The film 'American Bullfighter' is a documentary about a Basque-born American citizen who spends his childhood living in Spain then moves to the United States. He grows up and loses much of his life to alcoholism. In this film, Alex tries to regain his sense of pride and self-esteem (and the love of his father) by training to be a matador in Spain.
Preparing for the big day....he says the prayer fo the Matodor.
In the ring....
As a teacher, I found it very difficult to complete this task from beginning to end because my students were not completely interested. (Some were...thanks to those of you who stuck it out).
In many ways, I was the bull and my students were the talented matadors....swinging capes to distract me from goring [read: boring] them with more school tasks!!!! : )
In the end though, we had some good conversation and I hope to re-visit the lessons Alex learned from his experiences in the bullfighting ring.
Read "The Puppet" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Posted by Sue Zalokar
