He is a hardened veteran who now lives alone, the only white man in a neighborhood that is now populated by gangs & poor South Eastern Asian Immigrants. He was a former Auto Worker, and he also calls people slurs, like "Slope" or "Zipperhead" Whatever the most popular ones are by ethnicity. He has a prized possession, a 1972 Gran Torino, a symbol of his days working at ford. He also reckons of days of old, Like by bringing up his days in Korea, as he cannot let go of it.