The protagonist in the film, The Visitor, has provided me with a mind set to explore a diverse and a different culture from my own personal one. The Visitor in this film is Professor Walter Vale. Walter is a professor in the University. He is tired and bored of teaching the same division for over 20 years. He is widowed. His wife was a famous piano player. Walter has a son who currently lives in London. Walter currently lives in Connecticut; he was assigned to attend a conference about Global Policy and Development at NYU, where he is going to give a lecture about a paper he is a co-author. He has never read the paper that he co-authored. He co-facilitated the paper to help his friend.
When he arrived at his apartment in New York City, he found Tarek Khalil, a Syrian musician, and Zainab from Senegal who is a street vendor, living in his apartment. Later in the film it shows how Mr. Vale felt the need to meet Tarek at the immigration facility in Queens to support him with the trauma he was going through. While people of color struggle with the racism, discrimination and biases on a …show more content…
He does this as a sympathy toward Tarek’s situation. Since Zanaib and Mouna are illegal immigrants, they are not allowed to visit Tarek, if visit him, they can end up in the prison as Tarek. Without hesitation Walter hired an attorney to revise Tarek’s case. Walter visited Tarek to check on him and to deliver letters to him and to read the letters. But most important to give him support. One date when Walter went to visit Tarek at the immigration detention center, Tarek was already deported to Syria earlier. On that day Walter upset about the injustice that was applied to Tarek. Walter expressed his frustration by saying that Tarek was not a terrorist and was a great guy with big dreams. Walter feelings were hurt. It was not fair what they did to
When he arrived at his apartment in New York City, he found Tarek Khalil, a Syrian musician, and Zainab from Senegal who is a street vendor, living in his apartment. Later in the film it shows how Mr. Vale felt the need to meet Tarek at the immigration facility in Queens to support him with the trauma he was going through. While people of color struggle with the racism, discrimination and biases on a …show more content…
He does this as a sympathy toward Tarek’s situation. Since Zanaib and Mouna are illegal immigrants, they are not allowed to visit Tarek, if visit him, they can end up in the prison as Tarek. Without hesitation Walter hired an attorney to revise Tarek’s case. Walter visited Tarek to check on him and to deliver letters to him and to read the letters. But most important to give him support. One date when Walter went to visit Tarek at the immigration detention center, Tarek was already deported to Syria earlier. On that day Walter upset about the injustice that was applied to Tarek. Walter expressed his frustration by saying that Tarek was not a terrorist and was a great guy with big dreams. Walter feelings were hurt. It was not fair what they did to