Education About Death Film Analysis

World War II was perhaps one of the worst crises in history of humanity. This global warfare consisted of series of catastrophic events such as the Holocaust and nuclear warfare, and it is certainly true that Germany played a major role causing this war. However, the cause of war was not solely dependent on Germany, but it was rather the rise of dictatorial regimes in multiple countries. Nonetheless, “Education about Death”, a film produced by an American filmmaker, Walt Disney, depicts Germany as the antagonist or the bad. Furthermore, the video criticizes and humiliates Germany using variety of literary devices. Thus, the film: “Education about Death” is biased. In the beginning of the video, the director makes use of symbolism and sarcasm
Han was taken by the Nazis at a young age and trained. Here, the author makes use of exaggeration in order to emphasize that all Germans are barbaric and inhumane, which is a biased opinion. For instance, the teacher teaches the concept of the survival of the fittest to the children by showing a fox devouring an innocent rabbit. When Han said the rabbit was guiltless and poor, he got furious. On the other hand, he was satisfied with another boy’s response when he said the rabbit deserved to die as only strong deserve to survive. This kind of environment ends up brainwashing Han into a “true Nazi soldier.” Although Germany had a strong nationalism it was not to the extent as it was portrayed in the film. Therefore, these scenes exemplify author’s biased perspective on Germany as he inflates and take facts to extreme with the intentions to deride Germany. To conclude, an American film, “Education about Death”, is biased as the author makes use of different literary devices including sarcasm, symbolism, as means of tool to ridicule Germany. Although the film may contain little factual information about Germany, the film was produced to entertain the audiences. Therefore, the film had to be