Loyalty In Slumdog Millionaire

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Slumdog Millionaire
Family bonds of loyalty and duty are a powerful thing to have. Without family loyalty it would be hard to get support from your family and close friends. These explanations cue a retrospective view of Jamal's brutal childhood: his mother was murdered by Hindu rioters, which forced him into a bond for survival with his brother
Salim and another orphaned girl, Latika. One of the strongest thing that a person can have is family loyalty.
Family bonds of loyalty and duty was a main the in slumdog millionaire. In the movie jamal and salim had a rough childhood from living in the slums. When they were children their mother was killed by a group of people attacked the village. It also showed how the brothers had to leave own and
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They didn’t like the way the group treated them so they had a plan to run away from the group to live on their own again. They tried to escape but only jamal and salim could make it out, while latika didn’t make it out. After then escaped they ended up at the taj mahal. They made money by acting like they were tour guides and telling people what the thought or new about the taj mahal.
Years later Jamal got a chance to be on who wants to millionaire as he rolled through the questions answering them right. The last question about to be asked be at that time it was the end of the show. Right after the show the host of the game had people capture him and take him to the police saying that he was cheating. Jamal told them that it does not take a genius to answer the question right. He just remembers the events in his life that something about the question came up. Before the show they let him finish the game after realizing that he was cheating. He asked the last question and he really didn’t know the answer so he tried to call his brother salim, but he didn’t answer latika did and she didn’t know the answer either. So now he couldn’t get

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