Monday, September 2, 2013

The Cow- Anthony Mahalis

The Cow

            I have to start off by saying. This was probably one of the most interesting and mesmerizing things that I have ever watched. Originally, I thought that the story was a little weird, and kind of bizarre. As it turns out, I was fairly accurate with my thoughts. This movie was most definitely bizarre, but in a very good way. Hassan clearly was infatuated with the cow. It even seemed a little over the line. However, many people act that way with their dogs or cats so it is not that strange in the grand scheme of things. It was so fascinating to me, the way that all of the villagers reacted the way that they did. They all knew that the news pf the cows death would devastate Hassan, so they decided it would be easier to omit the real truth of what happened. The villagers went through great lengths to ensure that Hassan thought the Cow ran away instead of died. Obviously, their efforts were all for nothing because the news still devastated Hassan. Soon after Hassan received the news, his slow descent into madness began. Eventually, Hassan believed that he was the cow, which was just so amazing to me. I say this because I am sure things like this have happened before and this just brings to light what can happen to someone that is depressed. I found myself wondering something though. Is it possible that because the villagers lied to Hassan, albeit with good intentions, Hassan took the news even harder? I believe that this is the case. Since the villagers told him that the cow ran away, it left may have left a little glimmer of hope that the cow may return. If he would have just heard the truth maybe he would have been able to cope with the news better. That could be completely inaccurate, but that is my perspective. Also, it bothered me a little that we never really found out how the cow died. Does anyone know what the cause of that was?


Anthony Mahalis

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