Hotel Rwanda Sparknotes

In both English and History class, we discussed different issues and compared our ideas with the movie Hotel Rwanda which revealed the genocide and the Western countries ignorance. They labeled the time of unrest as `an act of genocide´, therefore not allowing nations to come and aid the victims because their interest did not lie in helping politically as it was not beneficial. Paul Rusesabagina, the main protagonist, is a brave hotel manager who saved the lives of the Tutsis he housed in a hotel and offered a different perspective on globalization. The effects that lead to an uprise as well as the result of the conflict in Rwanda, was painted by the influence of the political and economic globalization. The racial divide was the cause that set a foundation to encourage the hate among both ethnic groups who worked effortlessly to eradicate the opposing; a division of who has the power and who doesn’t. These factors brewed a conflict that resulted in mass murders and a horrible genocide. In this movie, we can see that characteristic labels were put on
The role of Paul in Hotel Rwanda exemplified the extent to which economic and political globalization can be positive and beneficial to society. As the manager of the hotel, Paul was capable of building relationships with officials who had authority to help. He faced the dilemma of being Hutu and being married to a Tutsi and understood that he couldn't escape the war zone without outside help so he relied on the UN. Paul had a system of networks that he used and understood the technological and economic advances he shared with the Western world. He turned the hotel into a fugitive camp and encouraged them to call family in order to escape. By utilizing the effects of globalization, Paul was able to take a negative situation and turn it into a successful effort of people who were under attack to a safe