During World War One, French military leaders sent a sensitive memo to lower-ranking officers with instructions on how to shape relations between French officers/troops and black American troops to avoid offending the United States. This communiqué wished to make French officers aware that blacks were second-class citizens in the United States and were considered inferior to white Americans.…
The film felt like a visual representation of 1984 with myriad similarities in the ministry of information and the total control, but at the same time, total chaos. I was most intrigued and provoked by the representation of terrorists in the film and the innocent people caught in the crossfire. There is a clear connection between that representation as no one really ever finds out who the terrorists are and the current climate today in representing refugees as terrorists. This paranoia and fear of the other is instilled by the government and justifies their information regime. In a repressive regime like in Brazil, the government uses terrorists as a threat, seen in Helpmann’s speech in the beginning, to vacate responsibility for the lack of…
Half of the prose demonstrate raw pain, and the other half are devoid of emotion. By living through those awesome moments the author lost something of himself in those ten years. With each passing horrible event he quiets, soon the reader too finds himself becoming numb. One must be very wary as his message becomes muddled! Thomas L. Friedman wrote this historical diary of his memories to preserve the importance of the real life rather than just the politics of it, yet his pain in his biography leave a profound effect that dulls the pain with each additional account of violence. This leaves the novel light, and superficial. Further, it leaves the readers with feeling they watched a 6 hour news broadcast, resulting in feeling that they can’t care anymore, like the Beirutis, the readers must protect themselves, drown out the pain, and move…
Through the use of techniques and themes, a composer is able to create distinctively visual images when describing the setting and characters in detail which help us to understand and form meaning of what the composer is trying to convey in their texts. The use of techniques such as body language, symbolism, lighting, music and photographic background slides create distinctively visual images same with themes that are being used within the texts such as truth which is evident in the dramatic text ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ by John Misto, the song ‘Lose Yourself’ sang by Eminem, and the film ‘The Eye’ directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud featuring Jessica Alba. These three texts demonstrate how the responders are impacted and what is interrupted within the text and there similarities that help shape meaning.…
The Korean War was the result of tensions between North and South Korea after World War II. North Korea launched a surprise attack against an unprepared South Korea, pushing South Korean and U.S. forces to the southernmost tip of the Korean Peninsula. The U.S. launched a counterattack that started with amphibious landings at Wolmi-do Island and Inchon. The battle of Inchon was a significant factor in the Korean War because it allowed U.S. and South Korean forces to push North Korea back past the 38th Parallel.…
the British plan was to squeeze the city and its garrison into baltimore by doing a land/sea maneuvers…
War is atrocious. People hear this everywhere they go and hear it in every class they have ever taken. Novelist Agatha Christie once said that "one is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one." What she means by this is that war does not accomplish anything, rather, it exists as a settlement between two factions who think they can take control of the other. Merely, war is a conflict between nation's governments, rather than anything else. So it's a shame to even comprehend that many innocent lives are at stake because of the bad decisions of their leaders. Many people do see this and understand war's atrocious goals, and in many films, directors choose to approach this theme in their use of cinematography.…
The Battle of Marathon was dramatic turning point for the Greek city-states against the invading Persians. The Battle of Marathon also spawned a famous legend that's influence can be seen a variety of areas from the Modern Olympics to one of the most internationally recognized sneaker companies. The Battle of Marathon also illustrated the importance of strong military leadership and strategy, especially when facing overwhelming odds.…
Target Audience The target audience for Chicken Run is family viewing as it is model animation and is simply for younger viewing and it also has adult humour so everyone in the family can enjoy it. Type of Animation Chicken Run is a film made using characters and models out of plastercine and clay etc.…
Algeria is regarded as the second largest country in Africa. It is clearly stated that the Algerian people’s identity was strongly linked to the French colonization. The French policy during its settlement in Algeria assimilates the Algerian citizens into the French culture since they aimed at destroying the Algerian identity and replace it by the French one. It is a French policy called as the acculturation policy. Hannoum (2010) ‘Algeria was subjected to one of the most drastic forms of cultural colonialism’. (p.01)…
Eight years of war had shattered Algeria. There had been more than one million Algerian casualties and nearly two million Algerians had lost their homes. For over a century the French had deprived the Algerians of any but the most minimal opportunity to become involved in its infrastructure and institutions. Algerians had been made a subclass of servants, unskilled labourers and peasants. The departure of the French left the country without the skilled labour to keep the country running.…
The movie Lawrence of Arabia had many interesting aspects about it and, according to sources, is very historically accurate. Taken place during WW with the feud between British and Turkish forces over the Suez Canal, the movie reflects a life of an individual who tries to do something about the injustice of the Arabian people. David Lean depicts Lawrence or El Lawrence as the tragic hero of the biography in order to make the story more enchanting to the reader.…
Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca was released in 1942 and became an immediate hit. Many people see this movie as the classic love story of all time, yet it is also has significant historical and political references that people could also relate to at the time the movie was released. The movie is based in the French-controlled Moroccan city of Casablanca during World War II. Lead character Rick Blaine is a cynical American who now lives in Casablanca and owns “Rick’s Café Americain,” an upscale nightclub and hangout for refugees, Nazis and thieves. During this time many people fled a German-controlled Europe, seeking freedom in America. “Letters of transit” allow these refugees to travel through neutral Portugal and on to America. A horrible refugee path led people to Casablanca, where many people end up stranded because they could not get the appropriate paperwork to travel to Portugal.…
Referring back to the pre-call for independence, the Algerians and Mozambique settler population felt that they were being mistreated by their colonial power. In Algeria even since 1942, according to the West Chester University, the French were mistreating the Algerians by taking over “French-owned” farms and forcing the Algerian ex workers to work for them. At the end of WW2, the Vichy French government increased taxes, specifically for the Algerians and implemented “racial policies”, that favored the French. Similarly, Mozambique’s were discriminated, as the Portuguese deprived with lack of education, lack of political justification and very “cheap wages”. Despite both Algeria and Mozambique being treated unfairly socially, economically and politically, on May 8, 1945, the Algerians celebrated the end of WW2, by marching in Setif, but the Algerians raised “the green and white flag” of Abd al Kader’s 1840 uprising, which angered the French, causing violence and resulting in 45,000 deaths. Being unfairly treated, the Algerians and Mozambique’s called for independence.…
The opening credits introduce the film with the Bayeux tapestry which shows a journey with the crusades. The different sections of the tapestry show the historical place and date. After that the tapestry shows conflict – with mounted, armoured soldiers; this shows us the film will include battles war. The dramatic music helps the picture by adding to the adventurous atmosphere, the music relates to characters in the credits going from dark to light for good and bad individuals in the story. The music goes on in places to be serious and heroic.…