In week 6, the class watched and examined a short sequence of Susana (Susana, Carne y Demonio, 1951) and Mexican Bus Ride (La Ilusión Viaja En Tranvía, 1954). Both films portray the male character’s traits of machismo, and the female character rebels against his authority in her own way. In La Ilusión Viaja En Tranvía, various characters from different social statuses appear, including a group going to the meat market, a duke, butchers, and church ladies. Religion plays a factor in how the people convey their feeling of respect as the church ladies uncover the statue of La Guadalupe. Once the passengers saw the statue, they performed the sign of the cross over themselves, following a custom common to many Catholics. The narration heavily influences the theme of survival throughout the film The Young and the Damned (Los Olvidados, 1950). A group of troubled street kids, led by their leader, El Jaibo, is constantly in hiding from the police for escaping juvenile prison and causing the death of a local boy, Julián. Pedro is also concealing the fact that he witnessed the murder that Jaibo committed. This can be illustrated on many other characters, such as Ojitos having to adjust to a new place after being abandoned by his father. Pedro longs for his mother’s affection and harbors remorse for concealing Julián’s death through his dream that symbolizes the surrealistic aspect. We can also see this take place when Jaibo was slowly dying; an image of a hopeless and dirty dog running embodies Jaibo’s difficult life in the slum.