that provides a good mix of history while remaining entertaining for an extended period of times. Like most Hollywood History films‚ The Patriot tries to find the perfect balance of fiction and truth into a very entertaining two hours. By examining the film’s story and its historical accuracies and inaccuracies‚ this will becomes increasingly apparent. The Patriot‚ released in 2000‚ details the campaign of a war that has been‚ for the most part‚ ignored in the film world. It is 1776 when the Revolutionary
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A. The Patriot – there is no direct explanation for the deviation from fact but it is acknowledged that there are many discrepancies within the movie‚ “There was no such person as Benjamin Martin” and “The most serious deviation from the historical record was the incineration of the occupied church: There is no record of any such event”. This movie was an intentional deviation from fact and a mish mash of similar event surrounding that time simply for entertainment value. The movie provided just
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The Patriot The Patriot is a 2000 American historical war film. The film mainly takes place in York County‚ South Carolina. The movie depicts a story of an American who is swept into the American Revolutionary War when his family is threatened. Benjamin Martin‚ one of the main figures‚ is based on four real American Revolutionary heroes being: Andrew Pickens‚ Francis Marion‚ Daniel Morgan‚ and Thomas Sumter. In the movie‚ Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson)‚ a veteran of the French and Indian War and
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Government Surveillance Imagine a world where your every move was being monitored. A dark world where it is no secret who you are‚ where you have been and who you associate with; now include who you love‚ who you pray to and what you just ate for dinner. The word privacy doesn’t exist in such world and it is such world that we are heading to.“Big Brother is watching you!” This quote by George Orwell couldn’t have been truer. Every aspect of our lives is being sorted through as Big Data this very
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Patriot Throughout many decades history has been learned by reading books and listening to past experiences or stories. Although many still use standard history books‚ it seem fair to say that most people now a days are getting their history‚ or what they think is history from movies. It is an unavoidable phenomenon now that televised entertainment is such a big thing. More and more people watch Television so why not put some education into it. Many movies don’t have an accurate explanation‚ or
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McCarthyism‚ The Patriot Act and The Crucible are all linked together by many different reasons. The play‚ “The Crucible”‚ was supposedly written to go against the “abusive” politics of McCarthyism at the time of the Cold War in the United States. The McCarthyism‚ accused artists and writers of advocating class war without having actual proof or any truth. McCarthyism started with a man‚ Joseph McCarthy. He would accuse others of serious crimes or activities going against their government
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What forms of surveillance and data collection by the state fundamentally altered the way it relates to its citizens? (Question 2 paragraph 6 from Surveillance: Citizens and the State Volume 1: Report House of Lords select committee on the Constitution 2nd report of Session 2008-09). Introduction The UK is increasingly sleep walking into a surveillance society[1] to the extent that it has become an inescapable part of life.[2] Every time we make a telephone call‚ send an email‚ browse the
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time and resource in surveillance‚ which is resulting in the threats and decrease of national security. Surveillance is the act of observing‚ or monitoring a person. Monitoring a person can include the use of cameras‚ wiretaps‚ GPS tracking‚ and internet surveillance. Events such as the Oklahoma City bombing‚ and the attack on 9/11 lead to a law former President Bush passed. "On October 26th‚ 2001‚ Bush signed into law the USA Patriot Act." (Podesta) Government surveillance is an essential part of
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government makes them watch certain programs‚ and always has them under surveillance. It is as if the people of this generation cannot do anything without the government having planned it already or them watching what the citizens are doing. The government invades the privacy of the people. Our government recently used the Patriot Act as a way to invade the privacy of many people. The USA PATRIOT Act is a law ratified by the government under George W Bush on October 26th 2001. This law stood for Uniting
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Surveillance cameras in banks‚ offices‚ shops and streets have been very successful in reducing crime in the workplace and in public‚ but they are also a tool for their users to spy on people’s private business. Surveillance is a close observation of a person or a group‚ especially one under suspicion for the purpose of influencing‚ directing‚ managing‚ or protecting. It creates both positive and negative effects. It is very useful for governments and law enforcements to maintain social control
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