Hollywood Pros And Cons

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First of all, I would like to commend the story for giving me such an epitome about the pros and cons of committing revenge to someone and letting me feel those diverse emotions (laugh, grieve, love, amaze, disappoint),and most especially, to think critically and the essence preserving an honor for the family. The movie uses lots of logical reasoning. In the very first placethere was this line stated by Iqbal Khan, the father of Sahir and Samar, that “As long as you have these 25$, no bank in the world can shut our circus down.” This statement may be invalid if you are going to analyze it practically. However, in the movie, it is valid because at the end of the storythe 25$ is still there and the circus operates again. Thus, it justifies the

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