Cultural Geography

Today in class we watched a little bit of the movie Slumdog Millionaire. This movie was an example or people who have different cultures than us. Where they live was over populated, there was one scene where they showed the "houses" with tin roofs and were very close together and small. After they showed this they showed more, and more, and more. It was like never ending houses and you just understood how close everyone lived and how poor they were. Another thing that I noticed about their culture was there was trash everywhere, even in the river where the kids play and the mothers do their laundries.While the kids were playing in the river they acted like it was completely normal and that was great to do everyday. There were a lot of religious clashed where they attacked muslims and they people in this village for other reasons. There were also a lot of orphans and the kids would just roam the streets without getting into much trouble. Jamal did not know where his father is but him and his brother saw their mother get killed right in front of them. The orphan kids trade a lot of their things for money around the village. Jamal's brother sold Jamal's autographed picture to someone because he could get a good offer for it. After the two brothers got into trouble the mother took them to school. Their classrooms were full of kids just squished into corners of the room. The teacher even hit the kid for not doing something right.This is different than ours because they are so close and Im not sure if they actually learning anything. There were a lot of cultural differences between our life and theirs in the movie. I am excited to watch the rest and learn more about their culture.