Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire, one of this years biggest movies portrays the slums in Mumbai in an interesting way.  It showed as though the people in the area are poor and that it is difficult to survive.  There were references to Muslims attacking the Hindus, children living on the street and people doing anything just to be able to live.  Later in the movie it shows that India is a place that is developing and growing into something more, you see images from the company that has been out sourced and the Indian people trying to act like Britons on the phone.  Through out the entire movie you see this continuing struggle between the rich and the poor and the poor trying to reach the level of the rich.  People are going against human morals to do what they can to make money.

In relation to geography this movie makes me think of how vastly different our two cultures are.  In America, we don't have giant portions of cities living without running water and people living in their own filth.  Even after learning about the country for a few weeks last year and then looking at it again this semester, it is amazing to look at this place.  India is said to be a place that when you visit, you either hate, or you love.  I have been told that when you visit that the smell overwhelms you along with the sights of the buildings, the people and the life style.  This movie opens you up to culture shock and into the lives of people form around the world, Slumdog Millionaire picks you up and drops you into the life of other people and surrounds you with their culture.