that depicts the life of a young white supremacist named Derek Vinyard and his younger brother Danny. Growing up in the suburban area of California‚ the boys are faced with many ethnic backgrounds and cultural differences. When their father‚ a fireman‚ is shot and killed by a black man Derek strives for white supremacy in his small area. Following the most infamous leader and supporter of white supremacy in southern California‚ Cameron‚ Derek creates a following of “Skin heads” that include his younger
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life of his brother‚ Derek Vinyard‚ and have it on his desk the next morning or face immediate expulsion. Danny continually complains that his neo-Nazi ways have nothing to do with his older brother‚ but even though Dr. Sweeney believes him‚ as he knows who and what Derek is‚ he still forces him to write the report and sends him on his way. This film tells the story of Derek Vinyard sometime after the Los Angeles Race Riots. An extremely bright and charismatic student‚ Derek is drawn into the neo-Nazi
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the novel‚ Hatchet. In this book‚ Brian Robeson returns to the wild‚ but this time he goes to a new location with Derek‚ a psychologist who works with the government to teach people to survive in situations like the one Brian experienced after a plane crash left him stranded. This trip seems too easy to Brian until a freak lightning storm makes an easy situation ten times harder. Derek Holtzer and two men from the government come to Brian Robeson’s house to ask him to go back into the woods. Brian
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Dialogue: Trial of Tears One afternoon‚ Derek came by this history teacher’s room to learn a little bit extra for fun. The conversation focused mainly on the Trial of Tears. He had heard information about these events in previous history classes‚ but didn’t fully understand. Derek: Hey Mr. Smith‚ I know Andrew Jackson was a president‚ but what did he do during the Trials of Tears? Mr. Smith: He was full of contradiction and paradox. Jackson’s officials were directed to negotiate a removal
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The brothers‚ Derek and Danny Vineyard‚ were raised along with their two sisters by their parents in Venice‚ California. Derek was the eldest of the children‚ Danny the third child.
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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 trying to put out a fire in a minority community. Derek essentially
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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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coming from the people you love‚ then racism and hate can be adapted. During a flashback of the Vinyard family we learn that it was Derek’s father that first planted the seed of racism within Derek by manipulating him. We are presented with a dinner scene where we learn the influence Derek’s father has on Derek. Kaye uses a mise-en-scene by placing Derek’s father at the head of the table and
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Final Proposal Abstract – Two Handed Bowling and Sandbagging Sandbagging is a term used in many sports to define someone that is intentionally playing the sport bad in order to better themselves with handicap. There are people that completely agree with this and use the handicap as an advantage. On the other hand‚ you have the people that are for all intentional purposes trying to do their best every week and try to keep their average high. There are two sides to every story and finding out the
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Background/Introduction The film‚ “American History X” tells the story of two brothers who are involved with the neo-Nazi movement. After their father is murdered by black drug dealers‚ the older brother‚ Derek develops an extreme hatred for minorities and becomes a violent white supremacist leader for a gang called the D.O.C. Derek brutally murders two gang members who tried to steal his truck and eventually receives a three year prison sentence. After leaving prison‚ Derek’s prejudiced views have changed and he ends
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