures. Sadly this is not just in the movies, but still happening every day. We live in a free country and everyone is supposed to be afforded the same opportunities to work, be educated, and live free from prejudices and discrimination, and yet these things still occur. Why do we judge another person by the color of their skin, the language they speak, or the clothes they wear? Are we born to hate certain cultures or people, or do we learn it from parents, peers, family, media, or society? How do we as a society continue to treat others in this way? The actors cast in the movie played their parts pretty accurately and I can’t help but to wonder, is it because they are just really great actors or because they themselves have experienced any or all of these injustices? The Mexican locksmith who is just trying to make a life for his daughter and wife moved from a bad neighborhood with a lot of gang …show more content…
This movie has a lot of complex issues in it. Two people are accused of a double murder and taken into custody. But only one of the accused had a good lawyer to get him out of the death penalty. The other accused couldn’t afford a good attorney and he wasn’t completely happy with the representation that he had. So the nun that he had written a letter to, came to visit him in jail. Now the nun was asked by the man accused to help him. People would see this as somewhat of a conflict of interest because the man was accused of murder and rape, and the nun wasn’t supposed to take sides. But for the nun wasn’t an ethical dilemma, she was comforting him in his time of need, and at the same time she was trying to get him to confess his crime so that he would be forgiven and be able to go to heaven. She also wanted to be able to give some sort of comfort to the victims’