Religion Reflection
Explain Walt Kowalski’s journey from disenchanted to redemption.
Walt Kowalskis journey from disenchanted to redemption starts off as Walt being a very grumpy, old man who is living in the past and is denying the fact that the world has changed. After his wife died during the beginning of the story we start off as Walt being a lonely single man. Walt soon discovers that he needs to change. Walt was not a very nice person to everyone including his own family and he was also quite racist. As the story progresses Walt begins to interact with his neighbors, a hmong family who came from asia. Walt starts to become close to them especially with a girl names sue and a boy named Thao. Walts relationship with the girl is the sort of relationship where they are comfortable talking with each other about various topics. As the movie builds Sue starts to loosen up with Walt calling him “Wally” or an old man. With Thao the relationship is very different, thao and walt start to become very close –almost like a father and son. As the story gets deeper the Hmong family is disturbed by the Hmong gang (Thaos older cousin) as they shoot the house with machine guns Thao gets shot in the neck and Sue gets brutally injured and raped. Walt becomes very angry and realizes what the world has become. Walt wants the best for Thao and Sue at this point and decides he must kill all the Hmong gang. As Walt prepares for the “mission” a series of events unfold and the story gets deeper and more complex. Walt leaves Thao locked in his basement, he then calls his son, leaves his dog with the neighbors and tells Sue where the key to his house is. The next scene is Walt at the Gangs hangout house. Walt stands there and then pulls out his lighter to light a cigarette, as he does this he gets shot multiple times by multiple members of the gang killing him instantly. The police reported he had no weapon with him. This is where one realizes that Walts plan was very well thought out and he truly changed slowly over the entire movie.
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What role do the people play in his journey? Describe 3 relationships
The role of people in the movie allows Walt to become a man nobody expected he would turn into. People change the way he sees things and the way he talks about them. During the beginning Walt is racist towards his Hmong neighbors and is against the church more important Father. Three main relationships that Walt has in the movie are towards Thao, Sue, and Father. The relationship with Thao helps Walt realize that sometimes people need guidance to become great. The relationship with Sue allows Walt to become more respectful towards other cultures, races, and or traditions they may have. Walts relationship with Father goes from Walts hatred for the church to Walt confessing at the end of the movie ultimately creating a full turn around of feelings for the church.
What is the significance of confession? Do you think it helps him, hinders him, or has no effect on him at all? Explain.
I think that the confession for Walt was beneficial for the man he wanted to be. Walt confessed sins that would not bother many people but bothered him. Walt breaks through the barriers he created long ago and confession releaved him of his misery. The confession ultimately completes Walt, and he was ready to pass into the afterlife. Heaven.