The film Welcome to Leith was directed by Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K. Walker. This film was based on a small town in North Dakota where everyone knew everyone. It was less of a town and more of a family, until Craig Cobb moved in. Craig Cobb was a white supremacists and neo-Nazi. His plan was to take over the town and make it his own. I believe everyone should be treated the same, and it shouldn’t matter what they believe or how they look. This film also shows how police can and should do more about protecting citizens. This film was created with the use of pathos. During the movie the directors scattered interviews throughout the film which allowed the audience to see how scared the townspeople really were. These interviews showed how Cobb and his hate group affected the community of Leith. They made the audience feel what the townspeople were feeling. The directors also sided with the townspeople because they only showed the one side of Cobb. They never showed Cobb acting like a nice normal person. I think this was a good idea for the film because it appeals to the audience. The audience is most likely to side with the town because it's …show more content…
someone’s home. The audience would think about how they would feel if this was happening in their hometown, and they wouldn’t like it. I agree with Nichols and Walker’s decision to only show Cobb as the white supremacist he is. There are various forms of racism including Neo-Nazi, African Americans, Jewish, and more. When Cobb first moved into Leith, no one had heard of him. The local people explained, in interviews, how he seemed a little odd and mysterious. The interviews made me side with the townspeople about the perception they had on Cobb. It turns out, we were all right about this gut feeling we had. Cobb looked for the perfect house, bought it, and moved in. He began to seem more on the normal side, until he started to buy more and more land. He ended up buying twelve acres. To the people living in town, this action didn’t seem to add up. Later on he moved national socialists into these acres. He wanted to take control of this town and was going to do it one way or another. As his group of socialist began to move in, the townspeople read about Cobb’s plan. They read about his plan in an article online and went to the cops. They wanted to kick him out of town, but nothing happened. The cops couldn’t arrest him because he didn’t do anything yet. Cobb had the leaders of the white supremacist, Tom Metzger and Alex Linder, come in and defend him. They thought there was no way Cobb was going to go to prison for any of this with him by his side. I believe the town sheriff should have done more to help the situation.
The sheriff took orders from Cobb, I don’t think this is right. The sheriff should be protecting the people. The people of this town shouldn’t have to live in fear. Parents in the town were learning how to shoot guns just in case they needed to protect their children. This is not right nor should a family ever have to feel like that in their town that they call home. As the only black person in the town was terrified, but he didn’t let that stop him. He wasn’t going to let Cobb and his hate group ruin his town. Cobb is forced to have a DNA test done, and when it came back, the news was quite shocking. The test revealed that Cobb, himself, was 14% black. To me Cobb is a hypocrite because he doesn’t like black people, but he’s part
black. In this film the sheriff is targeted. Everyone in the town believes he should be stopping Cobb and his hate group. Most people do not realize there is little a sheriff can do because of the first amendment. Cobb has his freedom or speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition. The sheriff can’t put Cobb in jail because of something he believes, the sheriff needs proof. I believe the sheriff could have gone to other towns nearby and asked for help on the whole situation instead of not acting on it. Cobb didn’t do this alone his friend, Dutton, and his son. Altogether they rallied up more and more people until they knew they had enough numbers. Dutton had various flags up in his lawn. It seemed as if he collected them. The film also showed another side of Dutton that no one really knew. They showed how he loves to cook. His goal is to create his own cookbook and have his own family recipes in it. He even has a wife and a little boy who he loves to cook for. This part of the film showed that even racist people do normal things. This scene appeals to people’s emotions because it’s showing he has a family who he cares about. The film is also showing the audience how this man cares and loves his family. I don’t understand how people can have so much hate inside themselves, yet still have so much love inside themselves too. How can one person hate someone else just based on their looks or what they believe? When it comes down to it, a person is a person. Everyone has different morals, even though we’re all made up of the same biological features. In this film, Cobb and his hate group didn’t end up taking over the town. I was happy to see Cobb go to jail for terrorizing the town and the people who lived there. I don’t understand how he received an extraordinary plea deal. Some justice was served, but more was unserved. I think the plea deal should have been less time in jail instead of get out of jail altogether. Cobb was allowed to go back to his home in Leith, which I find crazy. When Cobb moved back into his home, he had to be on probation. Even though this wouldn’t stop him from trying to take over the town again, it was the best option for the town and the people who lived there. The townspeople were still scared and I would have been too. All they wanted was him gone, but now he’s back. They live in fear of what can happen in the future. Cobb is a white supremacists and neo-Nazi, and nothing can ever change that. He won’t stop until he gets what he wants. I personally wouldn’t want to be there when he does because I know it won’t be pretty.
The story opens with Grant recalling the trial and events leading up to it. Jefferson was on his way to a bar when he was offered a ride by two young black men. The trio went to hold up a liquor store to get drinks, but didn't have enough to pay. The two men demand to get drinks on credit and a shootout ensued, leaving Jefferson panicked in the aftermath. He grabs the money behind the counter, takes a drink and begins to run when two white men walk into the store. Of course, a young black man going to trial after the Civil War until the end of Jim Crow is bound to be unfairly and unjustly sentenced. Black men, even today are sometimes treated as guilty until proven otherwise. The prosecution spins the story, saying the three men went to the store with the intent to rob and murder Alcee Grope, the store owner. Jefferson was also accused of taking money and celebra...
The main theme of A Prayer for Owen Meany is religious faith -- specifically, the relationship between faith and doubt in a world in which there is no obvious evidence for the existence of God. John writes on the first page of the book that Owen Meany is the reason that he is a Christian, and ensuing story is presented as an explanation of the reason why. Though the plot of the novel is quite complicated, the explanation for Owen's effect on Johnny's faith is extremely simple; Owen's life is a miracle -- he has supernatural visions and dreams, he believes that he acts as God's instrument, and he has divine foresight of his own death -- and offers miraculous and almost undeniable evidence of God's existence. The basic thematic shape of the novel is that of a tension being lifted, rather than a tension being resolved; Johnny struggles throughout the book to resolve his religious faith with his skepticism and doubt, but at the novel's end he is not required to make a choice between the two extremes: Owen's miraculous death obviates the need to make a choice, because it offers evidence that banishes doubt. Yet Johnny remains troubled, because Owen's sacrificial death (he dies to save the lives of a group of Vietnamese children) seems painfully unfair. Johnny is left with the problem of accepting God's will. In the end, he invests more faith in Owen himself than he invests in God -- he receives two visitations from Owen beyond the grave -- and he concludes the novel by making Owen something of a Prince of Peace, asking God to allow Owen's resurrection and return to Earth.
- on June 23, Williams was driving when a heavy car came up from behind him and tried to force his car off the embankment and over a cliff with a 75 ft. drop off. The bumpers of the two cars were stuck and the cars had to pass right by a highway patrol station, which was a 35 mile and hour zone, but the car was pushing his at 70 miles per hour. Williams started blowing his horn hoping to attract the attention of the patrolmen, but when they saw they just lifted their hands and laughed. He was finally able to rock loose from the other car’s bumper and make a sharp turn into a ditch. He went to the police about it, but they would not do anything because he was black. The police in Monroe never did anything to help blacks
Nearly the whole last half of the book is about racism. The attitude of the whole town is that Tom Robinson, because he is black and,"…all Negroes lie,…all Negroes are basically immoral beings,…all Negro men are not to be trusted around our women…"(Lee 207), will be found guilty regardless of how good a case Atticus makes for him. There was substantial amount of evidence that suggests his innocence. Even the prosecution's two witnesses' stories contradicted each other. The jury did not give a guilty verdict it gave a racist verdict. Not a verdict based on fact, but a verdict based on the color of a man's skin. This is important because the author was not making this racism up; it was what it was like in those times. She is trying to show how ignorant and blind people can be just because of differences between them, as well as how society treats racial minorities.
“More” is a touching, thought-provoking claymation film, directed by Mark Osborne, following the rise of a struggling inventor living in a colorless, monotonous society and working in a factory assembly line, building the same product day in and day out. In a short 6 minutes, the film explores the meaning of true happiness and questions the worth of success as a result of fame and wealth. Mark Osborne’s film proves that achieving innovation and success come at a high personal cost, and one must be willing to make sacrifices in order to catalyze positive change in a community. The films begins with colorful images of children playing on a merry-go-round, which represent memories of the protagonist's lively youth, contrasting the bleak reality
Summary: This story is about racism in the south and how it affects the people it concerns. It starts out with Jefferson being sentenced to death for a crime that he did not commit. He was in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and because he was black, they assumed he did it. Grant Wiggins is told to go up to the jail and convince Jefferson that he is a man. At first he doesn’t know how to make Jefferson see that he is a man, but through visiting Jefferson, talking to Vivian and witnessing things around the community, he is able to reach Jefferson, convince him that he was a man.
“A Raisin in the Sun” is set at in an area where racism was still occurring. Blacks were no longer separated but they were still facing many racial problems. The black Younger family faced these problems throughout the play. The entire family was affected in their own way. The family has big dreams and hope to make more of their poor lives. Walter, the main character, is forced to deal with most of the issues himself. Ruth, his wife, and Travis, his ten-year-old son, really don’t have say in matters that he sets his mind to. Beneatha, his sister tries to get her word in but is often ignored. Lena (Mama) is Walter’s mother and is very concerned about her family. She tries to keep things held together despite all of the happenings. Mama’s husband had just recently died so times seemed to be even harder. They all live in a small apartment when living space is very confined (Hansberry 1731). They all have dreams in which they are trying to obtain, but other members of the family seem to hold back each other from obtaining them (Decker).
The Scottsboro Trial and the trial of Tom Robinson are almost identical in the forms of bias shown and the accusers that were persecuted. The bias is obvious and is shown throughout both cases, which took place in the same time period. Common parallels are seen through the time period that both trials have taken place in and those who were persecuted and why they were persecuted in the first place. The thought of "All blacks were liars, and all blacks are wrongdoers," was a major part of all of these trails. A white person's word was automatically the truth when it was held up to the credibility of someone whom was black. Both trials were perfect examples of how the people of Alabama were above the law and could do whatever they wanted to the black people and get away with it. In both trials lynch mobs were formed to threaten the black people who were accused. Judge Hornton tried many times to move the case to a different place so that a fair trial could take place and not be interrupted by the racist people. Finally was granted to move the case even though the lynch mobs threatened to kill everyone who was involved in the case if it were to be moved. In this essay the bias and racism in both trials are going to be clarified and compared to each other.
Tom Robinson and Bob Ewell’s case brought out the historical realities of Jim Crow and the Great Depression. Oh how it was a depressing sight, Jim Crow laws pushing the blame and hatred onto our dark skinned brothers and sisters. Even though the town was floating with Jim Crow ideals and hatred for Tom, Atticus willingly bore some of that hatred by taking the case. Tom should have won this case hands down if it were based on integrity and character, but instead he had to be judged on the account of eleven white racist jurors. The historical realities of the Great Depression and Jim Crow ideals were illustrated promptly in how the top lived and how they handled state and city
Atticus shows true courage by defending Tom Robinson, a black man charged with the rape of a white woman. Atticus continues to fight for justice despite knowing he can’t win the case because he is doing what he knows is right. The town is against this…..
The original trials of the Scottsboro Boys, presided by Judge Hawkins, were unfair. Haywood Patterson wrote that as he and the Boys were herded into the Scottsboro courthouse by the National Guard, a horde of white men, women, and children had gathered outside, ready to lynch them. He “heard a thousand times… ‘We are going to kill you niggers!’” (Patterson 21). The atmosphere around the courthouse on the day of the trials was like Barnum and Bailey’s and the Ringling Brother’s...
Cobb’s right. In full disclosure I am not a fan of the Southern Poverty Law Center, I fell that they do what they do just for political reason and not for the over all good of everyone’s rights. But in a way how I fell they were over stepping their rolls was buy coastally posting were he may be specking and with out actually saying buy still saying it, They were telling people that they need to go were ever Mr. Cobb was and to shut down his right to free speech. One could even say that by the Southern Poverty Law Center constantly posting his were a bout’s they we also infringing on Mr. Cobb’s 14th amendments. The Southern Poverty Law Center may say that they in fact have the rights to coastally post were ever Mr. Cobb was do to him being a pseudo celebrity in the world of racism, but is that is a hard argument to make. Manly do to the fact that I for one have never herd of him be for this film and I would make the assumption that most of the people in the U.S. haven’t herd of him either. Lets say that though most of the U.S. has never herd of Mr. Cobb but the Southern Poverty Law Center douse in fact have legal standing to publish his whereabouts. When douse it be come an issue? They are telling people somewhat how to look at Mr. Cobb, along with what to thank about him as well. That can be views in a way were the Southern Poverty Law Center are trying to use people who are not well informed on a person or a company to stop actions they may be involved with. Buy getting them to ether take away their rights or stop them from exorcising their
One of the biggest issues depicted in the film is the struggle of minority groups and their experience concerning racial prejudice and stereotyping in America. Examples of racism and prejudice are present from the very beginning of the movie when Officer Ryan pulls over black couple, Cameron and Christine for no apparent reason other than the color of their skin. Officer Ryan forces the couple to get out of the car
The novel “Into the beautiful North” by Luis Alberto Urrea shares the adventures of Nayeli and her 3 closes friends Tacho, Yolo, and Vampi. Everything starts in Tres Camarones a superstitious town that abominates change there for it has fallen behind society. Since the town refuses to change the men are force to leave to “Los Yunaites” to find jobs to support their families back home. It took a pair of corrupt Cops for Nayeli to notice that every man who left the Town never came back including her father, leaving Tres Camarones vulnerable for bandidos to take over the town. And unless she does something about It Tres Camarones will fall to the bandidos.
The Forest People seems like an unbiased book when you read it, but is it really? The answer is a resounding “NO”. There are many reasons including the conditions Colin Turnbull was in and where he was when he wrote the book, his history, and his views as an ethnographer being subpar from what is considered an accurate ethnographer. There are many reasons that methodology and ethical choices are questioned when it comes to Colin Turnbull’s The Forest People and they are all not unfounded.