Remember the Titans: A Theoretical Analysis Rameca Leary Regent University Ph.D. Program Communication and the Arts‚ Charleston Email: ramecaleary@aol.com ABSTRACT This paper addresses a pivotal time in American history‚ when a 1971 Supreme Court mandate required southern school districts to end segregation (Daugherity‚ 2011). In Alexandria‚ Virginia‚ the merger of three rival high schools yielded a racially diverse football team and coaching staff. Beforehand‚ blacks and whites had their own schools
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shook hands then everyone started making momma jokes and all started to sing and have fun together which was a good team bonding experience for everyone. “Does anyone know what this place is?” said Boone. “Some old foggy field coach.” said Star LB Gerry Bertier “No this is the battlefield of Gettysburg.” said Boone “This is where they fought the battle of Gettysburg. Fifty thousand men died right here on this field‚ fighting the same fight that we’re still fighting amongst ourselves today.” “Coach
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Remember the Titans Remember the Titans was based on a true story. Back in 1971‚ the high schools in Alexandria‚ Virginia were forced to integrate an all-black and all-white school into T.C. Williams High School. A young black coach‚ Herman Boone who was new to the community was then hired to replace Bill Yoast‚ as the head coach of that school. At first Coach Yoast wanted to pursue his opportunities elsewhere‚ but in the end he changed his mind and stayed to be Coach Boone’s assistant after his
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characters are Ruth Younger‚ Walter Lee Younger‚ Beneatha Younger‚ Lena Younger (Mama)‚ and Karl Linder. On the other hand‚ in the movie called Remember the Titans‚ the main characters are Coach Herman Boone‚ Coach Bill Yoast‚ Julius Campbell‚ Gerry Bertier‚ and Petey Jones. In each one of these works‚ it is easy to see that each main character has to deal with tensions in every single moment of the work. There are many things in common with both works and explaining them briefly will help in the
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Remember the Titans relationship development Dejzon Walker Movie Paper Assignment Com 200 Summer 2012 Dejzon Walker Com 200 August 6‚ 2012 Remember the Titans relationship development The time era that this film was connecting to was the early 1970’s due to the heavy civil topics such as discrimination and racism. T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria‚ Virginia at the time was a desegregated school and the hiring of their first African American head coach Herman Boone
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The Denzel Washington Experience Everyone has a favorite actor/actress that they like for whatever reason. For as long as I can remember my favorite actor has been Denzel Washington. I have always admired the characters he has created and the depth of emotion he brings to these characters. I have seen much of his work and have noticed similarities between his movie roles. In many of Denzel Washington’s movies he portrays an honest everyman bravely confronting social injustice. Remember the Titans
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Remember the Titans The U.S. Supreme Court put into affect a new law that would combine both white and black students into public schools in 1971. T.C. Williams High School was one of the first schools to integrate this new rule‚ which was located in Alexander‚ Virginia. This was an opportunity for someone like Herman Boone (a black man) who was hired on as an assistant coach to prove his leadership and talent in coaching football coming from a double A to a triple A district. He was offered the
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relationship between the leader and the followers (114). This is best demonstrated in the “Who’s your daddy scene”. Bertier comes up to coach and basically states how the team is going to be run because he is the All-American on the team. Coach Boone uses his referent power to totally flip the situation into the fact that he is now Bertier’s daddy. This is a tough pill for Bertier to swallow but since Boone effectively used his referent power‚ he was able to get the followers to fall into line. This
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to integrate and overcome their racial prejudice. An important character is Gary Bertier as throughout the film he changes and strays away from his prejudice manner and becomes a fair and promising leader that overcomes conflict that lies beneath the segregated community. Boaz Yakin has used various methods such as the evocative use of expressive dialogue to present to us the importance of the character - Gary Bertier- and how his attitude changes overtime. An example of his initial attitude was in
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the beginning of the camp. Bertier comes up to coach Boone and states what is the structure of the team going to be both on offence and defence because he is the only All-American on the team. Coach Boone uses his legitimate power to absolutely flip the situation into the fact that he is now becoming Bertier’s daddy. In addition‚ Coach Boone uses pressure influence tactic which refers to the use of coercive power through threats and demands. He clearly states that Bertier had better do what Coach Boone
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