Not Without My Daughter
...liefs again, he starts to hit and abuse Betty. The first time he hits her is when they get into an argument about staying in Iran. What Betty doesn’t know probably in Iran is that the husbands are aloud to hit their wife. Which she soon finds out. But that isn’t the only time he hits her. The second time he beats and threatens to kill for going out without permission. Which in his state of mind is ok because the wife even needs permission to leave the house. His behavior isn’t wrong or anything. In the U.S. we would view it as wrong but over in Iran it’s ok to hit your wife. And half the reason Moodies hitting her is because he’s scared Betty might go to the embassy, which she does, and he really doesn’t want to be seen breaking the rules of his culture and religion. His family influences his actions to. From what I observed in the movie his family is very religious reinforces the religion and culture and that also persuades him to act out. Moodies behavior isn’t wrong in his eyes because he was raised in that believing that. Another thing is that Betty always talks back to him and his family sees and hears t...