A Character Analysis of the Film: Blood Diamond (2006) Essay

The controversial artist Kanye West has always attempted to make known what he thinks, no matter if he has to be disrespectful or graphic in his illustrations of said topic. So it wasn't a real surprise when he chose to focus his energy into reveling to the American public horrors happening that had a direct connection with the beloved diamond stone. West's 2005 music video “Diamonds from Sierra Leone” shows the corrupted underground diamond trade in the African country, Sierra Leone. From this groundbreaking video, West showed the devastated lives those who worked on the mining rivers live. However upon further investigation into the issue of diamond workers in Sierra Leone there emerged the true source of the situation, a violent

The film tries to uncover what the effects of the development of the Bisha mine are towards human rights. Using allegations that the government has supplied forced labor and used profits to fund their own military and other terrorist groups such as Al-Shabaab. Yet Nevsun is to blame for partnering with a dictator in a country that has been referred to as the “North Korea of Africa”. Accusations of forced labor have come from several miners who were formerly part of the military. These men were apparently released from duty but forced to either work or die, from fear of torture or death they continued to work day and night. Nevsun argues that reports such as these cannot be backed up because no one from the inside of the mine have made such statements, yet the Eritrean government will not allow the United Nations or the fifth estate into the country to confirm.

Sierra Leone has been involved in a humungous amount of absurd human rights violations since 1991 when the civil war erupted. This detailed paper on the book, A Long Way Gone, set in Sierra Leone, will create interest by summarizing the memoir through descriptive examples and text on symbolism and imagery. The author of this memoir A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier is Ishmael Beah, it's difficult to believe that this is a true and harsh story. You will be learning about Ishmael's resilience and the horrible struggles he faced as a child soldier, while somehow continuing to have hope. Ishmael Beah, 12 at the beginning of this memoir, unexpectedly gets recruited into a time consuming war over blood diamonds, against the rebels as a young child. Ishmael is at a loss, since with his own eyes he viewed not only his loving family, but his whole village as it was horrifically torn down by the dangerous rebels. Ishmael is not physically lonely during the book, but he is emotionally

In the book, Warriors Don’t Cry by Melba Patillo Beals, all of the character present were true warriors at heart. Between the students that attended Central High School and the family members that had to go through the struggle of being hated in their own town, they did not give up. I believe that I am most like Melba because I never give up, I have had similar events happen to me in my own school, and I have a family that is just as supportive as hers.

The movie takes place in Sierra Leone in 1999. The country has been devastated by major political unrest. The Revolutionary United Front intimidates locals and capturing many people to mine diamonds. They use the diamonds to fund their ongoing war. One local fisherman named Vanday gets separated from his family and forced to word for a harsh warlord named Captain Poison. One day Vanday finds a large pink diamond in the bottom of a river. The warlord tries to steal the stone from Vanday.

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote is a novel that explains the history of a family murder through two characters perspective. Capote unravels each character through the concept of juxtapose, which helps prevail the occurrence of events. Dick, is a very straight forward man that does not care about what others think. Whereas, Perry has a shy, conserved personality that is shown through transitions and details. Juxtapose effects the readers and characters as explained throughout the novel by comparing and contrasting two different characters opinions.Details are shown on every page and are illustrated in every sentence, which gives the reader the image. In Cold Blood represents the development of characters, juxtapose, transitions and details.

All of us would find this topic in a way of inspirational because no matter what may be taking place, there can be an instant where the painful story that's taking place would be told and because of this story being told, changes will be made. For instance, Campbell speaks of Ismail Dalramy who lost his hands in 1996 by way of an ax. Amputation was one of many brutal tactics, as well as torture, mass rapes and looting done by the Revolutionary United Front or the (RUF). This is only just a little taste of what the African had to undergo because of the sick diamond trade. But, even so this helped bring light to what was wrong and helped more right to come out of. This book continued shedding light on the overworked but underpaid Africans in the mines. A tourist once mentioned, "The pit looked more like a slave colony". "On all sides, rib-skinny men stripped to their shorts were covered in mud and slime, the inevitable results of their jobs digging for diamonds". "Even though it was barely 10 a.m., they all looked exhausted”. This is needless to say extremely sad because there were Africans that were worked like crazy but barely getting paid, rest, or rewards. Instead there is nothing but turmoil agony and pain.

Both Dade and Julian where fixated on proving themselves right and defending their beliefs about

Thus we see how J.M. Coetzee successfully shows the future of the novel in Africa and its problems with the two conflicting characters of Elizabeth Costello and Emmanuel Egudu and as according to a critic “typically produces irritation or discomfort” in a

Through the movie Blood Diamond you can see many tragic events happening. There is loss for some people and gain for others. The movie takes place during the time of the civil war in Sierra Leone in 1999 (Synopsis for Blood Diamond). The movie portrays the events that transpired between the government soldiers and rebel forces. (Synopsis for Blood Diamond). As the Movie opens Solomon Vandy is taken away from his family by RUF (the Revolutionary United Front). Among other Solomon is set to work to find diamonds that will later be sold for a profit that Solomon does not get to keep. Solomon hides the diamond inside the ground where Captain Poison sees him and demands that Solomon hand it over. While this is transpiring, the group gets attacked and Captain Poison gets sent to prison with Solomon before he can get his hands on the Diamond (Synopsis of Blood Diamond). The next main character to be introduced is Danny Archer who is imprisoned for smuggling diamonds into Liberia. Danny gets Solomon released from prison and the two make a deal that Solomon will help Danny find the diamond on the condition that Solomon gets his family back. The two set out on their journey and come across a journalist, Maddy Bowen who agrees to help Solomon on his journey to find his family. During this time it becomes clear to Maddy that Danny is only using Solomon to find the diamond and is planning to steal it and she decides to not help Danny anymore (Synopsis of Blood Diamond). As the two

Blood diamond are “diamonds that originate from areas controlled by forces or factions opposed to legitimate and internationally recognized governments, and are used to fund military action in opposition to those governments, or in contravention of the decisions of the Security Council”. Blood Diamond is a story about the precious gem acquired through blood and sufferings of common people. How much blood is spilt for each pieces of this luxury, how many tears dried into the very ground it is gathered from. Except from the people that are involved in the whole process of stealing or smuggling a nation’s natural wealth. Sierra Leone, where the storyline takes place, gets nothing. Its people are suffering through extreme poverty, hunger, illiteracy and diseases. Adding insult to injury, there is a fast emerging brutal terrorist group called RUF, destroying the system, collapsing government, killing innocents and taking children as soldiers. Making sure the country never progress and prosper or never grow the backbone to stand on its feet ever to use the valuable diamonds it holds on the ground. For example, when the illegal and unethical blood diamond trade was brought to light, it was ignored by the most potentially influential global players because of economic interest. What resulted was that the situation snowballed over the duration that it has occurred over and when the issue finally came to a head

Solomon becomes determined that he cannot lose his son, so he does everything he can to find him on the path to the diamond. Solomon opens up to Danny and tells him that his son loves to learn and will one day become a doctor. Danny tells Maddy, “You know Solomon thinks his son will be a doctor someday? Maybe his baby dies in that camp, maybe his daughter gets raped. Who knows, maybe both. Do you realize that that diamond is his only chance of getting his family out of here.” Danny realizes how much Solomon needs to find his family, and it is his first time understanding this because he never had a family for himself. Danny’s objective shifts little by little and he becomes increasingly protective of Solomon because he wants him to find his son. Throughout their mission to find the diamond, Danny watches Solomon risk his life everyday just to see his son, and risk his life to save other people, like the little boy who is injured on the side of the road due to a shooting. Danny’s complete change of heart comes from watching Solomon reunite with his family, and seeing how determined Solomon is to get his son back from the R.U.F, and becoming close to

Imagine surviving in the Congo jungle, looking for a long-lost city with only a handful of people where even the terrain itself is your adversary. This is one of the many ocurrence sthat happen in Michael Crichton's 348 page book, Congo. The book starts by illustrating a team searching for diamonds in the Congo having a fateful demise, seemingly at the hands of a gorilla. Another expedition team is sent in, this time armed with advanced artifice and Amy, a gorilla trained in American sign language. The location for the lost city of Zinj had been gleaned from the gorillas dreams and satellite imagery. This place was said to have blue industrial diamonds, that would be worth billions. The crew goes into the jungle by plane and encounter many hardships, including native wars, animals in the jungle and an enemy team also trying to get the diamonds. Even though the book is similar to some other of the author's books, I could still visualize many scenes, and predict what will happen next.

Not only does this issue involve the politics of the diamond trade and the involvement of outside parties, but it is also a devastatingly serious human rights violation to the civilians of Angola. “There is an average of 52 land mine incidents per month and approximately 1 out of every 356 Angolans is an amputee as a result of these bloody conquests”[4]. It was determined in a United Nations Security Council meeting that “there are clear and major weaknesses in systems for controlling diamond trading, which no single country can address effectively because of the many alternative routes available to illicit diamond traders”[5]. Therefore, in order to combat the civil fighting between UNITA and the MPLA, we must educate ourselves about UNITA’s diamond trade, prohibit the sale of blood diamonds, and achieve a commitment from diamond dealers that their diamonds originate from conflict-free mines.

After healing her own feminine, the heroine must continue repairing past relationships with other female character, most importantly her relationship between herself and her mother. The mother daughter split can be either a physical or emotional split between the mother of the heroine and the heroine. The other way there is a split is the nature of the daughter and the nature of the mother in women. These two natures conflict with each other. Theses splits are taxing and must be repaired by the heroine and her mom. While there seems to be no animosity between Frederica and her mother Winifred. Frederica is rebelling against the traditional female roles, she is turning the tradition that her mother taught her upside down. Therefore, she is a