I loved the Dad
I love that scene where he stands up to the Russian. "Have you no decency?" What a great question to ask someone. I also liked his theory about theft. Now I need to read the book. How does he come across in the novel?
shareHe is even more powerful in the novel. He is written as a big imposing man. The actor who played Baba, Homayoun Ershadi, who was excellent, however was not imposing in stature like you imagined him to be from the book.
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Yeah, i really love the dad, very smart man and i agree the theft theory is just awesome that you steal some1 life some1 right to know stuff
and i liked the fact that he stood up for that man very brave
show how muslims are, not the terrorist stereotypes we know of today
And not just that he stood up to the Russian but asked his son if he "had taught him nothing" when he wanted him to just stay out of it.
shareI also loved the father and his bravery was within character and, indeed, most noteworthy.
However, the situation was a bit contrived. As a veteran of Vietnam I have seen many disgusting things. However, the Russian demanding sex from the lone woman in a truck full of refugees in a country in which the Russians felt they were liberating from a backward 19th century government and 10th century theocracy is totally UNbelievable. It just wouldn't happen.
Moreover, if it did and his commanding officer didn't show up to stop him and if he had shot the Baba, then would his bravery seem so noteworthy? Perhaps so, but dead is dead; what would have happened to his son then?
jasklas is right about the contrived scene ... but the scene works and that speaks to the power of story and conflict.
That scene made me feel something the dad. That scene made me feel my deceased dad and the third time I saw it it made me see that I'm Baba and that is at the heart of all story telling to make the reader or viewer feel something.
"show how muslims are, not the terrorist stereotypes we know of today"
Only problem is, Baba was not a Muslim. He states at least a half dozen times in the novel of his disdain for religion and the sway it holds over people.
But yes, Baba was a supreme badass of epic proportions.
he was frustrated with mullahs and extremism, but he definitely was a muslim
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