Sand And Fog Worldview

The House of Sand and Fog: A world view is said to be the framework by which we interpret our present environment, and reality based on our past experiences and knowledge. The movie, “The House of Sand and Fog” takes us to understand a greater meaning of the world views through the explosive collision of three delicate peoples lives. Colonel Bahrani, Kathy Nicolo and Lester Burdon. Colonel Bahrani a once wealthy solider working for the Shah in Iran is now a reduced struggling immigrant, set on reestablishing his family to their former wealth status. Coronel Beharni has a world view of the Theocentric beliefs, he believes that life’s meaning comes in the relationship to an ultimate reality. Kathy Nicolo, a recovering alcoholic refuses to let her hard earned stability, represented by her home, slip away from her. Kathy has a Secular worldview, she believes that religion should be pushed out of the picture and that only values of this world matter to her. Lester Burdon, an already married man who becomes infatuated with Kathy, is …show more content…
Theocentrism is the belief that God is the central aspect of our existence. Coronel Berhani showed numerous examples through his actions of love and tragedy. Another worldview shared in this movie was, Secular; to be secular means to be separate from religion and focus on materialistic things as opposed to a God. Kathy shared a secular world view through her drinking habits and bad actions. Lastly, the anthropocentric world view is the belief that human beings are the central/ most significant species. Les showed an anthropocentric world view through his compassion towards the Kathy and the domestic abuse case. Therefore, world views are incredibly significant in life as well as very significant for us to identify because they help us understand the type of person we are and help us come closer with things we are passionate