There were three main characters and their stereotypes that stood out to me. The Mexican locksmith, the young idealistic cop, and the Iranian Shopkeeper. The stereotype of the Mexican locksmith was that he would sell the keys to the lock he just replaced to his Mexican buddy’s so they could break in and steal from the house. This seemed to phase him a little bit so, he gave the home owner both of the keys and walked out without saying a word. Later that night he forgot about what happened and was happy to be home and see his daughter. I was happy to see this because he only focuses on the important things in life, like being home safe, with his family. He also tried to fix the Iranian Shopkeeper’s lock on his door. The locksmith told him that …show more content…
That is another stereotype of the Mexican locksmith. The next morning the Shopkeeper arrives at his shop to see that it was robbed. The believed that this was the Mexicans fault for not fixing the door. The Iranian goes to the Mexican’s house and shoots him. The bullets ended up to be blanks, and no one got hurt. The attitude of the Iranian was out of sort. He believed that the Mexican was trying to cheat him, because of this attitude he could of seriously hurt or killed the Mexican and his daughter. Towards the end of the movie the young idealistic cop was giving a black car thief a ride home. The cop didn't know that he was a car thief. The thief started to laugh at the cop, and he wasn’t amused . The cop told him to get out of the car and the black man argued and said no and just drive! The cop noticed the black man reaching for something, which he thought was a gun. The cop shot the thief before he could get a chance to shoot him, but it turns out that the black man was reaching for the same bible figure that the cop had. And this is why he was laughing. This stereotype, is based upon ethnic groups. Because he was black the cop thought he was reaching for a