The turtle
Can anyone explain the symbolic meaning behind the turtle, who's trapped helplessly upside down in the forest?
shareI think the turtle is symbolic of the father... who's life is about to be turned upside down...
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It's symbolic in the sense that the boy rescued the bird at the beginning of the film, and the grandmother rescued the fish later on. The idea I think is simply that the father didn't even see it, not so much that he didn't save it.
sharei've really apprecieted kazzmyre's point of view. ı think so..
And Director catches very strong methaphorical presentation with this bird-fish-turtle symbolization. Great!
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well explained .. the father was so full of self pity that he really did not see the gifts of present and they were all snatched away .. that was probably a very cruel lesson for him .. a beautiful and a sad film ..
shareI agree. The father did not see anyone else's need, not Mohammed, nor the turtle; he was too blinded by his own selfish wants. Mohammed could 'see' better than his father, his father was the one who was truly blind.
shareI think we are missing out on another point. When Mohammed saved the bird, he was "rewarded" with the arrival of his father. When his grandmother saved the fish, she was again "rewarded" with her son (Mohammed's father) coming after her to beg her forgiveness and take her back home. In other words, both the good deeds helped fend off some bigger catastrophe (Mohammed being left stranded at the school; his grandmother being rendered homeless). So if Mohammed's father had stopped to look and help the turtle, it's possible that as a "reward" God would have averted the accident and imminent loss of his son.
That's how I read it, at least...
This, yes.
Also the father had flaws (who doesn't?), was weak, selfish, but he was a good man and could change and did change. He was still better than people who are very capable but bad.