Ways to Murder Thousands of People Hotel Rwanda and Erin Brockovich are two provocative films that take a look at separate deviant acts but still present similar dangerous social problems. The conflicts that are portrayed are different in the means of operation but both share a similar end with the endangerment of thousands of people. We will examine how these deviant decisions affect both their societies and the reasons behind these atrocious acts. Hotel Rwanda is a very graphic film filled with
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Hutu The mention of the word “Hutu” immediately conjures up images of mass murder from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The recent film Hotel Rwanda brought the horrible atrocities of that genocide to the public eye. However‚ it is not only in Rwanda that the Hutu have been involved in ethnic war. The country of Burundi‚ a neighbor to Rwanda‚ was the site of the first violence between the Hutu and the Tutsi. The Hutu people of Burundi have a rich culture and history that has been largely
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Hotel Rwanda opens with a voiceover by George Rutaganda‚ an Interhamwe leader‚ on the radio that says: “When people ask me‚ good listeners‚ why do I hate the Tutsi‚ I say‚ read out history…They are cockroaches. They are murderers. Rwanda is our Hutu land” (George 2004). This detestation of the Tutsi people manifests itself in the genocide. In Shake Hands With the Devil
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Hotel Rwanda The United Nations was created to solve world problems. It has made actions like making peace with other countries‚ creating programs that help them‚ and helping countries in war. But sometimes‚ the UN will simply avoid a problem. One of these instances was in Rwanda. Around 1994‚ the Hutu tribe of Rwanda was committing the genocide of the Tutsi‚ another tribe of Rwanda. The Tutsi tribe was in alliance with Belgium when it controlled Rwanda‚ so when the Rwandans
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our opinions via protests‚ social media‚ and through our political representatives. If people had not taken a stand in times of conflict and fought for their beliefs the world’s worst tragedies would even more horrific. Paul Rusesabagina from Hotel Rwanda‚ felt strongly that Tutsi people were no lesser than the rest of the Rwandans. Throughout the movie Paul witnesses horrible acts and makes a decision about his stance not based on the people around him but what he believed was right. Although he
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way. Hotel Rwanda is a heart-wrenching unfolding of a man’s journey to free his family from the turmoil around them and what he accomplishes as a result of his moral values and skill in adaptation is nothing short of heroic. Please join me as I illustrate the role of family dynamics and impact of ethical servitude in this powerful movie. Description of Movie Family The primary family in this film consists of a family of five. Paul Rusesabagina‚ the revered house manager of the Sabena Hotel des Mille
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Hollywood‚ the effects of the interconnectedness of the world are felt on deep and personal levels by many people. Through the movies Contagion and Hotel Rwanda‚ as well as the public events of the Sheffield Scuffle and a rally
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genocides will occur is a way to shelter the thought of ever being victim to these mass killings. By watching the film Hotel Rwanda‚ I have come to agree with Hobbes’s theory of people naturally being evil. Everybody truly only cares about themselves. While the Hutu’s were literally slaughtering the Tutsi’s by the masses‚ the world didn’t care. That to me is true iniquity. Hotel Rwanda captivates the Rwandan genocide between the two rivaling peoples‚ the Hutu which account for the majority of the
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Hotel Rwanda Movie Questions 1. What city is the movie taking place in? The city the movie takes place is in Kigali (which is a city in Rwanda) 2. What country supplied the Hutus with machetes and how much did they cost? The country that supplied the Hutus with machetes was China and each one cost 10 cents. 3. Describe the guests at Paul’s hotel. The guests a Paul’s hotel were rich people from other countries. 4. What does Paul tell his wife when she asks why the soldiers would have arrested
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The movie Hotel Rwanda This is a true story about the life in Rwanda during the spring of 1994. It is about Paul Rusesabagina who saved a lot of lives. He was the hotel manager of Hôtel des Mille Collines where he housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees when the Hutus killed all the Tutsis on their way. Hutu extremists within Rwanda’s political elite blamed the entire Tutsi minority population for the country’s economic and political problems. The Tutsis were called cockroaches on the radio by the
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