Hotel Rwanda Film Analysis
Hotel Rwanda is based on a the massacre that happened in the 1900s in the country of Rwanda. In the movie, Paul Rusesabagina played by Don Cheadle was a hotel manager for Hôtel des Mille Collines (Hotel Rwanda. (n.d.). Retrieved October 5, 2015.) during the genocide. In the 1990s the population of the Rwanda was overtaken by Hutus; about 85% and 14% of Tutsi, A number of Hutus believed they were the superior race over the Tutsi. The Hutus considered the Tutsi as “inhuman” and wanted to get rid of number of Tutsis (Genocide in Rwanda. (n.d.). Retrieved October 5, 2015.) Paul Rwanda took over 1268 Tutsi refugees over the three month period of the civil war. But along with the number of refugees he did protect over one million Tutsis and rebels
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Aristotle constantly stressed the idea of "community". Aristotle states that "the human life is shaped to its full extent in the context of a community" (CCCB: page #12). A community is about a group of people living in harmony, with the ability for them to share and express emotions or ideas in order to benefit one another. In Hotel, Rwanda Paul was able to keep over one thousand refugees which were men, women and children during the genocide (Hotel Rwanda). Paul did live in the community. But one employee who went against Paul was Gregorie. Gregorie expressed unethical behaviour, by driving to the extremist Hutus' area and explained about how Paul was keeping a number of Tutsi refugee in his hotel (Hotel Rwanda). Gregoire did not care for anyone but himself, he believed that Paul was going against the Hutus, therefore, he went against Paul. He did not respect Paul, although he should have because Paul was his boss (Hotel Rwanda). Aristotle also states "Community takes precedence over the individual" (CCCB: page #12). Community was the reason why Paul was able to keep over a thousand refugees; he had a number of officers worker by his side but, if one tried to go against the community it will slowly break apart- which was Gregorie. What is not a community is the idea of going against each other to benefit only yourself. It is considered as a selfish act. It was important during the film to have each other's
Aristotle constantly stressed the idea of "community". Aristotle states that "the human life is shaped to its full extent in the context of a community" (CCCB: page #12). A community is about a group of people living in harmony, with the ability for them to share and express emotions or ideas in order to benefit one another. In Hotel, Rwanda Paul was able to keep over one thousand refugees which were men, women and children during the genocide (Hotel Rwanda). Paul did live in the community. But one employee who went against Paul was Gregorie. Gregorie expressed unethical behaviour, by driving to the extremist Hutus' area and explained about how Paul was keeping a number of Tutsi refugee in his hotel (Hotel Rwanda). Gregoire did not care for anyone but himself, he believed that Paul was going against the Hutus, therefore, he went against Paul. He did not respect Paul, although he should have because Paul was his boss (Hotel Rwanda). Aristotle also states "Community takes precedence over the individual" (CCCB: page #12). Community was the reason why Paul was able to keep over a thousand refugees; he had a number of officers worker by his side but, if one tried to go against the community it will slowly break apart- which was Gregorie. What is not a community is the idea of going against each other to benefit only yourself. It is considered as a selfish act. It was important during the film to have each other's