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Ideen für al­ter­na­ti­ve Schü­ler­di­alo­ge

Dia­lo­gue 1

Ex­ch­an­ge bet­ween Walt and Fa­ther Ja­no­vich after Thao was se­ver­ely bea­ten up by the Hmong gang.

  • Fa­ther Ja­no­vich: asks a ques­ti­on, but ac­tual­ly re­proa­ches Walt for not cal­ling the po­li­ce (or even him be­cau­se he works with the gangs?) – could lis­ten to Walt’s ac­count of the si­tua­ti­on first and then sug­gest al­ter­na­ti­ves or sup­port
  • Walt: not wil­ling to ac­cept this cri­ti­cism – stra­te­gy: cy­ni­cism, ri­di­cu­ling the role of faith in mo­ments of cri­sis – could be more open to the fact that this was in fact a very dan­ge­rous si­tua­ti­on and to al­ter­na­ti­ve (and less pro­vo­ca­ti­ve) ways of co­ping with it

Dia­lo­gue 2

After the fu­n­e­ral; Walt’s son Steve and his fa­mi­ly, al­re­a­dy in their car, say good­bye to Walt, who is try­ing to start a car with jum­per ca­bles; shows the dif­fi­cult re­la­ti­ons­hip, es­tran­ge­ment and lack of em­pa­thy/un­der­stan­ding bet­ween Walt and his son

  • Steve: his first sen­tence is cle­ar­ly hy­po­cri­ti­cal; the kids are ra­ther old for be­co­m­ing “rest­less”; it is ob­vious that he sim­ply doesn’t want to help/ in­ter­act with Walt and leave as soon as pos­si­ble (be­cau­se he is af­raid of disap­poin­ting him any­way?) – could ac­tual­ly offer Walt a hand on a sad day like this; he could try to see Walt’s sor­row be­hind his grum­pi­ness and ho­nest­ly tell Walt about his own grief and how sorry he is for his fa­ther
  • Walt: is not re­al­ly frus­tra­ted about Steve’s Ja­pa­ne­se car, but re­pel­led by the way his son be­ha­ves towards him and he’s grie­ving for his wife – could be more open about his fee­lings of grief and frus­tra­ti­on, thus gi­ving Steve the chan­ce to show em­pa­thy

Dia­lo­gue 3

Walt fi­nal­ly gives in and talks to Fa­ther Ja­no­vich.

  • Walt: re­veals the cy­ni­cal and bit­ter at­ti­tu­de towards life that he seems to have de­ve­l­o­ped after his time in Korea (“But things I’ll live with”), but doesn’t want to hear about that; the­re­fo­re he in­sults Fa­ther Ja­no­vich by ques­tio­n­ing his aut­ho­ri­ty and life ex­pe­ri­ence – could try to see that Fa­ther Ja­no­vich ac­tual­ly worries about him and could help him to fi­nal­ly pro­cess his trau­ma­tic ex­pe­ri­en­ces
  • Fa­ther Ja­no­vich: is quite com­pe­tent – can­not be in­sul­ted or pro­vo­ked; seems to rea­li­ze what’s be­hind Walt’s cy­ni­cal façade; chal­len­ges Walt’s view by as­king ques­ti­ons, thus ma­king him think

Dia­lo­gue 4

Ex­ch­an­ge bet­ween Walt and Smo­kie after his gang threa­te­ned and beat up Thao for the first time.

  • Smo­kie: threa­ten­ing and in­sul­ting, de­fi­ni­te­ly not wil­ling to talk about the issue or com­pro­mi­se
  • Walt: is ready to stand his ground and de­fend his pro­per­ty and his neigh­bours; howe­ver, he is very threa­ten­ing and in­sul­ting, thus spar­king even more vio­lence in the cour­se of the film – could ask what the gang ac­tual­ly want from Thao or try to ex­plain Thao’s po­si­ti­on, but pro­bab­ly to no avail; im­portant: he must avoid any kind of in­sult or thre­at; in the end, cal­ling the po­li­ce/ Fa­ther Ja­no­vich would pro­bab­ly be the best idea

Dia­lo­gue 5

Ex­ch­an­ge bet­ween Walt and black guy from gang after the black guys mo­le­sted Sue and her date.

  • Walt: is ready to stand his ground and pro­tect Sue. Again, he is in­sul­ting, threa­tens the black guys and can only pro­tect Sue by pul­ling his wea­pon – could try to talk things out and take Sue with him wi­thout pul­ling the wea­pon or, again, call the po­li­ce

Dia­lo­gue 6

At the fu­n­e­ral Walt’s son Mitch is try­ing to do small talk and give Walt a hand with the chairs; shows the dif­fi­cult re­la­ti­ons­hip, es­tran­ge­ment and lack of em­pa­thy/un­der­stan­ding bet­ween Walt and his other son

  • Walt: as with his son Steve, he is pro­bab­ly full of grief and won’t let an­yo­ne come near him; thus, he tries to warn off his son by being rude and in­sul­ting; as with his son Steve, he could be more ho­nest about his true fee­lings and the cause of his grief and frus­tra­ti­on
  • Mitch: tries to talk to Walt by in­vol­ving him into small talk; seems to be in­te­rested in how is fa­ther feels; even of­fers to help; howe­ver, he is thrown off by Walt’s cri­ti­cism and cy­ni­cal façade – could try to not let Walt off the hook so ea­si­ly; igno­re his cy­ni­cism and be more per­sis­tent in of­fe­ring help and in­vol­ving Walt in some kind of con­ver­sa­ti­on

Dia­lo­gue 7

Fa­ther Ja­no­vich to Walt at the fu­n­e­ral

    • Walt: as al­ways, wards off any at­tempt by peop­le who try to help him/ show em­pa­thy – could try to un­der­stand that sho­w­ing grief and dis­t­ress/ ac­cep­t­ing help is not a sign of weak­ness but of strength/ that cy­ni­cism is weak­ness
    • Fa­ther Ja­no­vich: by poin­ting out that he was a fri­end of Walt’s wife, he tries to es­ta­blish a level of clo­sen­ess with Walt that is cle­ar­ly in­ap­pro­pria­te; he tre­ats Walt like a litt­le boy he has to take care of be­cau­se his mo­ther said so – he should be less con­de­scen­ding and show more re­spect for the fact that he hard­ly knows Walt

     

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