Hotel Rwanda Essay

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Hotel Rwanda Hotel Rwanda is a movie about a hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina during the Rwandan Genocide. The movie is set in 1994 and based on the Rwandan genocide, were there were an estimated 800,000 people, who were mostly Tutsi and moderate Hutus, who were killed by Hutu militias. In the movie, pressure between the Hutu and Tutsi people lead to a civil war were the Tutsis are killed because they formerly had rule over the country. The hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina is stuck between the two sides because he is Hutu but his wife, Tatiana is Tutsi. Because of his marriage, he is seen as a traitor. Paul’s neighbors and family look to him for leadership, and this causes him to have to deliver them from the cruel Hutu who are determined to kill out all the Tutsis. After he bribed a high-ranking officer for the safety of his friends and family, he then brings them to his hotel. More refugees come to the hotel because the United Nations’ refugee camp becomes too dangerous and too crowded to be safe. The hotel starts to become overcrowded, and Paul has to try to get the Hutu soldiers to go away, take care of the refugees, and take care of the hotel. I enjoyed this movie very much. It was very saddening to see the massacres that went on during that time. I found it interesting how Paul did so many good things for the people. It seemed that throughout the movie he did a great job at maintaining order and taking good care of his family. The movie showed many graphic images and showed did a good job displaying the genocide. Paul did whatever he had to do to protect him, his family, and the people around him. It seemed that through his job as a hotel manager, he met some very influential people that helped him accomplish what he

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