The predominant theme that runs throughout Crash is that "humans are not all bad" (Farris 357). The film effectively depicted the theme by showing each character's situation from their perspective. Agent Ryan is a good example. Ryan was originally portrayed as a bad guy for harassing Christine and being racist when he stopped Thayer's car. Ryan wants to see the suffering of others during this specific scene, because he was in pain and agitated over not being able to get proper medical care for his father. In other words, Ryan did not act with bad intentions, but rather wants to take out his stress and anger on someone else. Later in the film, it is shown that Ryan was not an actual racist as Anthony is portrayed as a comedic stereotypical black man in the film. Early on, Anthony talked to Peter about how standard black men usually behave, and he acted on these actions immediately after uttering them. In the movie, Anthony may have stolen Cabot's car and he may have hit a person with the car and almost killed the person, but that doesn't mean he is truly evil. Immediately after hitting the Asian, his first thought was to run away and forget what happened. Instead of running away, however, Peter managed to convince Anthony to save the Asian without too much effort. Later in the film, it is shown that Anthony is not the stereotypical bad boogeyman as depicted in the film. When Anthony tried to rob Cameron, he quickly learned that his actions were impactful and shameful for his kind. Anthony ended up redeeming himself and his peers by rescuing a truck full of trafficked human beings instead of handing them over for a large amount of money. In a way, Crash foreshadowed that Anthony was not a person willing to do evil things without feeling the consequences of his actions since, in the entire film, he didn't shoot a single time despite all the crazy situations he found himself in. Farhad seems to blame everyone else outside of himself throughout the film. Farhad is portrayed as a character who doesn't trust anyone other than his family. An example of Farhad's distrust is when he was not willing to listen to the blacksmith's instructions for repairing the door. As a result, his shop was ruined and he put all the blame on the blacksmith. All of this, of course, changes towards the end of the film, when he accidentally shoots a child with a gun. This really could have been a scene where Farhad turned evil, but his daughter saved him by purchasing blank bullets instead of real bullets. Whether this was truly intentional or not, the blank bullets saved Farhad's humanity as he realized what he had actually committed at the scene. Soon after, Farhad was seen remorseful and grateful for what had really happened when he tried to shoot the blacksmith. This shows that Farhad is actually a good person deep down, but he seems to have trouble trusting others since he has lost almost all of his.