These ideas are also explored through Gary Ross’ film, Pleasantville as the protagonists fight against oppression of society’s expectations and the power of art as a way of escaping this and finding a purpose and a sense of hope. The distinctive experiences of the female prisoners of war within the oppressive confinement of a Japanese war camp are explored through Misto’s use of mixed media to visually stimulate the audience. He recreates historically accurate images of the women confined in the camps to startle the audience and make the horrific experiences these women endured realistic for the audience. The projected images of the emaciated, impoverished women POW’s on dirty beds highlight the women’s oppressive confinement at the hands of the Japanese, “They are in a shocking state... now skin and bone”. Thus forcing the audience to acknowledge the horrific conditions the women faced.
We are each led to articulate through responses in conflict, to realize who we truly are. When dealing with conflict, we must prove ourselves and those around us that we are right, this may lead to a positive or negative conflict. Many of us are placed in a position where we must take a stand when least expected, we must have positive thoughts and an open mind when in conflict. Staying positive helps those around them, to not breakdown. When viewing the film ‘Paradise Road’, by
In total, at least 7386,000 people were murdered all because tyrannical, self-obsessed leaders wanted to further their own ends. Develop own thoughts and relate them back to the topic. In Arthur Miller’s play ‘The Crucible’ , Abigail Williams acts as a catalyst for the literal witch hunt which ensues, a parallel for the metaphorical witch hunt that played out in the Unites States in the ‘50s and ‘60s as any person with a link to the Communist party was “hunted out” and forced to confess at the HUAC. Abigail creates massive conflict in Salem, pointing the finger away from her own mistakes, pretending to act as ‘God’s finger’. However when she realizes she has an opportunity to further her own ends even further; where she and john Proctor can be together again.
Nurse Ratched not only uses this treatment to help heal her distressed patients but also uses it as a form of punishment towards her patients that create outbursts of conflict. Nurse Ratched continues to administer outrageous treatments in order to punish throughout the storyline. Almost all of the instances of conflict throughout the film result from Nurse Ratched’s constant belief that physically and emotionally torturing her patients “help” them heal. Many psychologists have come to the consensus of a puzzling problem that humans have a natural willingness to administer outrageous treatments, but the question arises, “Why do authority figures confuse their acts of cruelty with helpfulness?” Stanley Milgram and Philip G. Zimbardo use their individual articles, “The Perils of Obedience” and “The Stanford Prison Experiment,” to portray their findings from self-conducted experiments while Herbert C. Kelman and Lee Hamilton simply reported and recorded the happenings and testimonies from the day of the My Lai Massacre. Zimbardo, Milgram, and Kelman/Hamilton all provide pieces of evidence that lead to the understanding that authority figures sometimes get pleasure from taking advantage of
Fear of being compelled to provide sexual services for the Japanese distressed the nurses intensely. "We felt sick; we couldn’t eat", Betty Jeffery wrote [29]. As they waited, Veronica Clancy said, to hear the "steps of the loathsome creatures" on the gravel path, "Nights were just hell" [30]. Pressure was increased on the nurses when the Japanese cut off all food rations to the camp until the nurses complied. The nurses felt the same anger as the other women prisoners at their own lack of power and the same repugnance to be sex servants, and as women in the military they had additional worries.
War Without Mercy Response Paper War Without Mercy reveals the role that racism played in World War II, with a specific focus in the Pacific Theater. War Without Mercy provides the reader with a fair amount of information regarding the cause of racism for both the Japanese and the American military. Racism affects the intensity of the violence of confrontations between the Japanese and the Americans at every battle, from the battle of Iwo Jima, to the battle of Peleliu. Racism had a direct tie to atrocities committed by both the Americans and the Japanese. Hatred is a natural result from extreme racism, as is the case with the soldiers of both sides in the Pacific Theater.
When confronted with conflict, people have response with courage or cowardice When confronted with conflict, it is often faced with difficult, or even threatening, situations. Often when humanity finds itself in conflict, coping with the struggle of interpersonal, cultural and racial, inner or moral conflict can bring either courage or cowardice out in people. This is made evident in Bruce Beresford’s “Paradise Road,” but also in real life situations. It is naturally human to experience conflict, we will all be forced to respond to conflict at various times and various forms throughout the course of our lives, and in order to live serenely we attempt to avoid and resolve conflict. Those who experience moral conflict are truly tested and the core of their characters brought into sharp focus as they make sense of their experiences and wether the will response with courage or cowardice.
The exhortations of the general diffused new vigour through the ranks, and the men, by mutual reproaches, inflamed each other to deeds of valour. They felt the disgrace of yielding to a troop of women, and a band of fanatic priests; they advanced their standards, and rushed on to the attack with impetuous fury. The Britons perished in the flames, which they themselves had kindled. The island fell, and a garrison was established to retain it in subjection. The religious groves, dedicated to superstition and barbarous rites, were levelled to the ground.
The imagery of the Guardia Civil “leaning against their rifles” suggests the normalization of violence in war, and thus by extension the detached and ritualistic nature of the executions. This initial violence clearly mirrors that of the Republican massacre, in that both acts began with a seemingly necessary act carried out in war. The Falangists then take over from the Guardia Civil, proceeding to “herd”16 all the women to a barbershop opposite the city hall. The Falangists, members of the Spanish Fascist political party, were known for their disorderliness, poor discipline and their street violence prior to the Civil War.17 Hence their taking over of the shooting mirrors the drunkards taking over the lines in the Ayuntaimento – in both cases, their taking over represents a descent into
Having worries, her parents take her to a therapist. But he is soon fired when he proposes that she should be put on medication. Her mom notices Phoebe’s self-destructive behavior at home, and her constantly getting into trouble at school, but she refuses to accept that there’s anything wrong with her daughter. Other than the trouble with Phoebe, her parents are also dealing with their own relationship problems. Her young sister feels jealous and left out when she watches Phoebe get all the attention from both parents.