The Persian shop owner and his family have enormously involved relationships, usually circling around racism, immigration and anger. Three theories that would accurately describe the relationship between the Persian shop owner and his family would be Dissonance, resistance and emission and homeostasis.
Dissonance
Dissonance is “initiated by [the] crisis or negative experience; [the person] becomes aware racism exists; and not all aspects of minority and majority culture are good or bad” (Daniels, 2015). In the movie, when the Persian shop owner, Farhad, and his daughter enter the gun store everything goes fine, the clerk even ask “what kind of ammunition did they want” (Haggis, 2005)? Then nearly half way through the conversation with the clerk, Farhad and his daughter begin speaking in Farsi and the clerk make a racial epitaph, about September 11th ,which infuriates, Farhad. The Persian shop owner, is so angry that his daughter has to convince him to leave the store and eventually she buys the gun herself. He goes, in that minute, from being an American citizen and comfortably able to buy a gun. To being denied, because he was a Middle Eastern immigrant and told to “go plan a jihad on his own time” (Haggis, 2005). Inside the gun store was the first time, Farhad express …show more content…
In the beginning of the movie, Farhad, brought a gun to deal with his wife being robbed, prior to the start of the movie. He speaks about the robbery, as his daughter is loading the gun, and says “that man could have killed your mother, you think I should let crazy people do what they want to us” (Haggis, 2005)? The gun would scare off future robbers, thus it would be their resolution to being afraid. This contributes to the overall movie, because the robbery and the buying of the gun are the starting point of Farhad’s anger, which develops even more throughout the
Dissonance
Dissonance is “initiated by [the] crisis or negative experience; [the person] becomes aware racism exists; and not all aspects of minority and majority culture are good or bad” (Daniels, 2015). In the movie, when the Persian shop owner, Farhad, and his daughter enter the gun store everything goes fine, the clerk even ask “what kind of ammunition did they want” (Haggis, 2005)? Then nearly half way through the conversation with the clerk, Farhad and his daughter begin speaking in Farsi and the clerk make a racial epitaph, about September 11th ,which infuriates, Farhad. The Persian shop owner, is so angry that his daughter has to convince him to leave the store and eventually she buys the gun herself. He goes, in that minute, from being an American citizen and comfortably able to buy a gun. To being denied, because he was a Middle Eastern immigrant and told to “go plan a jihad on his own time” (Haggis, 2005). Inside the gun store was the first time, Farhad express …show more content…
In the beginning of the movie, Farhad, brought a gun to deal with his wife being robbed, prior to the start of the movie. He speaks about the robbery, as his daughter is loading the gun, and says “that man could have killed your mother, you think I should let crazy people do what they want to us” (Haggis, 2005)? The gun would scare off future robbers, thus it would be their resolution to being afraid. This contributes to the overall movie, because the robbery and the buying of the gun are the starting point of Farhad’s anger, which develops even more throughout the