Glory Sparknotes

Why is the movie called Glory? Is it really glory? I strongly believe not only is the movie glory itself, but the characters represent the idea of glory throughout the movie as well. Glory is a high rank of honor, which involves tireless amounts of work to get to. Not only did the characters in the movie represent the movie well, but portrayed the Civil War in a proud manner as well. There are many characters that represent glory, but there are three that stand out among the rest. Those characters are Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, Corporal Thomas Searles, and Sergeant Major John Rawlins.

The federal government placed many restrictions and discriminatory actions on the black troops. At the beginning of the Civil War, African Americans were not allowed to serve in the U.S. military. By the summer of 1862 it was clear that additional troops were needed. To meet the need, Congress passed two bills that allowed the participation of black soldiers in the Union Army. The Government established segregated units called The Bureau of Colored Troops. The measure lacked popular support and the U.S. Army did not begin recruiting black soldiers until 1863.

Glory does a great job of capturing many of the feelings towards the black soldiers during the Civil War. The film is based off of the writings of Robert Gould Shaw, from letters he sent to his friends and family members. Most of the events in the movie are depicted very closely to how they actually happened. Director Edward Zwick tried to keep the movie as historically

Glory is the story of Civil War Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, who leads the war's first all-black volunteer regiment the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry into battles and discovers along the way he has to confront the moral question of racial prejudice inside and outside of his regimen. Colonel Shaw was the commander of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, also known as the Massachusetts “Fighting” Fifty-fourth, which was a position he has been thrown into and felt that he may not be fit for the job. At first Shaw was a little cowardly, during the battle, bomb fragments almost hit him and he passed out. He later seems guilty and not very motivated, but with the help of his friend Forbes and some time, Shaw turns himself into the leader that his men need. At the end Colonel Shaw’s courage shows when he volunteers to be the leading regiment in the assault on Fort Wagner and then during battle he forges on when the battle seems to a lost cause.

The most shameful thing in American history was the enslavement of African Americans. African Americans were brought over from Africa to America in the North Atlantic Slave Trade. This slave trade brought about 12 million African Americans over to the America’s in order to make them slaves. The North Atlantic Slave Trade ended in 1807 thanks to an act by Congress in America. This by no means ended slavery in America, and slavery wasn’t abolished for about another 58 years.

When the history taught us that, at that time, they need soldiers; many soldiers and white soldiers were not only the option. Even African- American were highly appreciated to fill the ranks to fight the battle, but there was no such thing of payment biased in history. Yes, all of the soldiers fought bravely, thinking about their nation and family. While white soldiers were dying, even black soldiers were ready to die in the battle field. It was the time in the pages of history which made black felt their worthy of existence, when they were not treated different because of their skin color. Blacks walk as far, seep to such an extent and kick the bucket as soon, they contend. For what reason would it be advisable for them to be paid less for a similar work? Shaw and his second in charge, Cabot Forbes, in the long run observe the rationale in this ion and join their men in rejecting their paychecks. That activity is a defining moment for the 54th, melding the officers and men together into a unit with shared trust. Yet, there are innumerable littler scenes that do a similar thing, incorporating one in which Shaw is distinctly told by one of his men that when the war is finished, not a lot will have transformed: "You'll backpedal

This movie shows all of the horrible things that are incorporated with war, in excruciating detail. At one point in the movie Scarlet has to witness a man get his leg amputated with no anesthesia, or anything for pain at all due to lack of funds, and lack of ability to get the medicines that were necessary. The accuracy of the film though is somewhat biased. The book was written by a southern woman, and frankly I’m sure had some resentment towards the North, she wrote this book glamorizing the South and making the North look horrendous. They were fighting to free slaves, whereas the South wanted to keep their slaves. The movie for the most part only seems to portray slaves with kind master and the truth of the matter is, no matter how good and kind the master was, the black people were slaves. They were considered property and as such, could be bought, sold, used and abused, and treated like cattle, not people. The slaves were not free. They had no legal rights, because they were not a person under the law. Their "owners" had complete control of their lives. They were not free to go anywhere or do anything without their master’s approval. The master had the right to separate husband and wife, parents and children. It was very rare that an entire slave family would remain intact. There was always the fear of being sold. Because of death or bankruptcy, families were separated and sold to fulfill

Today’s society mainly focuses on the macro level of social structure, for functionalism. Macro means looks at large-scale social processes, such as social stability and change. Macrosociology also has to do with face to face interactions. In glory road, the basketball team goes through a big change, when the first black team to ever play college basketball. In the movie glory Road, the basketball team is mixed between white and blacks. The rest of the league really do not like the change, and they go through a series of events where the team and the coach have to stick together, and keep finding a way to win and not fall apart. When the coach decided to put the black people on the team, some of the white players did not like it at all, but other white players did like having more talent on the team. The white kids that did not like the black players on the team, was because they were worried of the black people taking their spot on the team. Some of the white people did have a good face to face interaction, but a good amount felt threatened. When watching this movie you could have watched the functions of society (white and Black people) change when you mix the two together. (Durkheim 2013).

Raney Aronson, in his documentary “Soldier's Heart” (2005) reveals the mental turmoil that soldiers who have gone to war in Iraq still face when they come home. Aronson supports his implication by using real soldiers and their stories to convince the audience of the truth behind war , and showing the errors in which the way war is conducted, which can greatly affect soldiers as much mentally as physically off and on the grounds of battle. His purpose is to make his audience aware of the hardships soldiers face adjusting to life after war, showing that a soldier's continues to battle even when they return back home. He establishes a very informative and reflective tone with his audience , (most likely other Americans who have knowledge of

The ending part of Glory is about men going to battle against the Confederates. The six main characters in the movie are Thomas Searles, Jupiter Shots, Trip, Rawlins, Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, and Cabot Forbes. They battle at Fort Wagner in South Carolina at night because there uniforms are blue. The Union and Confederates start off by shooting at each other. All the men of Colonel Robert go on the other side of Fort Wagner to find cover so they wouldn’t get shot at.

The movie "Precious" is based on the adaptation of the book Push written by Sapphire. Though the story is a fiction based life of Claireece "Precious" Jones it is far from reality for many young women. Growing up in an environment that is filled with emotional, verbal, physical and sexual abuse along with crime infested neighborhoods and overcrowded public school and many other factors that pose a lot of challenges for a young girl in the inner city. Though the odd is against Precious she proves to possess a great deal of strength.

In the first assault scene at the beginning of the film, I thought that the north and the south both had strong motives and they were both willing to give it their all in order to preserve and defend their cause. This beginning scene if very heart broken because a lot of men died suddenly from one moment to the next. This makes me reflect on how hard and very divesting the civil war was not just for the women but also for the men who lost their families, wives, homes, and even their lives for the greater cause to which they were fighting for. The Union assault scene is very overwhelming to watch because during the civil war the tactics used were very harsh. For instance, when the Union placed explosive beneath the southern soldiers and blew them to pieces; not only destroying the men but everything in its path. At the beginning of the film one thing that can be noticed is that the north had a very different way of fight compared to the south. For instance, the south used trenches as way of defense and the north many of the soldiers were lined up in perfect lines which makes it seem as if the north was more organized then the south, in the sense of the way they defended their cause.

When it comes to the film industry, entertainment is the tool used to acquire what is desired, money. The main goal for filmmakers when they create a film is to attain money in addition to the money spent to make the movie. Therefore, in some films that they like to base off of true accounts, it is somewhat necessary to dramatize or embellish the story to really tug at the heartstrings of the films audience. They achieve this goal by the use of dramatic music, ambient lighting, and a small amount of tweaked diction. The Fighter is an excellent example of this dramatization in action because throughout the film the characters are faced with a multitude of decisions that must be made. The choices they make require the characters to choose

In the Movie “Defiance” there is a group of Jewish brothers that lose their family to the Nazis. They move into the woods in hiding and help other Jews stay safe from the Nazi soldiers. The brothers hatred is shown perfectly, when one of the brothers visit a fellow friend of the family, that exposed his family for being Jewish. He enters there home around dinner and kills the father and two sons that are Nazi informants as the mother screams and is killed too. Later in the camp that the brothers have built in the woods, they end up capturing a Nazi soldier and bringing him back. He is then surrounded by the people of the camp in a great big circle and beat to death. This whole time they expressed their hatred towards the Nazi and took out all

The guys learn throughout the time during the war of how important art is. John Goodman says, “The mission wasn’t designed to succeed, they fight for culture and life, if you destroy achievements and monuments it would be like the history never existed, but you can destroy a generation of people and they’ll come back.” This is how American soldiers felt during this