Culture Essay

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According to Stephen Roberts:

“Culture is the framework in which we communicate”

The above adage suggests that culture provides us impetus to create something and to behave and drive us to reflect various elements of it. The movie “Slumdog millionaire” is a reflection of various elements of the culture and these cultural elements are portrayed in the movie so well. Following part of the paper discusses variegated facets of culture in the movie.

What Makes the Culture of “SlumDog Millionaire” Unique?

Culture is not only language, attitude, behavior, clothing style, dance and music but there are other intricate factors that make up the culture. All these intricate factors are portrayed in this movie in a beautiful way. Using these intricate factors to depict culture is something that makes this movie to show a unique culture. This movie shows the culture that is prevalent in the life of slums in India. One of the most important factors of the culture that is reflected in the movie is the cultural dogma that women should be treated or handled by their men. The movie reflects the prejudices that are beholden by people. A normal person who lives in a slum area, spends his whole life in extreme poverty is not expected to possess the pearls of knowledge or talk like a prudent person. When Jamal answered all the answers right he was detained and interrogated. The world of slums is shown where there is prevalence of crime, poverty, and ruthlessness and where women are treated as an object. With the help of subtle dialogues and scenes strong, positive and influential values and customs are portrayed that is prevalent in the society no matter which class or economic sector it is. Salim's urge to make up for all the wrong things that he did, ...