World's Fastest Indian Analysis

The movie that I picked to watch was the World’s Fastest Indian. Now one would think this is about Native Americans, but for others they know an Indian is a motorcycle. The movie is about a man named Burt Munroe that is in his late sixties but is still a child at Heart. He has been modifying his Indian Motorcycle for over 20 years so he can beat the land speed record in Bonneville, Utah. As he makes his journey he faces many challenges that seem to try their best to slow Burt down, but being the quirky man he is, he finds ways to get around the obstacles that are set before to achieve his dream, which he does achieve in the end. This movie does have an instance where the term sociological imagination would come in to play and that is the motive

Even in movies. In the world’s fastest Indian we see that the status of Burt being just an old mechanic from New Zeland, plays a part in what he does in the movie. What I mean by this is that he may not have power in the upper levels of administration he uses his status in society to better himself, such as when he fixes the cars to get a cheaper price and a free buggy to lug his Indian to Bonneville. To add on to this Burt also has a role in the movie as the old man mechanic. His behavior and his actions make him the old man with motorcycle. Having this role allows Burt to have many supporters when he is off to set the land speed record. As the movie progresses he seems to attract more and more supporters behind him due to his status and role in the movie. There are people in the movie that seem to stick together as a group. The group that I am speaking of is the Biker gang in the beginning of the movie. These guys all seem to stick together through the thick and thin of the movie, and seem to have the same hatred of Burt in the beginning of the movie, but this is not the same as an institution. The biker gang was just a group. An institution in the movie is the Bonneville Speedway. This institution was founded on on the concept of going fast. This is why it was founded and kept its belief through and through. I would also label this a bureaucracy. The reason I do this is because the institution has a way to make sure everyone is working together to make sure the show is running smoothly. The examples would be the systems check, the announcer, the sign in sheet, and the crew that starts each