Dances With Wolves Analysis
The movie I choose was Dances with Wolves. This movie was about Lieutenant John J. Dunbar and his experience in befriending the Indians. The movie starts off with Lieutenant Dunbar learning he needs to get his leg amputated. However, he refuses to get it amputated and attempts suicide by riding his horse through a line of fire during war. Lieutenant Dunbar survives and is treated by a general. The commanding officer gives Lieutenant Dunbar the horse he rode on in the line of fire and offers Dunbar his choice of posting. He is later given a partner named Timmons to accompany him at his post. Dunbar and Timmons go off to Fort Sedgwick. After they had left the commanding officer had committed suicide. When Dunbar and Timmons arrive they find
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As the Indians prepare for the white people to come for them they decide to pack up their camp and move. As he is packing he realizes he has left it at is post and goes back to grab it. When he goes back to grab the journal, it comes to find out there are Army troops there. Since he appears to be an Indian, they kill his horse and take him into captivity. When he is in captivity that they notice he is a white man pretending to be an Indian and beat him during interrogation. The Army officers decide to take Dunbar to Fort Hayes to have him killed. As they are on their way to execute him, Two Socks, his wolf, comes across and they shoot him. As they continue their trek, the people of the tribe that he was with come to his rescue. Although he was rescued by them he decides in the best interest of the tribe that he leave the tribe, as he will be hunted by the Army. I like this movie and thought it was very interesting. It was very interesting to see the language barrier between Dunbar and the Indians. Although there was a translator, it was interesting to see how the translator had interacted in the situation. One could tell she knew English and was able to take what Dunbar was saying and translate it. However, when taking what the other person had said she would use actions and signs to explain what he had said. Dunbar has no struggle in learning their language. However, it was interesting to see the Indians try to say “lieutenant” as “loo ten
As the Indians prepare for the white people to come for them they decide to pack up their camp and move. As he is packing he realizes he has left it at is post and goes back to grab it. When he goes back to grab the journal, it comes to find out there are Army troops there. Since he appears to be an Indian, they kill his horse and take him into captivity. When he is in captivity that they notice he is a white man pretending to be an Indian and beat him during interrogation. The Army officers decide to take Dunbar to Fort Hayes to have him killed. As they are on their way to execute him, Two Socks, his wolf, comes across and they shoot him. As they continue their trek, the people of the tribe that he was with come to his rescue. Although he was rescued by them he decides in the best interest of the tribe that he leave the tribe, as he will be hunted by the Army. I like this movie and thought it was very interesting. It was very interesting to see the language barrier between Dunbar and the Indians. Although there was a translator, it was interesting to see how the translator had interacted in the situation. One could tell she knew English and was able to take what Dunbar was saying and translate it. However, when taking what the other person had said she would use actions and signs to explain what he had said. Dunbar has no struggle in learning their language. However, it was interesting to see the Indians try to say “lieutenant” as “loo ten