Power Of One

What three losses has P.K experienced? How do these affect his life?

In the film “The Power Of One”, P.K has suffered through many losses. For example, there are P.K’s mother, Geel Piet and Maria. His mother affected him because after he left for boarding school, he thought he would see his mother again, and his mother gave P.K hope. After his mother passed, P.K had to undergo such a loss with a key person in his life at such a young age. At such a young age, P.K lost hope in himself and his life. Second, Geel Piet was a major in P.K’s life and who he is today. Piet taught the adolescent how to box, which became a major career for P.K, and was also a father figure to P.K. Geel taught P.K about all cultures in the prison, and how to be a leader, how to show generosity, courage and humanity. In some examples, if it weren’t for Geel Piet; P.K and Maria would probably have never crossed paths. Some examples of how Piet role-modeled generosity, courage and humanity were when Geel what to eat stool off of the guards shoes. If Geel Piet wasn’t generous enough, all the other prisoners would be

He was all these characteristics because he had to leave his family to go to a boarding school with a bunch of bullies during WWII. Shortly after he left, his mother died and he was all by himself in the world, so innocent at just the age of seven. One can imagine how that must feel, to be stranded all on your own with no one to guide you. When P.K came back for his mother’s funeral, P.K’s grandfather’s friend took him under his wing and was taught to play the piano. In the film P.K says about his relationship with Doc that, “the loneliness birds flew away, along with the stone eggs they laid in my heart.” One would be moved by that phrase of such a little child. Shortly after that, Doc was sent to a prison due to WWII and his home country being Germany. P.K went along with