3 ms·
The ending is a bit of a twist. I thought the student would encounter a broken man--most of the homeless I see are broken individuals--but not so.
by jostmey 10y ago
The ending is a bit of a twist. I thought the student would encounter a broken man--most of the homeless I see are broken individuals--but not so.
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]
- kiliantics 10y agoI was disappointed in the ending. The dutch student had managed to find some empathy for the thief. He seemed to be getting an understanding of how tough it is to live as an immigrant with so much less - in terms of belongings and prospects - than he himself has. But then a brief glimpse of someone that had an "aggressive attitude" and smelled of hash, completely reversed this. It turns out that his prejudice, based on superficial stereotypes, wins after all.
- arjie 10y agoAggression and drug abuse are not superficial, man.
- kiliantics 10y agoIt's the impression that is superficial. The dutch guy obviously didn't have a real interaction with the egyptian man, so I get the feeling that the notion he gets that the man is "aggressive" stems more from a superficial reading of him based on prejudices he has for people of the arab community. Also, smoking hash is hardly drug abuse... The notion that hash is associated with people of lower class or aggressive behaviour is another superficial stereotype.