The movie glory focuses on the 54th massachusetts regiment of all black soldiers during the civil war. It is based on letters sent by Robert Gould Shaw‚ who was born in Boston on October 10‚ 1837‚ to his parents. He was born to wealthy abolitionist parents‚ who had been aquainted with such people as Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Harriet Beecher Stowe and the famous abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass. The movie starts off with a war scene where Robert Gould Shaw (played by Mathew
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The movie Glory showed the differences between whites and African Americans‚ however‚ it also showed the similarities. Both races were fighting for freedom but not for the same reasons. Robert Shaw son of a wealthy man got awarded the position of Colonel for the 54th MA Regiment. Surprised by what had happened Shaw was second-guessing of accepting this great honor. With the help of his dear friend Forbes he accepted. Shaw offered Forbes a position. Forbes then started working at private. The beginning
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The movie Glory is about a story within a historical event‚ which is known as the civil war. It is about Africa Americans fighting for not only our country‚ but also their own respect. The movie is also about how whites acted towards Africa American people. Although the North was essentially fighting the war to abolish slavery they still did not see the African Americans as equal. There are several questions one must ask when reviewing this great film. The movie is very factional with what is going
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humans. The white people accept that they have the same feelings. White People want that black People have the same rights. The white People want that everyone treat the black People well because they understand that they have feelings. In the movie “Glory” is between the Shawn and Kendric the following conversation.
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Glory Damon Jones African American History 150 The character Private Tripp in the movie Glory was a very important character in that he was sort of the focal point and he was the only one that always seemed to cause the problems. This character had experienced a lot of physical and mental abuse of being a slave and was just mad at the world. The reason he had such a bad chip on his shoulder was that he had to deal with being black and a slave. These two characteristics back during the Civil
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1. Glory the movie has many different types of genres which includes: drama‚ epic film‚ action film‚ costume drama‚ war film‚ period piece‚ and political drama. 2. The main characters is Glory are Matthew Broderick as Col. Robert Gould Shaw‚ Denzel Washington as Trip‚ and Morgan Freeman as John Rawlins.. these three chracters changed the movie dramatically making it easy for the viewers to feel the passion and pain going on throughout this movie. 3. The genre throughout the film flips back and
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Glory. At first glance it may just seem like your average civil war movie; but Glory entails so much more. With emotional trauma and so much more‚ this film goes beyond the battlefield and into the personal lives of soldiers and generals; the story gives viewers an in-depth look at what really happened during the war. The film was influential and well-written; really conveying the thoughts of the people involved in the war during the time. Being both enthralling and emotional‚ Glory went above and
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At the start of the of the movie there is a Black mad dancing on a barrel while a bunch of white men were giving him money for dancing and singing. One of the soldier came running and yelling that they were going to be “moving out”. The black man then took of running with his money when the white men turned their backs to see what all this was about. The Army men that were new to the troop were called “Fresh Fish”. A few of the men in the troop were Henry‚ Jom (wild guys who is always yelling)
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Movie Review – The Just War Theory and “Glory” RS-289-WB - Religion‚ War & Peace Glory is a movie that reenacts the formation of the first Negro infantry‚ the 54th Massachusetts‚ during the Civil War. Led by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw‚ the volunteer Massachusetts infantry endured grueling training and strict discipline. Under his watchful eye‚ they slowly transformed from being wild and unruly to proud‚ courageous‚ and patriotic soldiers. Although the North believed in the abolition of slavery
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Atish Shrestha APUSH January 8‚ 2013 Glory Glory is both an awe inspiring and heart wrenching movie about the first all black volunteer company to fight in the civil war. The movie starts off with Col. Robert Gould Shaw leading a company of soldiers in Antietam which suffers heavy losses. Soon he is promoted to Colonel and given command to the 54th Massachusetts volunteer infantry; the first all black regiment. The first volunteer to sign up is an educated black man named Thomas Searles
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