Can someone be entirely evil or be purely good? In the autobiography An Ordinary Man Paul Rusesabagina‚ Paul tells his story of being an ordinary man who becomes a hero during by the Rwandan genocide and how he just did his job and saved countless lives. Within the story‚ Paul explains how human nature truly is. He tells how even the evilest people have a soft‚ compassionate side. Man is neither inherently good nor evil but‚ rather a combination of both. People are not purely good or evil‚ human
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The protagonist in this movie is Paul Rusesabagina. He is the assistant manager of the 4-star Mille Collines. He has 2 children and his wife is named Tatiana. When the Hutu begin killing the Tutsis‚ the real manager of the Mille Collines fled and Paul was moved up to his position. He reluctantly allows over 1‚000 refugees to stay at the Mille Collines and protects his family at all costs. He is trusted by his neighbors and family and most of the refugees and employees at the Mille Collines. When
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Paul Rusesabagina: Hero or Opportunist In the film Hotel Rwanda‚ we see the portrayal of events at the Hotel Des Mille Collines as they were described in Paul Rusesabagina’s book titled “An Ordinary Man‚” which talks about his experiences in Rwanda during the genocide committed by the Hutu people in 1994. The Hutu people went on a killing spree‚ massacring over 800‚000 Tutsi natives in the span of two months. In the film‚ Rusesabagina is made out to be a hero of
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shared many drinks together as friends. We don’t talk much anymore‚ but I would like to think that we can one day reconcile over an urwagwa and he will explain everything to me” (Rusesabagina 184). Throughout the novel‚ Paul Rusesabagina is faced with a never-ending avalanche of struggles that would smother a weaker man. However‚ he maintains a façade of resilience despite his tribulations and fears‚ doing so through his eloquence and mastery of the art of conniving. The aforementioned quote brings
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character that I identify with most would be Paul Rusesabagina. Paul Rusesabagina was the manager of a Rwandan hotel called the Milles Collines. He tells his story about the genocide in Rwanda during 1994. I picked Mr. Rusesabagina because it is his autobiography and he is telling the story. Also‚ it’s easy for me to see how the simply rules of being hospitable can save the day. While reading the book‚ I came across an important observation of Mr. Rusesabagina. He stated that “facts are almost irrelevant
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Paul Rusesabagina saved more than 1‚200 refugees in his hotel‚ what was the world doing to help refugees during the genocide? Nothing‚ the UN hardly helped at all during the entire genocide. Paul was the hotel manager for the hotel Diplomates‚ a high end hotel where foreigner government officials stayed. Another hotel‚ hotel Mille Collines‚ was another hotel Paul had access to. During the Rwandan genocide Paul kept over a thousand Tutsi and moderate Hutu save in the walls of the Mille Collines. He
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1. Rusesabagina writes that “a false view of history is a toxin in the bloodstream.” How have you experienced this is your own life? Is there such a thing as a completely true view of history? It seems as though wherever there is a disagreement between two people‚ each of them always has a different story. Given this‚ two friends of mine fought over a bet they had made. One said the bet was for $20 while the other disagreed that they had never shaken hands to declare it. This is a prime example
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faces these challenges that no ordinary man would ever think he would have to face. An ordinary man‚ living an ordinary life‚ with his ordinary family. In the beginning of the story Paul starts out stating his name and his occupation just as n ordinary man would do. "My name is Paul Rusesabagina. I am a hotel manager." Then out of the blue‚ an attack happens. Suddenly Hutu`s are safe and Tutsis are not. This outbreak of raging Hutu`s causes a major problem for this ordinary hotel manager and he suddenly
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Book Report “An Ordinary Man” Hospitality Leadership Systems 12/03/2012 Introduction: Tom Zoellner‚ writes in his bibliography “An Ordinary Man” about the period of the Rwandan Genocide. Its impact and repercussions on the people‚ and how one hospitality-employed leadership figure by the name of Paul Rusesabagina saved 1‚268 Tutsis through goodwill and courageous negotiations‚ are chronically ordered and told in detail. Ominously‚ the author introduces you into a standard of life that to us
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and through our political representatives. If people had not taken a stand in times of conflict and fought for their beliefs the world’s worst tragedies would even more horrific. Paul Rusesabagina from Hotel Rwanda‚ felt strongly that Tutsi people were no lesser than the rest of the Rwandans. Throughout the movie Paul witnesses horrible acts and makes a decision about his stance not based on the people around him but what he believed was right. Although he is of the Hutu race‚ the race attempting
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