American History X “I hate anyone that is not white Protestant‚” begins Danny Vinyard‚ the brother of a former neo Nazi skinhead. American History X offers opinions from two sides through one character‚ the ex-neo Nazi Derek‚ and the post-prison-reformed Derek. The post-prison-formed Derek serves as a vision of hope for present time. This powerful movie not only depicts the most disturbing aspects of racism‚ but also shows how close racism is to the middle-class‚ white Americans. American History X is
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Meredith gives Derek an ultimatum; her or Addison‚ followed by a heart felt speech given by Meredith. “Your choice‚ it’s simple. Her‚ or me. And I’m sure she’s really great. But Derek‚ I love you. In a… really‚ really big… pretend to like your taste in music‚ let you eat the last piece of cheesecake‚ hold a radio over my head outside your window‚ unfortunate
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Whose Property? I Derek Evans used to work for a small computer firm that specializes in developing software for management tasks. Derek was a primary contributor in designing an innovative software system for customer services. This software system is essentially the "lifeblood" of the firm. The small computer firm never asked Derek to sign an agreement that software designed during his employment there becomes the property of the company. However‚ his new employer did. Derek is now working for
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What factors have led to Janice Bowman’s current frustrations? (10 marks) Janice Bowman’s current frustrations all boil down to the complaints about Derek Sinclair from customers. Although I will mention the little things that built up to this serious problem. Janice holds 13+ years in experience in her field of work‚ with those years behind her she hold a fair grasp on what it takes to be successful. Garden Depot has minimum full-time staff while mostly hiring part-time student help with so
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dislike between a “ghetto” black community and a white neo-nazi gang. One of the main ideas in this movie is to show how someone whose whole life has been centered around racism and later he realizes that all races should be treated with equal respect. Derek who is the main character of the movie has a lot of harsh situations and influential people who are going to start his change in life. In his review David Keyes states‚ “American History X is not just an average movie. It’s a brutal and disturbing
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Summary: American History X Derek Vinyard is paroled after being in prison for three years. The reason for prisoning is because of the murder of two thieves‚ who tried to steal his truck. Through a flash-back‚ his brother Daniel “Danny” had‚ we learned about Derek’s life. Derek was a leader of skinheads in L.A. and their white Nazi gang violently terrorized the opposite races. Derek’s actions had a very big influence on his younger brother‚ Daniel‚ who looked up to him and tried to follow in his
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The film is about two frustrated and confused young men called Derek and Danny. The father of Danny and Derek was murdered by a black man when he tried to out put out a fire in a slum. The "White power" leader in town‚ Cameron Alexander sees Dereks potential and recruits him as the leader for a neo-National socialism gang. One night Derek kills two black men who tries to steal his car. Dereks goes to prison for three years. While Derek is in prison‚Danny goes in the same footsteps as his older brother
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Edward Norton flawlessly plays Derek Vinyard‚ the main character in American History X‚ who is angered by the murder of his father by two African-American persons who then‚ therefore‚ turns to the world of Neo-Nazism searching for comfort toward his father’s death and for further justification for the hatred he has towards the murderers. After being released from prison for serving a three-year sentence of manslaughter after brutally murdering two black individuals‚ Derek comes out a changed man who
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character is Derek Vinyard. After his father is murdered in a black neighborhood‚ he becomes the leader of a group of young white supremacists‚ the DOC. After viciously murdering two black men for trying to steal his truck‚ he spends three years in prison. After serving his time he is a reformed man. He no longer has his racist views and wants desperately to put his old life behind him. Danny‚ who idolizes his older brother Derek‚ is going down the same path his brother went when Derek gets out of
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then he witnesses his older brother Derek played by Edward Norton murdering black boys. Derek is a kind of Neo-Nazi‚ an Honors English student in High School and a protégé of the local racist leader. He is also Danny’s hero‚ but when Derek goes off to prison Danny is left to grow without that role model and catches himself hanging around the same people that brainwashed his brother. After Danny finally sees Derek again he realizes that he has come home a man. Derek goes into prison as a hardened young
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