Extra Credit Movie: The King and I

1. What are the values that are admired?

The values that I admired are loyalty to the king, friendship, love, and respect.

2. How to people interact with one another?

There are two different interactions in the movie. The first one is between an American woman with the king; she talked to him with honesty, and he tried to understand her. The second interaction is between the Thai people with the King; Thai people had to bow in front of the king all the time, they showed him respect, and they never talked without the king’s permission.

3. How is the culture similar or different from mine?

The movie shows two different cultures, both different from mine. It shows the American and Thailand culture, but there is one principal aspect that makes a big difference; the movie is from 1944. The differences are: they had a king, all the people had to bow to him in order to express respect to him; they only talked if the king allowed it. Thai people treated their king as their highness and no one could say “no” to him. Americans were more independent, honest, they respect each other but they did not have to bow the same way. Nowadays people do not bow to each other and they can say anything. Another difference is that the women in Thai were treated as a inferior human beings, more like a trading good to their king, but it is different now because women are considered almost as equal as men (at least in paper). Also Thai people believed in slavery, which is now against human rights.

4. What did you learn about the culture from watching the movie?

I learned that people have changed their mind about war, government, slaves, women, respect. They had beautiful clothing, beautiful music, but they were close-minded. People didn’t have as many opportunities to learn, to be free as we have in America nowadays. One important thing that I learned from the movie was that children respect their parents’ opinion, specially their father’s.

5. Would you like to visit the country or meet people from the country? Explain your answer

Yes. I would like to visit their country or meet people from there because I would like to learn more about their culture. I like their architecture, their clothing, their music and their food. I think Thailand is a beautiful place to visit.

Reference

"The King and I" - Etc., etc., etc., . (2009, November 22). Retrieved from youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=j-t7uVdID3s