The protagonist in this movie is Paul Rusesabagina. He is the assistant manager of the 4-star Mille Collines. He has 2 children and his wife is named Tatiana. When the Hutu begin killing the Tutsis‚ the real manager of the Mille Collines fled and Paul was moved up to his position. He reluctantly allows over 1‚000 refugees to stay at the Mille Collines and protects his family at all costs. He is trusted by his neighbors and family and most of the refugees and employees at the Mille Collines. When
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Paul Rusesabagina: Hero or Opportunist In the film Hotel Rwanda‚ we see the portrayal of events at the Hotel Des Mille Collines as they were described in Paul Rusesabagina’s book titled “An Ordinary Man‚” which talks about his experiences in Rwanda during the genocide committed by the Hutu people in 1994. The Hutu people went on a killing spree‚ massacring over 800‚000 Tutsi natives in the span of two months. In the film‚ Rusesabagina is made out to be a hero of the
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that I identify with most would be Paul Rusesabagina. Paul Rusesabagina was the manager of a Rwandan hotel called the Milles Collines. He tells his story about the genocide in Rwanda during 1994. I picked Mr. Rusesabagina because it is his autobiography and he is telling the story. Also‚ it’s easy for me to see how the simply rules of being hospitable can save the day. While reading the book‚ I came across an important observation of Mr. Rusesabagina. He stated that “facts are almost irrelevant
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the killing? It used to be that God and I shared many drinks together as friends. We don’t talk much anymore‚ but I would like to think that we can one day reconcile over an urwagwa and he will explain everything to me” (Rusesabagina 184). Throughout the novel‚ Paul Rusesabagina is faced with a never-ending avalanche of struggles that would smother a weaker man. However‚ he maintains a façade of resilience despite his tribulations and fears‚ doing so through his eloquence and mastery of the art of
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In 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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Winston Churchill once said‚ “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” Churchill’s definition of courage has this duality to it in the sense that courage is not just being able to fight this and that‚ but it is also being able to control that and fight only when necessary. Courage can be defined in so many ways and have so many aspects‚ but what is true courage? Despite common belief‚ courage is not just doing everything possible to help
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Paul Rusesabagina saved more than 1‚200 refugees in his hotel‚ what was the world doing to help refugees during the genocide? Nothing‚ the UN hardly helped at all during the entire genocide. Paul was the hotel manager for the hotel Diplomates‚ a high end hotel where foreigner government officials stayed. Another hotel‚ hotel Mille Collines‚ was another hotel Paul had access to. During the Rwandan genocide Paul kept over a thousand Tutsi and moderate Hutu save in the walls of the Mille Collines. He
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Can someone be entirely evil or be purely good? In the autobiography An Ordinary Man Paul Rusesabagina‚ Paul tells his story of being an ordinary man who becomes a hero during by the Rwandan genocide and how he just did his job and saved countless lives. Within the story‚ Paul explains how human nature truly is. He tells how even the evilest people have a soft‚ compassionate side. Man is neither inherently good nor evil but‚ rather a combination of both. People are not purely good or evil‚ human
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In the show Orphan Black‚ Tatiana Masalany did a great job playing different characters. None of them are alike and you can see that by not just the clothes and make up‚ but they all have different type of personality. They move differently‚ speak differently‚ etc. if it wasn’t because of the fact that they all look the same‚ nobody would ever guess that the same person is playing all of them. They’re completely different people. The main character‚ Sarah‚ for sure is the brave and the leader one
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man would ever think he would have to face. An ordinary man‚ living an ordinary life‚ with his ordinary family. In the beginning of the story Paul starts out stating his name and his occupation just as n ordinary man would do. "My name is Paul Rusesabagina. I am a hotel manager." Then out of the blue‚ an attack happens. Suddenly Hutu`s are safe and Tutsis are not. This outbreak of raging Hutu`s causes a major problem for this ordinary hotel manager and he suddenly has to become a strong leader and
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