Analyse how the beginning AND ending of a text show an important change in a character or individual in a text (or texts) you have studied. The film American History X directed by Tony Kaye is about how a white supremacist who tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same path which he took. The beginning and the ending of the film revealed a change in the character of Derek from a hate-fuelled racist to an open-minded person who finds his mistakes. Kaye uses black and white cinematography;
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17 October 2012 Early American History Reaction Paper A Reaction in American History The History of America interests not only me‚ the world on a grand scale. America was a form giver to many of today’s governments looking at what we did in the past things that if you looked upon them today you would say that these are just normal things‚ but in the time period this happened this is nowhere near normal‚ it’s abnormal. Population growth‚ mannerisms‚ transportation‚ a split country
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These are just a few areas of what the movie American History X touches on. The primary sociological behavior displayed in this movie is deviance‚ which is defined as an individual going against the norms of society. Norms are a standard to a particular society or group as displayed here with race. The father in this movie‚ Dennis Vineyard‚ was a firefighter who worked for his community and while putting out a fire was killed by African American drug dealers. While raising his children‚ he
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American History X I chose the movie American History X because of it’s brutally graphic examples of racism‚ hate‚ and deviance. This movie “crosses the line” of the norm of society and digs deep into theories of prejudice and deviance. American History X shows the importance of what happens when the cycle of affluence is not broken and an impressionable young teen follows in the footsteps of hate. We have all been there it is just to what degree or extreme; the views that we have today on race
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American History X is clearly a film dealing with racism. The interesting thing about this film is the way in which the subject is treated. First of all‚ it is obvious that‚ though racism is always a difficult subject to deal with‚ American History X presents it without any reservations or dumming down. Second‚ the film’s figurehead for racism‚ Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton)‚ is not an unintelligent redneck racist as films often portray them‚ but is in fact well-spoken‚ charismatic and intelligent
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American History X The movie American History X is designed to show a better understanding of the serious racism-taking place in America today. The graphic and somewhat upsetting film shows anger and dislike between a “ghetto” black community and a white neo-nazi gang. One of the main ideas in this movie is to show how someone whose whole life has been centered around racism and later he realizes that all races should be treated with equal respect. Derek who is the main character of the movie
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Racism in American History X “Get the fuck out of my house!” exclaims Derek as he pulls down his wife-beater to reveal a swastika tattoo‚ “See this? That means not welcome.” American History X‚ directed by Tony Kaye‚ is a movie about the transformation of Derek Vinyard: a young neo-Nazi skinhead. Derek’s father‚ Dennis Vinyard‚ was a middle-class fireman who disagreed with many of the ideological changes–such as affirmative “black” action–happening in America at the time. His father died while
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cultural connections of the film American History X and analyze the important rhetorical of my findings. I went about choosing American History X by placing a poll on Facebook listing out the films that I had any slight interest in considering for this assignment and American History X won by a landslide. I was actually somewhat disappointed‚ because I wanted to do The X-Files‚ but I chose to stick to my promise and go with whatever text won. I watched American History X some years after its release
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Racism has a strong history in this country and even though it ended nearly 150 years ago‚ it still exists today. American History X is a movie surrounded around the hate crime caused by the division between the white supremacists and other minorities. Blacks and whites refused to even play basketball with one another and rejected each other because of the skin color. But no one is born with such hate‚ it is learned. There are many ways one can learn‚ but the movie focuses on two ways‚ rhetoric and
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