The Film Centers Around A Man Named Benjamin Martin

In the civil war African American’s were not allowed to fight battles in the war, they were meant to be used for manual labor. All the 54th regiment wanted was respect; they were equally as good and equally as prepared as any other regiment. Some of the inaccuracies portrayed were, the whipping of Private Trip, the side in which the regiment attacked Fort Wagner, and how it ends the movie with the portrayal of the nation gaining freedom and rebirth. The first inaccuracy would be the whipping of Private Trip; an African American soldier accused of running away from his regiment at the beginning of the movie. Trip, played by Denzel Washington was a soldier who had strong beliefs in himself and what he stood for!

Ashamed of his brutality during the French Indian War, Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) a widower stays on his homestead with his seven children in South Carolina vowing to live a peaceful life. As one of the most crucial wars in the American History gets closer and closer to South Carolina, the state must decide whether to join or flee. Benjamin, who wants nothing to do with the war, argues against joining the fight with the most powerful country in the world, Britain. When it is decided that South Carolina will join the fight Benjamin 's eldest son Gabriel (Heath Ledger) enlists without permission. Even though he argues against it, he lets Gabriel go. Benjamin stays as far away from the war as possible until a sadistic British officer, William Tavington, burns down his home, takes his slaves, murders his second oldest son Thomas, and takes his oldest son as his prisoner.

This film was about a man named Thomas Durant who was the head of the Union Pacific Railroad. He was getting paid federal money to make sure the railroad was complete. Another man was Cullen Bohannon. Bohannon was a former Confederate slave owner. Bohannon married a northerner by the name of Mary. Mary encouraged and convinced Cullen to free his two slaves one year early before the war ended. Cullen also fought for Confederacy because of honor.

President Abraham Lincoln, known for being President during the American Civil War and being the 16th President, along with being quite well known for being the “Great Emancipator” for his part issuing the Emancipation Proclamation. What was the significance that had played of the Proclamation that made President Lincoln well known for? How have historians debated the significance of Lincoln’s role? Did it help make any changes for the war? The president and his Proclamation had help make a difference for the American Civil War.

Shaw was recruited to lead the regiment right after he came home from serving a battle. He was horrified from violence of that battle but managed to be in a leading role. Even though Shaw had his doubts about the capability of the black troops fighting in war, everyday Shaw gained confidence in the regiment as all the men worked hard. This movie was around the civil war era and depicted discrimination during this time but also showing the

Benjamin was a man that was able to show others that men of color would listen to him and be train to be who they became to be the black troop. They became to be a group of well trained shooters.

As Benjamin transition out of adolescent, he constantly struggles with the decision regarding his future and to find the best way of becoming a man. Ironically, it is his relationship with Mrs. Robinson that helps Benjamin transformation

The film pointed out a lot of subject matter that greatly affects our lives and these are as follows being a Good Samaritan, determination in reaching our goals and dreams, expression of once self, making decisions in the path we take, the different perception of different individuals to a certain subject, our judgement in the life of others, the impact of different exercises/evaluation concerning a person’s multiple intelligence to how he copes with life, and so much more. The Good Samaritan in the film was depicted by Leigh Anne. She portrayed that even in her elite kind of living, she still managed to offer a home for a young man who she had not known except for the fact that she was a friend of her son SJ, although she was a

It too tells the story of George Bailey, a person who is about to kill himself, but is then shown what the town he lives in would turn into without him and how the lives of many people would change in a negative way, he decides to be thankful for what he has and keeps living.

This films depiction of life during the Civil War gives us a look into the many different point of views it was experienced from. Ada and Inman had gone through so much in such a short period of time they found their way back to each other. It was a beautiful love story cut short by the tragedy of death. They both faced many hardships during the war but both seem to find people that help along the way.

Primarily, the similarity between the short-story and the movie is that Literary Benjamin and Movie Benjamin both age backwards. In the beginning of the short-story Literary Benjamin’s Father goes to visit in him in the hospital after he is born, “Mr.

Now in the literary story Benjamin has a grandfather who at the start was antagonized, became to enjoy his grandson’s company. It is a brief account of his grandfather but a meaningful one as this was the first one who gave him a sense of acceptance. The film version gave him acceptance through Queenie and we never get to know a grandfather; though one could say the patrons at the old folk’s home could have been grandparent surrogates for Benjamin. The patrons at the old folks home taught him many things but his experience living there taught him not to fear death and what loss was about which, in a sense, desensitized the character so that when Queenie passes he is not visibly upset.

When the audience first encounters Ben (Miller 44), he represents the success that Willy is striving for.  Before the audience learns of the success that Ben encountered in Africa, they see him on the stage accompanied by an idyllic musical motif

This sets up reader’s understanding that the Compsons are not a cohesive, unified family. It shows how many voices and opinions are involved in everything Benjy does and how much he is around the entire family, making his thoughts very important to the novel because while he might not have been crucial to the actual situation, he was in the room listening.

The lead character John Milton is an ex Special Forces man who became a government assassin only to realize that such a career path would inevitably take its toll on the human psyche. Milton has done a good job in the character development and by setting out a good back-story to the characters that help in understanding his motivations. Pitching headlong into gangs and inner city crime it is an excellent exposition of the hopelessness, poverty and rioting of the period in which it was set in.