The film “Gran Torino” contains many examples of “self” vs “subject” and the issues that are faced when dealing with aspects of culture and social construction, the film highlights the modern conditions surrounding many aspects of these two examples. Walt Kowalski, whose wife recently died and who is a Korean War veteran, has difficulty getting along with people who don't have the same opinions and values ​​as him. Some of these people are his children, relatives and neighbors. He lives in an era he doesn't understand and doesn't agree with. Since his wife died he stopped communicating with people. Walt lives next door to a Hmong family and slowly befriends them. He has difficulty with this at first, but as the days go by you can see him become progressively more comfortable with them. One of the reasons why he felt a little uncomfortable communicating with his neighbors is the fact that he once fought and killed these people on the battlefields of Korea. Analyzing the film “Gran Torino” through Foucault's work, Panopticism, it is clearly seen that Walt could be classified as “the observer” and his neighbors as those who are observed. There are many scenes in the film where Walt takes on the role of "observer", one of them is when the neighbor across the street struggles to carry groceries into the house while a group of teenagers walks by without asking her if she needs help . Another might be when he is at his wife's funeral and his grandchildren are acting very disrespectfully by not wearing appropriate clothes or using cell phones. Walt's social and cultural construction is different from that of those around him. The teenagers who do not help the lady with the shopping oppose everything that Wal...... middle of paper ...... being a war veteran one of the most effective, Walt also worked in the automobile industry and he had a very traditional and patriotic way of dealing with situations. An example would be Walt's disappointment in his son's choice of automobile; he believed his son should buy something made in the United States rather than Japan. His guilt also plays a big role in how he lives his life; he killed and saw people killed while he was at war. This subjectivity can explain why Walt acts in a certain way and what influences Walt's judgments about reality and how one should act. These three literary pieces are all linkable to each other and connected to the film "Gran Torino". Looking through the lens of Foucault's panopticism one can see the deeper meaning of Walt's actions and the way he treats those around him, and also the way they treat him..