The setting takes place in Venice‚ a little beach town in the Southern California. Derek‚ the leader of the neighborhood skinhead gang gets arrested and put to jail for killing two members of a Crip gang that tried to steal his car. His little fourteen year old brother has seen everything and testified for Derek‚ for only that reason he did not get life sentence‚ and just three years in a prison. In jail Derek learns the truth behind “white power” gangs and what he believed they stand for was all
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a final understanding is met. With this skill one can begin to embrace society with an entirely new perspective. Such a realization is evident in the film ‘American History X’ directed by Tony Kaye‚ in a conversation between Derek and Mr Sweeney‚ where Sweeny explains to Derek how he was also once influenced by the hatred of his race placed on white people. He reveals that his ignorance lead him to “blame everything and everyone… [blame] white people [and] [blame] society”. As Sweeney continues he
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Me‚ was the fact that most crimes were committed in daylight‚ with full lighting. The dark scenes were unique only to those special moments between specific characters. In American History X‚ before one of the most gruesome parts of the movie‚ Derek Vinyard is in his room informed by his little brother about an intruder
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to the cultural myth that is very hard to break away from. Myth in this film also shows how they begin to discriminate and profile certain raises because of what they were taught. The film “American History X” has to do with 2 brothers Dereck and Danny that are a part of the neo-Nazi gang in Venice‚ California. Both of these boys started out normal‚ but after Dereck starts raving about his Black English teacher at dinner‚ his father starts to put raciest thoughts into his mind and showing his true
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In this assignment‚ I was challenged to find important historical and 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
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his father’s recent death. Derek pours his emotions out to the bewildered interviewer for the local news channel expressing‚ “Decent hard working Americans like my dad are getting rubbed out by social parasites” and as the reporter is confused Derek responds with’ “…blacks‚ browns‚ yellow whatever”. Before his father passed away he had been shoving extremely prejudicial views into his oldest son’s mind. The killing of Derek’s father by an African American man made Derek lose all control and any respect
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reject the charge as directed at AHX. The target of the film is racist neo-Nazi extremism‚ and while early on the film clearly offers a romantic and heroic depiction of its racist protagonist‚ what is being romanticized is primarily the character Derek Vinyard‚ not the racist ideology he embraces but eventually rejects. One reason the film is so effective is that it does not shy away from showing the protagonist as someone who embraces a Nazi ideology but is‚ at the same time‚ charismatic‚ brave‚ intelligent
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Women‚ Then and Now Cassie Biery COM/155 October 23‚ 2011 Tara Rodriguez Women‚ Then and Now The thought of the 1950s conjures up many wholesome images; perfectly dressed and smiling mothers who have every meal on the table‚ working fathers with all the answers to life’s problems‚ and perfect children all gathered around the table. Today‚ the words wife and mother conjure up images that are similar‚ however far more complicated. Unlike the clearly defined gender roles of the 1950s‚ today’s
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n roll. Realizing this fascination‚ his mother took out a loan to buy the sixteen-year-old a Kent guitar. This sparked Springsteen to pursue his dreams of music. His first gig began at a trailer park on New Jersey Route 34 where he met Marion Vinyard. Vinyard supported young and upcoming bands during this time and upon hearing Springsteen perform she knew that he was going to make it big (Goldstein). It was at this time he joined the trio Earth and became known as “The Boss” because he became the
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