Why is it a "tea house"?

Nina 2022-01-17 08:03:35

Why is it a "tea house"? Why did the protagonist open a "tea house" after returning home?
First of all, Westerners drink coffee and alcohol. There is no wine in the teahouse, and the tea is just for them to put on airs, but they don't understand it. For the Orientals, the culture of the Orientals is tea. Wine must be accompanied by delicacies, friends and relatives, chanting orders, laughter, singing and dancing.
In fact, the teahouse is also a place where different people, different values, and different cultural backgrounds can be truly integrated, and a truly harmonious place.

That American "reporter" is a stranger in a tea house, and the American "culture" symbolized by this "reporter" is a stranger in a tea house. They destroy teahouses, destroy culture, and impose their own values ​​on any other culture and on anyone else.

German poet Goethe said: People who don't know other foreign languages ​​deeply, in fact, don't even understand their own mother tongue. Sociologists believe that people who do not have a deep understanding of another culture cannot understand the culture in which they grew up. Traditional Chinese Buddhism believes that it does not matter if you do not join the world. Without experiencing the impact and baptism of multicultural culture, one cannot truly understand "culture" and cultural differences; without understanding the meaning of culture and cultural differences, and without experiencing multicultural collisions, one cannot truly learn to be in a multicultural environment Harmonious coexistence.

The problem with the United States is not that they do not understand multiculturalism and the harmonious coexistence of multiculturalism, but that they have always despised the multicultural environment. This country composed of immigrants, refugees, adventurers, those who are excluded from their own cultural environment, or those who reject their own cultural environment, and the descendants of all these people, does not realize that they have never really understood the culture and culture of any nation. Values ​​and their early living environment made them think: Survival first, existence first. Anyone, any culture, and any value must surrender to this existence--their own existence of the U.S. government---specifically, it is actually the existence of their U.S. superstructure and vested interests.

The protagonist of this film has experienced the sinking of this sea of ​​desire. His father, family, and folks helped him see all the "middle class" and "small business owners" concealed by the interests of the high bourgeoisie and large business owners. , The interests of every tiny individual in this world, and in the eyes of these “tiny” individuals, the way this world works. He has withstood the impact and baptism of multiculturalism, and he has awakened. As a member of vested interests, he is unwilling to give up his cultural background and values, and he is unwilling to give up respect for himself and be swayed by his interests. As a result, he was attacked, oppressed, and humiliated by members of the "Church", and he began to question the existence and interests of this "religion". As a person with vested interests, he is very unlucky; but as a person, with the capitalized "person", he is very lucky!

This movie was created and made by some "lucky guys". This film is the voice of humanistic spirits from all over the world calling for their faith, their belief: the humanistic spirit under the harmonious coexistence of multiple cultures. This belief is the basis for human evolution, the basis for human beings to step out of the earth and become members of the "empire" of the galaxy!

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  • Tara 2022-03-26 09:01:12

    American dream is not something that everyone can achieve. No matter how smart you are, Muslims are the most unfortunate after 9/11. Of course, the Chinese will also have their troubles.

  • Hazle 2022-03-27 09:01:18

    Another anticlimactic movie, but the middle part is good, and it captures an emotion that cannot be integrated into the local life in a foreign country. Not to mention horror at all.

The Reluctant Fundamentalist quotes

  • Changez: [about watching the events of 9/11 unfold] In that moment, I should have felt sorrow or anger, but all I felt was awe. What audacity. The ruthlessness of the act was surpassed only by its genius. And David had struck Goliath. I'm sorry if my reaction to the attacks has offended you, Bobby. I hope you see that I'm not celebrating at the death of 3,000 innocents, just as you would not celebrate the death of 100,000 in Baghdad or Kabul, for that matter. But before conscience kicks in, have you never felt a split-second of pleasure at arrogance brought low?

    Bobby Lincoln: And you ask me why they're harrassing your family. Let's just cut the bullshit, okay? You believe in violence as a tool for social change. You teach a course in violent revolution at Lahore University. Your lectures are full of anti-American rhetoric.

    Changez: [cut to him teaching] We will wipe the blood of the invaders from our swords!

    Bobby Lincoln: If that weren't enough, you were spotted at an Asal Mujahideen meeting with Mustafa Fazil, a known cell leader.

    Changez: [cut to said meeting] I think I can help.

    Mustafa Fazil: I knew you would.

    Bobby Lincoln: Last night, Anse Rainier was kidnapped. And this morning, your class was canceled. If you're just an innocent bystander, Changez, why were you hiding? Only guilty people hide.

    Changez: Your candor is appreciated, Bobby, but your conclusions are wrong.

  • Changez: I was just coming to see you.

    Jim Cross: Interesting message you left me. "You're not letting him go"? What the hell does that mean?

    Changez: It means that I'm not going to fire Nazmi Kemal. In fact, I'm not going to do any more evaluations. I'm quitting the firm, Jim.

    Jim Cross: You accepted the position of associate less than three months ago. You leave now, you'll be giving up all hope of ever doing this kind of work again anywhere. You'd be commiting professional suicide.

    Changez: I know I've let you down, Jim, and I'm deeply sorry for that. But I have to tell you that I'm through.

    Jim Cross: You're telling me? You don't tell me!

    Changez: Can we be civil, Jim?

    Jim Cross: You think you're the only person who's experienced injustice firsthand? Throw a rock out there anywhere in this city and it'll land on the grave of someone who's seen worse than you. Now, maybe you're having some kind of breakdown. I will see to it that you will get some rest after this is done. But you will treat my committment to you with the respect that it deserves!

    Changez: And to myself, as well. I have a committment to myself.

    Jim Cross: Do you want to be an insurance salesman, Changez? With a mortgage and a migraine? Is that the life you envision for yourself?

    Changez: As opposed to what? I have to live in truth. You taught me, Jim.

    Jim Cross: You put your fucking shoes on and you go down to that office and you do the job you were hired to do!

    Changez: It's not my job anymore.