Agrupamento de Escolas da Maia - ​Escola Secundária da Maia

 
Name: ________________________________________________________________ 
 
1. PLOT KEYWORDS 
Consider the plot keywords below. Underline the ten most meaningful for 
you. Give reasons for your choice. 
 
- prejudice - racism 
- car jacking - murder 
- husband wife relationship - race relations 
- interracial romance - human 
smuggling 
- Los Angeles California - rescue 
- fire - hispanic 
- blank bullet - hate 
- car accident - interracial 
marriage 
- death - gun shop 
- immigrant - intolerance 
- African American - Arab American 
- redemption - loss of brother 
- hope - loss of son 
- vandalism 
 
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2. THEMES 
What are the main themes of the film? Underline the five most meaningful 
alternatives and justify your choice. 
 
- mothers and sons - social injustice 
- intersecting lives - dangerous friends 
- race relations - crisis of conscience 
- kids in trouble - managing parental 
relationships 
- unlikely friendships - immigrant life 
- class differences - crumbling marriages 
3. Choose one of the topics below. Work on that topic. 
  
A. Discrimination in the film: who is discriminated, by whom, and where 
B. Sad scenes in the film 
C. Cultural elements in the film; ethnic groups present in it 
D. Hope for the bad characters in the film; positive and / or negative vision of 
society on the 
 part of the director, as far as one can tell. 
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