Argo Essay
Being Courageous
The movie "Argo" is about what happened during the Iran hostage crisis. The CIA and Hollywood collaborated in a life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans. The CIA agent named Tony Mendez snuck into Iran to bring back six American diplomats who were hiding with a Canadian household. In the Movie "Argo", the director, Ben Affleck showed the tension between the U.S and Iran by using memory, reason, emotion and faith by this time. The director showed the strain between the U.S and Iran by using memory, because the movie itself is based on a true incident which happened in 1979. In 1979, the American embassy in Iran was invaded by Iranian revolutionaries and several Americans were taken hostage. However, six managed to escape to the official residence of the Canadian Ambassador and the CIA was eventually ordered to get them out of the country. With few options, ex-filtration expert Tony Mendez devised a daring plan: to create a phony Canadian film project looking to shoot in Iran and smuggle the Americans out as its production crew. With the help of some trusted Hollywood contacts, Mendez created the ruse and proceed to Iran as its associate producer. However, time was running out with the Iranian security forces closing in on the truth while both his charges and the White House had grave doubts about the operation themselves. Affleck intentionally made this movie based on the memory because he wants audience especially, the kids of this generation to be a brave and proud American. I believe what Affleck wants from our generation is to take risks and get the success out of it. In the movie Tony Mendez took the risk of bringing back the 6 Americans from Iran even when the CIA officer told him not to take such kind of risks. However, he believes that "whoever takes responsibility of something he should definitely do what he is supposed to do". Because if someone do not take any risks he would not know the win behind
The movie "Argo" is about what happened during the Iran hostage crisis. The CIA and Hollywood collaborated in a life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans. The CIA agent named Tony Mendez snuck into Iran to bring back six American diplomats who were hiding with a Canadian household. In the Movie "Argo", the director, Ben Affleck showed the tension between the U.S and Iran by using memory, reason, emotion and faith by this time. The director showed the strain between the U.S and Iran by using memory, because the movie itself is based on a true incident which happened in 1979. In 1979, the American embassy in Iran was invaded by Iranian revolutionaries and several Americans were taken hostage. However, six managed to escape to the official residence of the Canadian Ambassador and the CIA was eventually ordered to get them out of the country. With few options, ex-filtration expert Tony Mendez devised a daring plan: to create a phony Canadian film project looking to shoot in Iran and smuggle the Americans out as its production crew. With the help of some trusted Hollywood contacts, Mendez created the ruse and proceed to Iran as its associate producer. However, time was running out with the Iranian security forces closing in on the truth while both his charges and the White House had grave doubts about the operation themselves. Affleck intentionally made this movie based on the memory because he wants audience especially, the kids of this generation to be a brave and proud American. I believe what Affleck wants from our generation is to take risks and get the success out of it. In the movie Tony Mendez took the risk of bringing back the 6 Americans from Iran even when the CIA officer told him not to take such kind of risks. However, he believes that "whoever takes responsibility of something he should definitely do what he is supposed to do". Because if someone do not take any risks he would not know the win behind