The amount of doublethink going on by in Bol is disconcerting and this aspect of the movie wasn't talked about much in class. The characters' ability to hold contradictory ideas is probably a reflection of the contradictory nature of the people of the society the film attempts to mirror. Aba jan threatens to kill his daughter(for the millionth time) if she dares to marry her shiite neighbor yet has no qualms about marrying a prostitute who admits to being a non-believer for the sake of money. Aba jan also refuses to go teach the children at a prostitute's house because he believes it is a house not fit to step in but when he falls upon hard times, he feels no guilt in prostituting himself for money.
The fact that the person holding these contradictory ideas is Aba jan, a religious male, tells us a lot about the filmmakers' views about the role of Islam in our society and how it has been used to manipulate the general populace this way and that without the people being able to think critically about what it is they're being told to follow.
The fact that the person holding these contradictory ideas is Aba jan, a religious male, tells us a lot about the filmmakers' views about the role of Islam in our society and how it has been used to manipulate the general populace this way and that without the people being able to think critically about what it is they're being told to follow.
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