Zero Dark Thirty Essay
Zero Dark Thirty is a movie about the manhunt for Osama bin Laden that lasted almost 10 years beginning after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States and finally ending on May 2, 2011 when Osama bin Laden was killed. The film bounces around in different locations around the Middle East and the United States as the CIA is on the hunt for bin Laden. Pakistan is the primary focus, however. The film takes the viewer to different locations of Black Sites. Black Sites were places of undisclosed locations where detainees were held. One in particular, housed detainee Ammar al-Baluchi who was suspected to be an acquaintance of several of the September 11th terrorists. Joseph Bradley, CIA station chief in Isalamabad, is the one who
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This is an example of social inequality because the terrorists do not see things the same way as Americans do. With this difference in assumption of how ideas should be, conflict happens within the society. The scenes where Dan interrogates the detainee shows an inequality because the detainee is in custody and Dan is demonstrating power over him.
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Maya and her colleagues worked diligently and persevered until they were able to finally bring bin Laden down. Her superiors went along with her ideas even when they thought she was wrong. It is almost ironic that Maya and her fellow agents plotted the demise of Osama bin Laden and Seal Team Six carried out the mission just as bin Laden and his terrorists planned the attacks on the United States. The social-conflict approach is a theory that shows society as having conflicts due to inequalities and change. Other cultures and societies may be more deprived and see America as a “spoiled” society. I believe this causes a sense of jealousy between countries and cultures. Although, war and terrorism could be just part of our culture as a whole. When our country is not in agreement on issues with others, it seems our government wants to go to battle with them to prove that America is right, which causes many inequalities and conflicts with other
This is an example of social inequality because the terrorists do not see things the same way as Americans do. With this difference in assumption of how ideas should be, conflict happens within the society. The scenes where Dan interrogates the detainee shows an inequality because the detainee is in custody and Dan is demonstrating power over him.
D.
Maya and her colleagues worked diligently and persevered until they were able to finally bring bin Laden down. Her superiors went along with her ideas even when they thought she was wrong. It is almost ironic that Maya and her fellow agents plotted the demise of Osama bin Laden and Seal Team Six carried out the mission just as bin Laden and his terrorists planned the attacks on the United States. The social-conflict approach is a theory that shows society as having conflicts due to inequalities and change. Other cultures and societies may be more deprived and see America as a “spoiled” society. I believe this causes a sense of jealousy between countries and cultures. Although, war and terrorism could be just part of our culture as a whole. When our country is not in agreement on issues with others, it seems our government wants to go to battle with them to prove that America is right, which causes many inequalities and conflicts with other