Analysis Of Black Hawk Down

Because of offensive language and ideas that are represented in the book, To Kill A Mockingbird, it has been banned in many school libraries and lessons. One of the main reasons that it was banned in school is because of offensive words like the n-word and also because of the fact that the plot is centered around rape. One of the school board members, Kenny Holloway, said, “We can teach the same lessons with other books.” Many people agree with Holloway’s opinion, saying that the same ideas that are represented in To Kill A Mockingbird could be taught with a less controversial book. However, other people say that students are tough enough to handle the story. While many people don’t think that this book is appropriate for school, some people

U.S. Navy SEAL ,Chris Kyle was just the average die hard Texan. He aspired to become a cowboy, but it wasn’t working out in his favor. After seeing the horrors of terrorism on 9/11 he was ready to fight for his country and enlisted into the military. He goes on to fight in four tours and becomes the deadliest sniper in American history. After each tour, he felt that he had to go back. He had two goals that he couldn’t give up on; protecting his team and taking out the deadliest enemy sniper, Mustafa. Chris would not stop until he achieved his goals, when he finally did, he faced a new battle. He struggled with normal daily life, but even then he persevered and found a new passion to aid him. Throughout this film, Clint Eastwood portrays the theme of perseverance through the use of setting, camera angles, and the main character Chris Kyle.

Black Hawk Down gives the reader gruesome images like, “The air was alive with hurtling chunks of hot metal. They heard the awful slap of bullets into flesh and heard the screams and saw the insides of men's bodies spill out and watched the gray blank parlor rise in the faces of their friends, and the best of the men fought back despair” (Bowden 125) in order to illustrate the bloodbath occurring on the battlefield. These bloody scenes teach lessons to the reader. These realistic scenes give the reader a glimpse into the grim reality of war. MUSD educates students whose families are involved in the military, as the area in which it operates is around a military base in 29 Palms, and for these reasons, MUSD should approve Black Hawk Down.

“Nobody asks to be a hero; it just sometimes turns out that way,” SSGT Matt Eversmann said this while explaining to a solider the hardship of trying to explain to civilians the duties of a soldier. There have been many battles fought, and many have been lost. Black Hawk Down is an adaptation of the failed attempt to capture Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid during the Battle of Mogadishu. It started on March 2001 and it was released January 18, 2002. During the real operation there was a dramatic change between it being a simple capture operation to it being a rescue mission that is shown in the movie. Black Hawk Down is historically accurate because the chronological sequence of the operation and rescue mission are correct.

Starship Troopers is a classic novel written in 1959 by retired Navy Lieutenant Robert Heinlein. At the time that it was published Starship Troopers was controversial yet won the Hugo Award in the 1960’s for being one of the best science fiction novels. One of the controversies surrounding the book is the main character’s history teacher’s view on violence and how violence “has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” The book had such a cult following that there has been a film adaptation. It is a work of literature that has stood the test of time and is being read in our schools today. This may not seem shocking for such a classic book, but being science fiction it is a true accomplishment.

The movie Black Hawk Down is based on a true story. It takes place in Somalia in October of 1993. A warlord by the name of Mohamed Farrah Aidid seized control of Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia. He accomplished this by capturing shipments of international food supplies at the ports and used hunger as his weapon. More than 300,000 Somalians died by starvation. The United States responded by sending in Delta Force, U.S. Army Rangers, and the 160TH Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR) to capture Mohamed. It was a mission that was to only last three weeks but, turned into six weeks. General Garrison, commanding general of the U.S. forces, formulated a plan to capture two high value targets to try and draw

I’m proud of ‘Black Hawk Down’ because I think it told a provocative story and it was honest. It could have had more opportunity to tell both sides of the story, but I’m still proud of it.” (Josh Hartnett). This quote overall proves that Black Hawk Down is a valuable book for teens since, it provides the truth of what happens during war and if you are not prepared and it provides advanced vocabulary terms. In the book Black Hawk Down there is a lot of advanced vocabulary, certain styles of language and a ton of military terms. During this essay I will be talking about how Black Hawk Down is valuable for the teens of Morongo unified School District. This story ties into academic, social and patriotic.

The events that were portrayed in “Black Hawk Down” drastically affected the U.S.’ foreign policy during the 1990’s. The U.S soldiers went into a country in East Africa called Somalia. They went into the one city, Mogadishu, to capture top lieutenants of the warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid. The mission was only supposed to take an hour, but it ended up lasting the entire night into the next morning. It was a short war that the U.S. never wanted to get into.

Knowledge is key to everything; whatever you’re doing, whether it is planning your daily life or understanding your adversaries you need information. Therefore, the mind is filled with uncertainty without information, with uncertainty come gaps within the information. Although educated guesses are used to fill in gaps, it's still just a guess not intelligence. Most of the times the information are available but usually overlooked by the individual. This type of incidences happens everyday right under our nose but in the military, the result can be catastrophic costing American lives and its resources. On October of 1993 United States Military went though a mission called “Battle of Mogadishu” witch cost many American Soldiers lives. This mission

American schools became dangerous places at the end of the twentieth century. Children as young as twelve and thirteen came to school not to study but to shoot as many people as possible. Even as these students transformed schools into war zones, teachers and other students did what they could to restore order and to save lives. In doing so, they became unlikely heroes on America’s latest battlefield.

One major theme that the book addresses is the destructiveness of war, as the dreadfulness of the narrator's time in World War Two incite insanity in his postwar experiences. Particularly insane is his hallucination of being captured by aliens and being able to time travel. This relates to today's problem of terrorism and extremism as students are constantly under the influence of such violences, however the dangers of such immorality does not make impact when being taught with mainstream methods, such as lecture or media. As a matter of fact, research indicates that "Most lectures are not as effective as discussion methods to promote thought... [nor do they] teach behavioral skills" (Bligh 1), but the originality of teaching morals through literature and books enables students to understand society, being exactly what Slaughterhouse Five accomplishes.

In the opening scene, Chris is shown killing a boy and his mother because of their attempt to murder a group of U.S marines surrounding a tank with a grenade. This was false information as well. His first kill was an Iraqi man who attempted to kill a group of marines in a tank with a grenade (IMDb). This was altered in the movie in order to catch your feelings and sympathy in the opening scene. That scene really set the tone for the rest of the movie. Another decision the movie falsified was that he got his motivation from the 9-11 terrorist attack on the US. History vs. Hollywood explains, “Though he did officially enlist in the months following these attacks, they had nothing to do with his decision.” He never was motivated by the attacks, but wanted to join before they actually happened. (History vs. Hollywood).

“There are sides to be taken in wartime, but one would be wise to remember, the author seems to suggest, that both are made up of men” (Valby). Perspective shapes any person’s views on prevalent issues in our society. Black Hawk Down is a war story written by Mark Bowden which tells the terrible truths of the Battle of Mogadishu from every perspective involved in the war (ie; Somalis, Sergeants, Deltas, Medics etc.). By showing all sides to this devastating war Black Hawk Down, teaches students how to make well rounded decisions in regards to the academic, socialistic, and nationalistic issues in our society. For the students in the Morongo Unified School District, Black Hawk Down is valuable because of the different perspectives surrounding The Battle of Mogadishu and how they shape the story.

Hollywood movies are not always accurate. Even when the writer and director learn as much information about the given subject as they possibly can, there are still times when they fail to portray the subject matter with complete accuracy. While it may seem impossible to learn every little detail about whatever the film may pertain to there are films that have done an excellent job at capturing the entire background story to create a better film. The film Black Hawk Down, written about the conflict in Mogadishu, Somalia is one of those films. While any loss of human life is tragic, the brutal way the American military members were killed in Mogadishu was astonishing. Director Ridley Scott depicted the days leading up and after the intense battle with great dignity and pride. His attention to detail was extremely evident in all aspects of this film.

In some cases, the production of a certain television series is genuinely poor and lousy, however, that is not always the case. Sometimes the producers intentionally compromise the standard and the quality of an episode in order to generate profit for the network. This compromise is evident in the “pilot” episode of the series called Lethal Weapon. Fox network used what has worked in the past, as a result, the series is a typical comedy genre cop show with a bitter-sweet relationship between the two main characters, Roger Murtaugh and Martin Riggs. In addition to comedy, the produces have also used violence, sex and vulgarity in order to achieve high profits.