Jefferson Smith Goes To Washington Analysis

Throughout history, there have been an incalculable number of heroes; that can be through reality or fictitious. From viewing the clips from this assignments and reading various articles regarding heroism, there are multiple aspects that determine exactly what a hero should be. In regards to the Spiderman video, Aunt May explains that a hero is someone that is courageous, self-sacrificing, and sets examples for others. Likewise, an article I read describes a hero as someone who is courageous, selfless, humble, patient, and caring. In my opinion, a hero is an individual who cares more about the life of others than themselves; they would do anything in their power to protect others as well as the world around them.

For this discussion, I chose
Smith Goes to Washington. In summation, this movie shows an idealistic, unpolitical man who is appointed as a US Senator by a manipulative party. Smith proposes a bill to start a camp in his state; unfortunately, the development of the camp will interfere with another bill regarding the creation of a dam in the same area, which is actually a ruse for the manipulative party to make money. Once Smith discovers this, he does everything in his power to prohibit the dam from being built and to bring to light the corruption of numerous US Senators. In this clip, Jefferson Smith holds a filibuster in order to be heard. This individual is an ideal example of a hero. Mr. Smith is an incredibly humble, unexperienced man who stands up for fairness and democracy, as well as fighting for the children of his state who cannot be heard. Instead of quietly following the corrupt party so as to not be harmed, he courageously puts his position as Senator, as well as