'East is East': Kulturelle sammenstød og karakterer

In the movie “East is East”, the viewer sees a lot of cultural clashes. The main characters are

the Khans, a Pakistani family living in England. The family consists of a Muslim father from

Pakistan, a British mother who is a Caucasian, six sons and one daughter. Throughout the

story, the father tries to make his children follow the Islamic traditions, which he follows

himself. But the children are not willing to do this! In each of their own way, they handle the

rather extraordinary family problems. In the following, I will explain one of the most obvious

culture clashes from the movie.

One of the most obvious clashes during the movie is when the father invites the Shah family

over to plan the future wedding between their two daughters and his own two sons, Tariq and

Maneer. The two Khan boys are not thrilled about the idea, after seeing their own brother

being kicked out of the family when he resisted marrying a Pakistani girl. However, they try

to stay calm and let their parents take care of the talking. It doesn’t take long before Mrs.

Shah expresses her negative attitude about the family’s way of living. Mrs. Khan is not