The Cove Documentary Reflection

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To be a good citizen you must obey the laws, understand issues and rules, be purposeful by setting goals that you want to achieve, and you must be active to make a difference in your community. To be a good person some of those rules might have to be broken. To some people the thought of going to jail is terrifying, but to many passionate activists going to jail is apart of the job. In Mr.Bennett's grade 10 Civics class we watched a documentary titled 'The Cove'. This documentary was about the killing of dolphins in Japan, and how a group of men were going to stop this practice. This group of men had a huge purpose to make this documentary. Ric O'barry was the main character in this documentary because he was the leader behind this operation. Even though Ric never headed out on missions with them he was the voice behind it all. This small group of men had two goals, stop the elimination of dolphin slaughtering, and stop the capture of dolphins for …show more content…

Ric even said, "I could have my own dolphin facility somewhere in the Caribbean and be making 2 or more million dollars a year." But something changed his mined, he would rather be making a difference instead of making money. Ric explained to the audience what changed him, "The thing that turned me around was the death of Flipper, of Cathy." One animal made such an impact on Ric's that Ric started up a movement to save the dolphins. Ric made multiple trips to Japan to watch what really happened to the dolphins. He got arrested multiple times fighting for the dolphins and he got many people aware of the slaughter of dolphins. Ric devoted most of his life into researching the issue and fighting for the issue to stop. The group of men were very aware of what went on in Japan and what the issue was, therefore they were

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