The poem ‘The Patriot’ is based on a man who has worked and fought for his country‚ which is clear in the title of the poem. The poem goes on to say that the public have not understood his intensions and they have punished him with the sentence to death. To begin with‚ the first stanza sets the scene and the setting of the poem‚ allowing the reader to understand where the writer is and what the poem is generally about. It says: “It was roses‚ roses‚ all the way”. Connotations of ‘roses’ are love
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A. The Patriot – there is no direct explanation for the deviation from fact but it is acknowledged that there are many discrepancies within the movie‚ “There was no such person as Benjamin Martin” and “The most serious deviation from the historical record was the incineration of the occupied church: There is no record of any such event”. This movie was an intentional deviation from fact and a mish mash of similar event surrounding that time simply for entertainment value. The movie provided just
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Patriot Throughout many decades history has been learned by reading books and listening to past experiences or stories. Although many still use standard history books‚ it seem fair to say that most people now a days are getting their history‚ or what they think is history from movies. It is an unavoidable phenomenon now that televised entertainment is such a big thing. More and more people watch Television so why not put some education into it. Many movies don’t have an accurate explanation‚ or
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The Patriot Benjamin Martin a widowed country man from the state of South Carolina owned a plantation and had 6 children. He was a veteran of the French and Indian war and was called to Charleston to vote in the South Carolina General Assembly on the topic of the continental army. He was against war joined the loyalist‚ and voted against the issues but as fate would have it the supporting vote overruled him. His eldest son Gabriel joined the continentals‚ against his father’s wishes. His plantation
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It is littered with metaphors and inaccuracies. It is nonetheless an extremely useful piece of evidence that holds a foundation of truth. An example of one of the inaccuracies in the Iliad is in Homer’s description of Troy. He details the buildings present‚ naming a temple of Athena‚ who was a Greek goddess‚ a temple of this god would not be present in
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There are a lot of documentaries out there today that discuss some important achievements‚ events‚ people‚ or even disasters that have occurred in history throughout the world‚ but I would have never thought that there would be one that talked about one of my favorite childhood toys‚ LEGOs. The documentary started off giving a brief history of LEGOs and what exactly they were‚ but then showed how it was more than just a couple of bricks. I liked this because it showed that LEGOs have been apart of
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In the text from the Patriot the author highlights many historical inaccuracies‚ one of those being the fact that in the text the British cavalry wore a red dress uniform. In reality they were given the name Green Dragoons because of the obvious fact a green coat was worn during battle. Another misleading fact in the movie The Patriot was the main character Benjamin Martin. Benjamin Martin was a made up character for movie purposes. The actual events for his character a made up of multiple real life
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Accuracy and Inaccuracy Sensory Information I believe that we should definitely be able to trust our senses to give us an accurate view of the world. We are taught as we grow up to learn how to crawl‚ walk‚ read‚ write‚ etc. In order to do these things we have to explore and learn. Learning is the most fundamental part of someone’s development due to it deals with the cognitive development stage of sociology. Cognitive development is the process of acquiring intelligence and increasingly advanced
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well‚ however‚ there were some minor inaccuracies. In Esther chapter 1:10-11‚ it says that King Xerxes was in high spirits when he requested for Queen Vashti. In the movie‚ when the King requested for Queen Vashti‚ he was not in high spirits‚ he was broody or thoughtful. It was also not King Xerxes’ idea to request for Vashti‚ unlike the book implies‚ it was actually the people and the nobles who requested for Vashti. Another one of these minor inaccuracies can be seen in Esther chapter 5:3 when
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The movie‚ thirteen days accurately displays the behavior and activities that were occurring during the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ which the movie is based upon. In a recent national study of the 13 days movie‚ against known fact the movie was given high ratings with accuracy and how true the facts where. But there were also problems and false facts‚ leading the movie to be more of a representation of the event than a total recall. The directors also had to have their analysis of the movie‚ pre and postproduction
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