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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medieval estates satire (see Jill Mann’s excellent book for more information). Larry D. Benson has pointed out the way in which the characters are paragons of their respective crafts or types - noting the number of times the words ’wel koude’ and ’verray parfit’ occur in describing characters. Yet what is key about the information provided in the General Prologue about these characters‚ many of whom do appear to be archetypes‚ is that it is among the few pieces of objective information - that is‚ information
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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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But I am deeply distressed to learn of the suffering that she must endure. A day later I am told that I had been partly misinformed. The facts were right‚ but not the timing. My mother did have many months of suffering‚ but she is now dead."2 Parfit claims‚ about this example‚ that the new
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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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while putting out a fire at a crack house – Derek Vineyard becomes filled with racial hatred and eventually becomes the second in command of the Venice Beach neo-Nazi gang‚ The Disciples of Christ. Under the guidance of Cameron Alexander (the leader of the D.O.C)‚ Derek recruits others‚ mainly those who were victimized by people of ethnic minorities‚ to join their fellowship. At a basketball court in Venice Beach‚ members of the D.O.C.‚ including Derek challenge some Black youths to a game. The
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