The film isn't just about a Latin American family but about a man, Esteban .
The film revolves around his loves, beliefs, politics and how all these themes .
come into doubt or have to be reanalyzed. The film follows Trueba, through his trials in .
life, his accomplishments and at the end how he comes to terms with all that has .
happened. The film also does a good job at reflecting the issue of the class structure and .
the huge gap between the landowners and the poor which we read in the book. It also .
does a good job at visually illustrating the mind set and rigid mentality of the powerful.
Chile.
The film taught me how Chile was no different or for that matter is no different .
then other societies in several aspects. In the film we see a young Trueba courting Rosa .
and promising to become rich in order to gain the parents approval. This seems to be a .
request that all parents, in all societies, of a higher social standing make to potential .
husbands of there daughter's. Another theme which is still around today is your daughter .
marrying someone of a lower social level or who doesn't seem fit to court her. This .
would bring shame to a family and perhaps lower there standing in people's eyes, as in .
the film when Blanca wanted to marry Pedro, the poor laborer. A theme which is very .
visible today everywhere and was visible throughout the film is how the rich believed .
they were better then the workers. The film demonstrates how in Chile just like .
everywhere else, your social standing in society is extremely important. The character of .
a man is unimportant, what is important is his social standing and the name he carries. In .
the film Trueba tries to arrange a marriage between his daughter and a wealthy man who .
she didn't love. He did this so that she wouldn't marry a rebel, not only a rebel but a poor .
rebel. This is consistent with how the book describes the attitudes of the rich and .
