By Ana Leyva :)

• In one exchange of dialogue in the film during the interrogation of Jamal, the police inspectors discuss the impossibility of what Jamal knows.
Police Inspector: Doctors... Lawyers... never get past 60 thousand rupees. He's on 6 million. [pause]
Police Inspector: What can our slumdog possibly know?
Jamal Malik: [quietly] The answers.
Discuss the irony in the film that Jamal “knows too much” and is suspected of cheating. Discuss the irony that in the end, his poverty may make him rich. What point is the film making? What is real wealth?

I think that all was because they were so jealous about Jamal. They thought that this could not be possible because he was poor and he could not have the knowledge enough to answer all this questions. We all have the knowledge it does not matter our status, it depends on how we gain this knowledge and how can it preserves in our heart and memory. In the case of Jamal he almost knew all the answers just because of his personal experiences. It seemed that the questions were all based on his own life and he gained the education on the streets and from all what he have passed through, good and bad. This was more valuable and led him win through all his hard life he was been. The real wealth is our life and the experiences we each have day through day, these is our real wealth and what makes us rich and special.

• The game show format brings into to focus the culture of meaningless competition. What does the spectacle of the game say about what people value today? What values does the media promote? Are they humanizing values?

It is sad but media always promotes money and says that the more money you have the happier you will be and that you will solve all your problems. People value many different things but it depends in the person. Some value knowledge more than money or vice versa. I do not think they are humanizing values because they give more importance to material things that our real human values and feelings.