Problem
• The film Sound and Fury is about the conflict in a family which contains both deaf and hearing members over whether deaf children should receive cochlear implants. Give detailed examples from the film and discuss how they illustrate the forming of one's self-concept by one's culture: for instance, how were various family members affected by growing up deaf in a hearing culture? How did the discovery of deaf culture affect the deaf family members' self-images? How did the hearing and deaf family members' self-images affect their perceptions about the desirability of having a deaf child and their decisions about whether to choose the implant for their children?
• What is empathy, according to your text, and how does it differ from sympathy? Why is empathy important for successful communication? Describe the exercise the teacher in the film A Class Divided used to illustrate racial discrimination to her third grade classroom. Give three specific examples from the film showing how the classroom exercise was a lesson in empathy, teaching the students how it felt to be discriminated against.
• How does the film Daughter from Danang illustrate the differences between individualistic and collectivist cultures? Describe the difficulties that arise in this film when people from these different cultures attempt to communicate.