The Fog of War Analysis Nearly 160 million people were killed during the 20th century‚ and film maker Errol Morris wished to show the reason for this in documentary form. He interviewed former US secretary of Defense Arnold McNamara and the two discussed and analyzed some defining moments in US history‚ thus "The Fog of War" was made. The movie was set up in 11 lessons. However‚ I only found three to be completely reasonable. The first lesson that is highlighted in Morris’ film is that
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Carlos Rivas English 2341 Professor Scott Whitebird March 10‚ 2011 The book and the movie of the same name‚ The house of sand and fog which is a movie about the conflict that arises over who is rightful owner of a small bungalow along the California coastline. The story in of itself is amazingly refreshing as the whole story doesn’t really have a protagonist or antagonist because at points in the story all characters are a little bit of both. The book’s and the follow up movie’s main theme are
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Night and Fog presents the events that took place within concentration camps during World War II from a perspective that is thought-provoking and frightening. This documentary was filmed ten years after the harrowing genocide of the Second World War. During the time of the war‚ concentration camps were built around Germany‚ Poland‚ Czechoslovakia‚ Austria‚ Switzerland‚ and Belgium to systematically contain and kill many different races‚ nationalities‚ sexualities‚ and enemies of Adolf Hitler’s Reich
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Judgment in the House of Sand and Fog People place judgment on one another every day based on differences. Sometimes it is done subconsciously; sometimes it is done on purpose. In the book The House of Sand and Fog‚ by Andre Dubus III‚ two different cultures were represented; Kathy represented the culture of the western civilization‚ whereas Behrani represented the culture of Persians. People judge one another based on unimportant things‚ and get judged based on those same things as well. Two
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footage comes from the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1940. In Auschwitz concentration camp‚ Jews suffered the oppression of the Nazi; however‚ no one took the responsibilities years later even after the war came to an end. In the film‚ Night and Fog‚ the indifferent attitude and irresponsible language of various people who worked at the Auschwitz concentration camp was incredibly shocking. The lower ranking soldiers used “following orders” as a way to divert personal responsibility and to justify
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“The Fog of War” documentary highlights the experiences of Robert McNamara as the U.S. Secretary of Defense during the presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson. The film covers McNamara’s involvement in World War 2‚ the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ and the Vietnam War with regards to his position and the lessons he’s learned after being put into the century’s most conflicting situations. McNamara implements these lessons into the historical wartime occurrences in the U.S. he’s able to witness
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Fire and Fog Character Analysis “Survivors aren’t always the strongest; sometimes they’re the smartest‚ but more often simply the luckiest” (Ryan‚ Carrie). In the book‚” Fire and Fog‚” by Dianne Day‚ she tells a story about San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Dianne Day explains how people suffer during and after the earthquake. Caroline Fremont Jones‚ 23 years old is one of the main characters who survive in the San Francisco earthquake and fire of‚ 1906. Fremont is an independent person‚ helpful
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Kathy finds out how tenuous is the dream of home ownership. Through no fault of her own‚ she is evicted from her legally owned home by a bureaucratic clerical error (the tax office was seeking payment for the house on Biscove Street‚ not Bisgrove Street). Although Kathy cannot afford a lawyer‚ she is assisted by a Legal Aid lawyer‚ paid for by the state. Although Kathy’s lawyer has filed suit against the county whose tax office made the error‚ Kathy has nowhere to go after she is evicted and‚ were
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House of Tragedy The novel entitled‚ House of Sand and Fog was written by Andre Dubus III and is based around the Behrani family who fled from their native country of Iran after the Iranian revolution. They found themselves in America living in an apartment way too expensive for their income. This forces Massoud Behrani to find a job without much training outside of the military this becomes difficult. Behrani takes two jobs one as a trash collector and the other as a convenience store clerk‚ both
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significant role in one’s identity. Imagine just travelling a million miles across the two Easts and the two Wests to reach a perceived notion of bliss. The following texts analyzed: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri & The House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III‚ explore the pattern of the sociocultural effect(s) of immigration on the livelihood of immigrants. Furthermore‚ the topics explored through this paper tie to the following comparison(s) of themes in both texts. Without further or
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