Rednaxela R. Calderon ASSIGNMENT No. 4 HOTEL RWANDA GUIDE QUESTIONS: 1. If you were in the situation of Paul‚ how far would you go to protect your countrymen‚ when you know very well that this will cost you the life of your family? Will you abandon your family to save the lives of others? => If I will put myself in Paul’s situation‚ I think‚ I would help and protect my countrymen as long as I can and as long as I’m living. But first I’m going to ensure my family’s safety before I gamble
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After watching Hotel Rwanda‚ I had many emotions including confusion‚ frustration and gratitude. I was initially unfamiliar with tribal labels‚ such as Hutu of Tutsi. ‘Tribal violence’ is not discussed frequently on the western part of the globe. I was incredibly frustrated by the non-stop nagging of the supposedly officials. The officials took advantage of their power and chose to ignore the genocide. Their ignorance made them responsible for the thousands of innocent people horrendously killed
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Hotel Rwanda‚ released in December of 2004‚ is based on the true story on the life of Paul Rusesabagina‚ a hotel manager of Hotel des Mille Collines‚ who saved the lives of 1‚268 people in the face of genocide. This movie is based on the true events of the Rwandan Genocide in 1994 that occurred in Kigali‚ the capital and largest city of Rwanda in Africa. It touches upon when the Hutu extremists of Rwanda initiated an act of genocide on thousands of the minority group‚ Tutsis. This movie was directed/written
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Rwanda was first a kingdom divided into three ethnic groups: Tutsi‚ Hutu‚ and Twa. The Tutsis (14% of the population) were the in charge of the cattle‚ the Hutus (85% of the population) were the farmers‚ and the Twa (1% of the population) were the servants. The Tutsis were the upper class and the Hutus were vassals. Cattle measured wealth in Rwanda‚ the more cows you had the richer you were considered. During the late 19th Century‚ Rwanda was still considered a kingdom and it was lead by Kigeli IV
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trees” and “crush the cockroaches” to the Hutus. During this genocide‚ the world just watched. If countries would have done something earlier‚ this genocide could have been stopped. Countries could have worked together and sent their military to Rwanda. A few countries could have put some of their military together so they could have gone to help fight. If they had enough people and weapons they could have stopped the Hutu extremists from killing people. The Hutus didn’t have a lot of guns because
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genocide. In the past Rwanda had been a Belgian state. The Belgians had favored the Tutsi minority due to their European appearance. At initially‚ bolstered by the Belgians‚ the Tutsis had controlled Rwanda. Be that as it may‚ somewhere around 1959 and 1962 the Hutu’s revolted and beat the Tutsi government. The minority Tutsis had then been dealt with term oil therefore. In 1990 a revolt bunch made principally out of Tutsis situated in neighboring Uganda attacked northern Rwanda. The common war that
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Josemare T. D. Santos Hotel Rwanda Movie Questions 1. What city is the movie taking place in? The city is Kigali in Rwanda. 2. What country supplied the Hutus with machetes and how much did they cost? They came from China‚ each one cost ten cents. 3. Describe the guests at Paul’s Hotel. The most part was rich people from other countries. 4. What does Paul tell his wife when she asks why the soldiers would have arrested Victor (the neighbor)? He told that someone who didn’t liked him must denounced
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The Parallels between The Crucible and The Rwanda Genocide The themes of justice‚ community and sacrifice in The Crucible are universal and can be identified in many modern events in history‚ including the Rwanda Genocide. The genocide in Rwanda and The Salem Witch Hunts in The Crucible have many striking similarities‚ primarily these are: the hunting down and killing of a group of people identified as being different‚ the mass killing of people for no valid reason and the taking of revenge on a
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In Eastern Africa‚ Rwanda can be found. Rwanda has the majority of the ethnic group “Hutu”. The other ethnic group in Rwanda is the “Tutsi”. These groups of people were formed by colonization of the Belgians based on the appearance of the Rwandan people. The Tutsi were the people who were known for their more appealing features. The Europeans had thought that the people who had lighter skin and that were taller were more like the Europeans. As well as that‚ they believed they were the more intelligent
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In 1994‚ from April until July‚ a mass slaughter of around 800‚000 people occurred in Rwanda due to a variety of reasons. It was mainly two ethnic groups that were associated with this event‚ the Hutu and Tutsi. For many years these two groups lived with and among each other somewhat peacefully until tensions started to rise and major events broke out‚ which eventually led to The Rwandan Genocide. Rwanda‚ which has always been a poor country‚ lacked many resources and many people were extremely poor
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