Every movie has a bad guy, villain, or trader; in the case of Slumdog Millionaire, the antagonist of the film is the character Salim. Salim is typecast as the antagonist throughout the film, as he has continually caused his younger brother, Jamal, to suffer since they were children. From the time he locked Jamal in a latrine, preventing him from getting an autograph from Jamal's favorite actor, to the time he took his love away, Latika preventing them from being together. With the death of their mother at a young age, Salim and Jamal had only each other. Then again, this doesn't always mean that the only family you have will always support and love you. However, Salim makes his final decision because he feels guilty for stopping his brother from enjoying his life and is happy to restrict him to Latika and make him unhappy. It was not the plan for Salim to let Latika out as he never wanted her to interact with them. While sleeping under a small shed during a rainstorm the first day Jamal and Salim lost their mother, Latika was outside in the rain, soaking wet, playing alone in the mud. The setting for this scene was rain, emphasizing the younger brothers' emotions of sadness and depression caused by the massacre that occurred earlier that killed their mother. Latika was the only person outside the shed who was soaked in the middle of the street and Salim didn't want her inside because he thought he was causing trouble. The director chose this setting because it was the start of a disaster for Salim who had to go to the trouble of separating Jamal from her. Latika, now older, was surprised by Salim's request to flee while she still had the chance; Latika was somehow thinking in the middle of a paper......screaming his name, we just saw Jamal win twenty million rupees. When Javed opens the door, Salim is in the bathtub full of rupee notes with his gun in his hand and shot Javed. However, the 3 thugs who were behind Javed shoot Salim and he dies saying "God is good". From my point of view, I think Boyle wanted the audience to see him as a mean and selfish person and continued to see him as he was older. Throughout the movie it seems like he is making Jamal suffer through a lot of sadness caused by his brother when in reality if you think about it he was only trying to protect Jamal from harmful things since Salim was the eldest and that their mother died at such a time. young, his mission is to lead and protect him. Salim was a good brother and his final decision was made to give Jamal the life he wanted and deserved after having a horrible childhood.