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    Glory the Movie

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    Glory: The Movie Essay The most memorable moment in anything is what sticks to you. It’s something that you can never forget because it touched you so much. In the movieGlory there are so many memorable moments‚ you could write a book about them. So‚ I chose a moment that stuck to me‚ personally the most. The most memorable moment in the movie for me was the Battle of Fort Wagner. The most memorable moment in the movie for me was when Kernel Robert Shaw chooses

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    Glory Movie Analysis

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    The movie Glory is about a union soldier who is injured in the battle of Antietam. He goes back home and decides to command the first colored regiment. The story focuses on several main characters‚ Colonel Robert Shaw‚ Private Trip‚ Sargent Major John Rawlins‚ Major Cabot Forbes‚ and Privates Thomas Searles and Jupiter Sharts. At first the men resent the Colonel because they think his parents got him the job but over time he earns their respect. The regiment has to struggle under the discrimination

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    Summary Of The Movie Glory

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    The movie Glory is about a story within a historical event‚ which is known as the civil war. It is about Africa Americans fighting for not only our country‚ but also their own respect. The movie is also about how whites acted towards Africa American people. Although the North was essentially fighting the war to abolish slavery they still did not see the African Americans as equal. There are several questions one must ask when reviewing this great film. The movie is very factional with what is going

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    The 1989 movieglory‚ was about the first black regiment to fight for the North in the Civil War; also known as the 54th Massachusetts. African-American runaway slaves and free men were not only fighting for their freedom‚ but were also fighting against discrimination. The government and white soldiers refused to view colored soldiers as equals‚ even though they were fighting the same war. Change began to happen by the end of the Civil War. Despite the challenges faced‚ Colonel Robert Shaw‚ John

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    Glory Movie Critique

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    Glory is a movie about the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry (during the Civil War)‚ directed by Edward Zwick. It stars Matthew Broderick‚ Denzel Washington‚ Cary Elwes and Morgan Freeman and it was produced in 1989. The movie is based on Robert Gould Shaw’s personal letters‚ This Laurel by Lincoln Kirstein‚ and One Gallant Rush by Peter Burchard. I watched this movie over winter break with my friends. The movie was released on February 16th 1990 and it made about $26‚828‚365. The movie

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    Glory Movie Essay

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    Glory movie review The 1989 movie Glory by Edward Zwick is about the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry army for the Union army during the civil war. The movie was about a federal army that was one of the first African American armies and the hardships the endured due to their race. Throughout the movie the soldiers are first given small manual tasks but then are finally able to fight in the war. The movie shows how the men were trained to fight in combat but how they were given little supplies

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    Movie Critique, Glory

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    War‚ Training& Incentives To Fight "Glory" depicts a period in the American Civil War emphasizing on the war modus operandi and troop movement techniques. The film focuses on the first real African-American regiment‚ 54th of Massachusetts‚ and the way these soldiers are trained and prepared to fight. Even though they acquire a new status as soon as they enlist for battle‚ they still face prejudices and are discriminated against by the white men. They’re not trusted to be able to fight with the

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    Glory Glory is defined as being highly renowned‚ magnificent‚ or honored by excellent achievements. By definition‚ the 54th regime exhibited glory more than the rest of the Union army. These men were paid less‚ threatened with their lives‚ wrongfully treated‚ neglected of proper gear‚ and not allowed to reach their highest military rank‚ yet they still rose to every occasion to fight for the Union‚ to win their true freedom‚ and reunite a country that had kept the African-American people in the

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    The movie glory focuses on the 54th massachusetts regiment of all black soldiers during the civil war. It is based on letters sent by Robert Gould Shaw‚ who was born in Boston on October 10‚ 1837‚ to his parents. He was born to wealthy abolitionist parents‚ who had been aquainted with such people as Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ Harriet Beecher Stowe and the famous abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass. The movie starts off with a war scene where Robert Gould Shaw (played by Mathew

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    The movie Glory showed the differences between whites and African Americans‚ however‚ it also showed the similarities. Both races were fighting for freedom but not for the same reasons. Robert Shaw son of a wealthy man got awarded the position of Colonel for the 54th MA Regiment. Surprised by what had happened Shaw was second-guessing of accepting this great honor. With the help of his dear friend Forbes he accepted. Shaw offered Forbes a position. Forbes then started working at private. The beginning

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