The Unsung Hero Analysis

Who would ever imagine that a Thai insurance ad could grab your emotions and inspire you to go about doing good in the world? The Unsung Hero is the story of a single lower class Thai man, who we follow through his daily activities. The video starts out with him getting water dumped on his head and in place of getting frustrated he takes a pot with a dying plant and moves it under the runoff water from the roof. The next thing that comes across his path on his way to work is an older lady struggling to push a food cart up a curb, and he precedes to literally run to her aid in helping her get it up and over the curb. The following cutscene is of him eating a humble meal of rice and chicken when a stray dog comes over and places it’s paw on the man 's leg begging for food, and the man simply smiles and gives the animal his chicken. On his way home from work he comes across a mother and a daughter who is begging on the street with a sign asking for help so the daughter can get her education. Finally, at his apartment complex, he hangs a bunch of bananas upon the doorknob of his neighbor who happens to be an elderly lady. All the while during these little acts of kindness the people observing give him disapproving

Specifically, the writer focused on that the human desire is to do good and that happiness springs from doing good. It is the concept of good and bad Karma. This myth is widely accepted in culture today. These morals are preached by both religious and non-religious individuals. That if you do good for others, good will come to you. It points out the ideology that you should do things and not expect anything in return. It also helps in isolating one ideology of how one obtains true happiness. I support the morals of this commercial and can agree that happiness can come from going about doing good to those around us and the world that we live