that provides a good mix of history while remaining entertaining for an extended period of times. Like most Hollywood History films‚ The Patriot tries to find the perfect balance of fiction and truth into a very entertaining two hours. By examining the film’s story and its historical accuracies and inaccuracies‚ this will becomes increasingly apparent. The Patriot‚ released in 2000‚ details the campaign of a war that has been‚ for the most part‚ ignored in the film world. It is 1776 when the Revolutionary
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A. The Patriot – there is no direct explanation for the deviation from fact but it is acknowledged that there are many discrepancies within the movie‚ “There was no such person as Benjamin Martin” and “The most serious deviation from the historical record was the incineration of the occupied church: There is no record of any such event”. This movie was an intentional deviation from fact and a mish mash of similar event surrounding that time simply for entertainment value. The movie provided just
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The Patriot The Patriot is a 2000 American historical war film. The film mainly takes place in York County‚ South Carolina. The movie depicts a story of an American who is swept into the American Revolutionary War when his family is threatened. Benjamin Martin‚ one of the main figures‚ is based on four real American Revolutionary heroes being: Andrew Pickens‚ Francis Marion‚ Daniel Morgan‚ and Thomas Sumter. In the movie‚ Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson)‚ a veteran of the French and Indian War and
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Patriot Throughout many decades history has been learned by reading books and listening to past experiences or stories. Although many still use standard history books‚ it seem fair to say that most people now a days are getting their history‚ or what they think is history from movies. It is an unavoidable phenomenon now that televised entertainment is such a big thing. More and more people watch Television so why not put some education into it. Many movies don’t have an accurate explanation‚ or
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The Patriot Benjamin Martin a widowed country man from the state of South Carolina owned a plantation and had 6 children. He was a veteran of the French and Indian war and was called to Charleston to vote in the South Carolina General Assembly on the topic of the continental army. He was against war joined the loyalist‚ and voted against the issues but as fate would have it the supporting vote overruled him. His eldest son Gabriel joined the continentals‚ against his father’s wishes. His plantation
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First‚ we will learn about The Lamb. Everyone in the class will read the poem to themselves and then with a partner. They will discuss what they think the meanings to the poem is to them and we will discuss them as a whole class. Line one “Little Lamb‚ who made thee?” it is asking the lamb who created the lamb‚ where did it come from? Line two “Does thou know who made thee‚” It is basically asking the same thing as the first line‚ but in a different way. Line three and four “Gave thee life‚ and bid
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Another revelation I had‚ while taking the Missio Dei class‚ is that I am part of God’s mission through the Abrahamic Covenant. I can confidently say that I have been blessed in my life‚ it is God’s grace that I even know the Lord and am following Him. I have also been blessed financially with a good job that further the kingdom of God indirectly. The New Covenant does not annul the law or the Abrahamic Covenant‚ but serves to bring them to us. “This is what I mean: the law‚ which came 430 years
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ARCHHTC 236: HISTORY AND THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE & URBANISM 2 Monsul Dewes - Tupara [ID# 5463936] ASSIGNMENT 1 – ANNOTATIONS The Ten Books on Architecture By Marcos Vitruvius Pollio Book I Chapter I: The Education of the Architect Marcos Vitruvius Pollio was a military engineer and architectural theorist of whom was the earliest whose writing remains from ancient times.1 His writing‚ “The Ten Books on Architecture” was lost for centuries until it was rediscovered in 1414 at the Swiss Monastery
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an annotation (http://legacy.earlham.edu/library/content/resources/writing/annotations.html) An annotation is a brief summary of a book‚ article‚ or other publication. An abstract is also a summary‚ but there is a difference between the two. An abstract is simply a summary of a work‚ whereas the purpose of an annotation is to describe the work in such a way that the reader can decide whether or not to read the work itself. The following points provide guidance for writing annotations. As
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A Doll’s House Annotations ACT I Quote and Page My Reaction Trovald Helmer: Pg. 1 Is that my little lark twittering out there? Pg. 2 Is that my little squirrel bustling about? Why is it that Torvald is dehumanizing his wife? Does he feel superior in doing so? Is he trying to prove a point that he is her authority or “master”? Nora Helmer: Pg. 2 Yes‚ Torvald‚ we maybe a wee bit more reckless now‚ mayn’t we? What is the worry about not being so reckless with the money? Isn’t Trovald
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