Hotel Rwanda Research Paper
Running head: Hotel Rwanda 1
Hotel Rwanda
Mary E. Gilmore
Trine University
Running head: Hotel Rwanda 2
Hotel Rwanda
The movie I watched was Hotel Rwanda. This movie covered the genocide that occurred in Africa between April and July of 1994 when two tribes began fighting. These two tribes were the Hutu and the Tutsi. In just a little over three months, 800,000 people were murdered. In the beginning of the movie, a man explains why this holocaust occurred. This is what he stated; “When people ask me, good listeners, why do I hate all the Tutsi, I say, read our history. The Tutsi were collaborators for the Belgian colonists. They stole our Hutu land. They …show more content…
The Hutu were relentless with their treatment of those they felt would hinder their success. They even killed some people from their own tribe, simply because they did not agree with what was happening. As the book states, “Evil inflicts pain and suffering, deprives innocent people their humanity, and creates feelings of hopelessness and despair.” (p. 119) This was definitely the case regarding what happened in Kigali, Africa in 1994. During the movie, a news crew member had asked one of the men what is the difference between Hutu and Tutsi. The gentlemen explained that according to the Belgian colonists, Tutsi had smaller noses, their skin was not as dark, and were taller, which made them more exquisite as compared to the …show more content…
Paul is Hutu, but his wife is Tutsi. Paul was very affluent and had used all of his influence to gain some protection for himself, his family and friends, and those seeking refuge at the hotel. The supplies at the hotel were running low, so Paul went to the Hutu leader with whom he always purchased needed items, and when Paul and his assistant were leaving, the Hutu leader told him to return to the Hotel by way of the river. There was fog and they could not see very far ahead of them. They began running over something and thought they had run off the road. They stopped, and when Paul got out of the van, he fell on a pile of bodies. The Hutu had murdered hundreds of people along the
Hotel Rwanda
Mary E. Gilmore
Trine University
Running head: Hotel Rwanda 2
Hotel Rwanda
The movie I watched was Hotel Rwanda. This movie covered the genocide that occurred in Africa between April and July of 1994 when two tribes began fighting. These two tribes were the Hutu and the Tutsi. In just a little over three months, 800,000 people were murdered. In the beginning of the movie, a man explains why this holocaust occurred. This is what he stated; “When people ask me, good listeners, why do I hate all the Tutsi, I say, read our history. The Tutsi were collaborators for the Belgian colonists. They stole our Hutu land. They …show more content…
The Hutu were relentless with their treatment of those they felt would hinder their success. They even killed some people from their own tribe, simply because they did not agree with what was happening. As the book states, “Evil inflicts pain and suffering, deprives innocent people their humanity, and creates feelings of hopelessness and despair.” (p. 119) This was definitely the case regarding what happened in Kigali, Africa in 1994. During the movie, a news crew member had asked one of the men what is the difference between Hutu and Tutsi. The gentlemen explained that according to the Belgian colonists, Tutsi had smaller noses, their skin was not as dark, and were taller, which made them more exquisite as compared to the …show more content…
Paul is Hutu, but his wife is Tutsi. Paul was very affluent and had used all of his influence to gain some protection for himself, his family and friends, and those seeking refuge at the hotel. The supplies at the hotel were running low, so Paul went to the Hutu leader with whom he always purchased needed items, and when Paul and his assistant were leaving, the Hutu leader told him to return to the Hotel by way of the river. There was fog and they could not see very far ahead of them. They began running over something and thought they had run off the road. They stopped, and when Paul got out of the van, he fell on a pile of bodies. The Hutu had murdered hundreds of people along the