what extent has textual form shaped your understanding of history and memory? In your response‚ make detailed reference to your prescribed text and at least ONE other related text. The textual form of the poetry of Denise Levertov and the recount Pure Torture by Tom Moe has shaped the reader’s understanding of history and memory to a great extent. While history is represented generally as objective‚ impersonal‚ factual and static‚ memory is represented as subjective‚ personal‚ fragmented and fluid
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English Speech Goodmorning. Today I will be talking to you about how history and memory are depicted in Peter Carey’s True History of the Kelly Gang‚ and James Cameron’s 1997 film Titanic. Both texts depend heavily on fictionalised historical figures to tell their stories through memory. And both leave us with suspicions about their historical accuracy. In this speech I will be exploring these two texts through five main points * The difference in believability between a novel and a film
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Hotel Rwanda The United Nations was created to solve world problems. It has made actions like making peace with other countries‚ creating programs that help them‚ and helping countries in war. But sometimes‚ the UN will simply avoid a problem. One of these instances was in Rwanda. Around 1994‚ the Hutu tribe of Rwanda was committing the genocide of the Tutsi‚ another tribe of Rwanda. The Tutsi tribe was in alliance with Belgium when it controlled Rwanda‚ so when the Rwandans
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our opinions via protests‚ social media‚ and through our political representatives. If people had not taken a stand in times of conflict and fought for their beliefs the world’s worst tragedies would even more horrific. Paul Rusesabagina from Hotel Rwanda‚ felt strongly that Tutsi people were no lesser than the rest of the Rwandans. Throughout the movie Paul witnesses horrible acts and makes a decision about his stance not based on the people around him but what he believed was right. Although he
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way. Hotel Rwanda is a heart-wrenching unfolding of a man’s journey to free his family from the turmoil around them and what he accomplishes as a result of his moral values and skill in adaptation is nothing short of heroic. Please join me as I illustrate the role of family dynamics and impact of ethical servitude in this powerful movie. Description of Movie Family The primary family in this film consists of a family of five. Paul Rusesabagina‚ the revered house manager of the Sabena Hotel des Mille
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Genocides have occurred through out history in even the most “civilized” of countries. Those of which include the Black War in Australia‚ the War of Three Kingdoms in English territory‚ the Greek Genocide by the Ottomans‚ the Holocaust in Germany‚ and the Rwandan Genocide in Africa. Each time genocides occur the people of the world vow never again. But those are just words‚ words that are worthless. Everyone likes feeling safe. By saying that no more genocides will occur is a way to shelter
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Hollywood‚ the effects of the interconnectedness of the world are felt on deep and personal levels by many people. Through the movies Contagion and Hotel Rwanda‚ as well as the public events of the Sheffield Scuffle and a rally
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William Goldings “Lord of the Flies” and the movie “Hotel Rwanda” directed by Terry George both Ralph and Paul Rusesabaginas courage proved that an ordinary person can act against great evil. Both the book and the movie have a similar setting‚ theme‚ character‚ tone‚ and mood. The setting in “Lord of the Flies” and “Hotel Rwanda “is very similar. In “Lord of the Flies” the boys are stuck on a deserted island with no help and in “Hotel Rwanda” no one wants to help them so they are also deserted
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Hotel Rwanda Movie Questions 1. What city is the movie taking place in? The city the movie takes place is in Kigali (which is a city in Rwanda) 2. What country supplied the Hutus with machetes and how much did they cost? The country that supplied the Hutus with machetes was China and each one cost 10 cents. 3. Describe the guests at Paul’s hotel. The guests a Paul’s hotel were rich people from other countries. 4. What does Paul tell his wife when she asks why the soldiers would have arrested
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The movie Hotel Rwanda This is a true story about the life in Rwanda during the spring of 1994. It is about Paul Rusesabagina who saved a lot of lives. He was the hotel manager of Hôtel des Mille Collines where he housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees when the Hutus killed all the Tutsis on their way. Hutu extremists within Rwanda’s political elite blamed the entire Tutsi minority population for the country’s economic and political problems. The Tutsis were called cockroaches on the radio by the
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