[t]here was nothing particularly heroic about it. My only pride is that I . . . continued to do my job as a manager when all other aspects of decent life vanished” (Rusesabagina 78). He considered his actions as anything but heroic when in reality they were heroic. Saving a thousand lives was a courageous act‚ but he did not think so. Rusesabagina also said the lives he saved were a significant amount compared to the deaths in the entire genocide. “[T]he best you can say is that my hotel saved about four
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starts out with Rusesabagina and his job as manager for Mille Collines‚ a luxury Belgian hotel in Kigali‚ the capital of Rwanda. In a country wrought with bribery and corruption‚ the tension between the Hutus and the Tutsis rises‚ and intrastate conflict ensues. Rusesabagina is a Hutu and has powerful connections‚ so he is relatively okay‚ but his wife is Tutsi‚ which puts her and their children in danger. After the tensions and conflict escalate quickly within a few days‚ Rusesabagina takes his wife
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The riveting life story of Paul Rusesabagina-the man whose heroism inspired the film Hotel Rwanda As his country was being torn apart by violence during the Rwandan genocide of 1994‚ hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina-the "Oskar Schindler of Africa"-refused to bow to the madness that surrounded him. Confronting killers with a combination of diplomacy‚ flattery‚ and deception‚ he offered shelter to more than twelve thousand members of the Tutsi clan and Hutu moderates‚ while homicidal mobs raged outside
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human rights. In addition‚ Wiesel is trying to convey the fact that no matter how much power one has‚ one must be the greatest change‚ when facing an evil such as the violation of human rights. On a similar note‚ in the movie Hotel Rwanda‚ Paul Rusesabagina delivered a speech to the refugees of Rwanda
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as it relates to the concepts of human geography that I have learned over the semester. The movie is about the genocide in Rwanda in 1994. The movie shows how Hutu extremists mass murdered the Tutsi population and how one Hutu named Paul Rusesabagina‚ a hotel manager‚ helped save the lives of his friends and family and over one thousand refugees. The movie itself was very well done. It was shocking and inspirational. I was shocked by the hatred and horrible acts that were committed
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There are two major ethnic groups in Rwanda‚ the Hutu and the Tutsi. However‚ the tension between these people has been a feature of Rwandan life for generations even though they speak the same language‚ follow the same traditions and live in the same areas. The Belgians made the Tutsi the ruling class‚ giving them the better jobs‚ housing and educational opportunities‚ as well as charging them with keeping the Hutu ‘in their place’ based on the color of their skin.The Tutsi people were slaughtered
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The Multicultural Effectiveness of Narrative Therapy Liberty University HSER 509 Dr. M. E. Cooper July 05‚ 2013 Abstract One of the most difficult situations that face counselors and their clients is the daunting task of listening with understanding while removing bias from the counselors thought process. The wall of bias and not understanding creates fear for those seeking help from the counseling institution. While there are many different counseling techniques available to the counselor
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07-22-09 Tarasoff v. Regents 17 Cal 3d 425 Facts: On October 27‚ 1969‚ Prosenjit Poddar killed Tatiana Tarasoff. Plaintiffs‚ Tatiana’s parents‚ allege that two months earlier Poddar confided his intention to kill Tatiana to Dr. Lawrence Moore‚ a psychologist employed by the Cowell Memorial Hospital at the University of California at Berkeley. They allege that on Moore’s request‚ the campus police briefly detained Poddar‚ but released him when he appeared rational. They further claim that Dr.
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influence of his wife Tatiana‚ the number of refugees that sought safety at the hotel‚ and the actions or non-action of the United Nations (UN). Paul’s wife Tatiana was a Tutsi which meant her life was in danger along with their two children’s. Tatiana believed Paul to be an upstanding and honest man who could make a difference for those in danger Tatiana wanted Paul to take action to help their neighbours and friends throughout the genocide‚ "do something Paul!" (Hotel Rwanda) Tatiana pleaded this as
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Nesta lu Yuen English 7 21 March 2014 Agents of Violent act vs. Exceptional Act Of all genocides‚ mass murders and/or murders‚ and wars; people who commit the violent acts excuse themselves as an unmoral being. In Night by Elie Wiesel and Perils of Obedience by Stanely Milgram‚ people that become agents of great violence believe that authority overpowers morality and their self preservation makes them act violently; although people have become agents of great violence‚ in Obedience in
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