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    American History X definitely has the x-factor ‘American History X’ from 1999 is an American drama film directed by Tony Kaye and starring Edward Norton and Edward Furlong. It premiered in USA in the autumn in 1999 and became a huge hit and won several awards including best movie of the year. On the day that his older brother is due to be released from prison‚ the student Danny Vinyard (Edward Furlong) turns in a paper praising Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ to his Jewish teacher Murray (Elliot Gould)

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    Racism has a strong history in this country and even though it ended nearly 150 years ago‚ it still exists today. American History X is a movie surrounded around the hate crime caused by the division between the white supremacists and other minorities. Blacks and whites refused to even play basketball with one another and rejected each other because of the skin color. But no one is born with such hate‚ it is learned. There are many ways one can learn‚ but the movie focuses on two ways‚ rhetoric and

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    American History X is clearly a film dealing with racism. The interesting thing about this film is the way in which the subject is treated. First of all‚ it is obvious that‚ though racism is always a difficult subject to deal with‚ American History X presents it without any reservations or dumming down. Second‚ the film’s figurehead for racism‚ Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton)‚ is not an unintelligent redneck racist as films often portray them‚ but is in fact well-spoken‚ charismatic and intelligent

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    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 text won. I watched American History X some years after its release

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    American History X Hate is part of the human condition. From our very beginning of our being comes our need to judge and be apprehensive toward people that are strange to us. In the classic film "American History X"‚ directed by Tony Kaye‚ two brothers are raised in a white supremacist world of racial hatred‚ self- pity‚ and social ignorance. It is only through the hard work and concern of a couple people that saved them. The movie opens with a scene from the ocean‚ forecasting a recurrent theme

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    Racism in American History X “Get the fuck out of my house!” 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

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    AMERICAN HISTORY X American History X (1998) illustrates how segregation is aggravated by missing father figures as well as the herd mentality of the characters in the film. German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche ’s concept of the herd mentality states that people need a concept or a worldview to adopt in order to give meaning to their lives. This herding of people who choose to adopt this certain ideal or ideals in effect causes the stifling of individual thoughts or creativity because everyone

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    Reflection on American History X After watching American History X‚ I swore to myself that this would be one of my favourite movies of all time. It changed my view on racism‚ violence‚ abomination and change. These four were all exposed in the movie. Those three were very much shown in the film even at the beginning of the story when Danny told his brother‚ Derek‚ that a group of black guys were breaking in to his car. Their father‚ Danny and Derek‚ was killed by a black man that caused Derek’s

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    While watching‚ American History X‚ I’ve noticed the Derek went through a lot just to find justice‚ however‚ he made the wrong decision‚ which caused him to experience something terrifying. The movie was released in 1998 and became really popular as the years went on. With all the Nazi symbols‚ gang violence‚ and jail time it shows a path that Derek took because of the death of his father. The film follows the Christian myth‚ “Metanoia (shift of the mind)”‚ which is what Derek went through‚ then

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    The title of American History X is derived from the name of a class Danny (Furlong) is forced to take after writing a controversial essay on Adolf Hitler’s autobiography‚ Mein Kampf. When his Jewish teacher (Gould) becomes outraged‚ he bursts into Principal Sweeney’s (Brooks) office and complains. Danny is called into the office and is told that he must write about the life of his brother‚ Derek Vinyard‚ and have it on his desk the next morning or face immediate expulsion. Danny continually complains

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