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1. Jamal’s personality and morals remained relatively constant throughout his life despite many traumatic and difficult experiences. From what I have seen in the movie, I can conclude that Jamal is a kinesthetic learner, meaning that he obtains his knowledge physically. These events shaped Jamal positively, because through his life experiences, he has acquired and obtained a great amount of general knowledge, more than what is expected from a “Slumdog”. As the great Albert Einstein says, “The only source of knowledge is experience.”

2. Although brothers, Jamal and Salim, had great differences in personality, aspirations, and morals. Jamal was a genuinely good person. He has strong morals and principles

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