The Gods Must Be Crazy

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The gods must be crazy
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The savage thing|

Beatriz Castro
10/29/2011
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The Evil Thing
Has philistinism placed an ending to family values? In my personal sight I would agree to an extent that material things arouse pulled us away from family values. In the characterization, The gods must be crazy, the compose presents the cultural difference of a small tribe in Kalahari and the civil world, such as America. At the beginning of the movie it shows how this tribe of so called Bushman, are isolated from everything and they learn of slipway to survive in the desert. Among their tribe there is no jealousy, begrudge or anger. They tend to share everything and help each different; they have no boss or ruler. A bushman has not sense of ownership. It is highly interesting how they believe that the gods give them everything for a reason. Then the movie continues by explaining how civilized, such as you and I, live. civilised man makes the environment adapt to them. Man created cities, roads, machines and a crowd of other technology to make our world easier to live in. We, civilized man, have created a world of materialism; it is often reminded to us that the more money you have the more power you forget obtain. We associate our happiness with how much we own.



While both cultures have a good side, a non-materialistic culture like that of a Bushman, preserve the original family values.
Xi a bushman of Kalahari finds an empty hundred bottle, that was thrown out from a plane and it landed at his feet. Xi automatically believes it was a gift sent from the gods. He takes the bottle back to the tribe and they are all astounded with this rare stage. Since they do not know what it is used for they immediately find various uses for it. It is clearly shown in the movie how an item they had no idea existed, such as the bottle, later became a necessity for everyone in the tribe. They later start fighting and having problems because of the bottle, the great unwashed dont...If you want to get a full essay, piece it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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