La Haine: Source Analysis

Second, we see La Haine is not even really telling us individual stories but more a broad view of the struggle as a minority in France against police brutality. This is an important problem for immigrants and minorities of France and a real issue but La Haine only shows the struggles of the projects without explaining why, and shows rioting and brutality, but not how they got to that point that is where Kiffe Kiffe excels because it does explain how and why things happen. Plus, La Haine contradicts itself several times confusing the narrative, once when the cop gets the Said out of the jail and lets them go only to be shot? This makes not sense, then when

The movie “A Day Without a Mexican” is a comic movie that shows how California would be without the help of Latinos workers. When a mysterious pink fog surrounds the boundaries of California, there is a communication breakdown and all the Latinos disappear. The film represents in a sort of comic way the concerns about immigration in California. It clearly highlights the idea from how Americans are dependent on Latinos. The main point of the film is what would happen if Latinos immigrants who are in here just disappear. It affects the economy and the state stops working missing the Mexican workers.

Illegal immigration is a very controversial issue in the United States. Fred Reed, a citizen of Jalisco, Mexico argues why fault Mexico for illegal immigration when the United States chose to let them in. He is a citizen of Mexico who seems knowledgeable of the issue. He talks about arguments made by both Mexico and the United States Government. Reed appeals to ethos by referencing a credible book De Los Maras a Los Zetas, that talks about the corrupt border guards who take bribes for illegal passage. He uses pathos to evoke an emotional response from the audience by appealing to their emotion of empathy an anger. He paints the picture of these harmless hard working immigrants looking for a better life for themselves and their family. Everyone

Tanya Golash-Boza illustrates a personal life experience about the video of a baby who was having health issues because his mother was deported, and he kept rejecting the bottle. Surprisingly many comments on the video expressed hate towards the mother for being immigrant, and towards the baby for now being the orphan son of an immigrant. Many Americans have developed hate against immigrants because the government has created a stereotype of them as burdens and deviates. Politics and society focus on how immigrants can affect the economy or the country's security, creating a common feeling of contempt. Focus in the material issues has faded the human side of some members in society. The government forgets that immigrants are humans with rights, friends and family bonds. Any enacted law will affect

Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992, is a one-woman performance piece written and originally performed by Anna Deavere Smith, who was commissioned to transcribe regarding the 1992 Los Angeles riots corresponding with individual’s experiences, outlooks, and concerns that contributed to those who were exacerbated by the abominable and nerve racking riots. For her production, Smith interviewed hundreds of Los Angeles’ residents who were present during the occurrence of the riot. The entire script consists actual quotations from members of the Los Angeles community and their reflection on their personal experience being surrounded in the midlife crisis atmosphere. She applied Smith strived to maintain capturing an extensive range of perspectives of the situation by interviewing several individuals from various ethnicities, financial backgrounds to different occupations for instance, Koreans, Latinos, Whites, Blacks, poor and rich people, police officers and gang members. As a result of her contribution, she received positive feedback for her own work. The composed piece is combined with historical research to provide a significant examination of the underlying cause of the devastating riot. The play, Twilight: Los Angeles 1992, provides assistance to illuminate speculations and emotions of numerous diverse viewpoints behind the horrendous racial tensions, the perceived police brutality, and the absence of leadership, which is desperately needed for restoration.

Immigration is a complex and multifaceted issue that faces the US. In his film, Sin Nombre (2009), director Cary Fukunaga aims to juxtaposition the issue of immigration with the issue of gang violence in Mexico, and show the difficulties immigrants face by giving his audience an insider’s perspective into the experience of immigrating to the United States from Honduras. He does this through a variety of characters; most notably Willie and Sayra. Fukunaga did extensive research on life in the Mara Salvatrucha gang and the process of immigrating to America, in order to make his film realistic and authentic. The result is a movie that not only shows immigration in a way that evokes empathy and enforces the humanity of immigrants in the viewer’s mind, but also gives the viewer a look into the realities of being in a gang. Through the use of strong characters, powerful dialogue and vivid imagery, Fukunaga uses pathos to put a human face to the issue of immigration, logos to inform and give his audience context about the issues the film addresses, and ethos to establish his credibility and make the film believable.

The film “Fear and Learning at Hoover Elementary” is about the impact on Hoover Elementary after Proposition 187 was approved which denied public education and health care to undocumented immigrants. A teacher from the school decided to make a film about the impact the law had created at the school. The teacher filmed teacher meetings after the law was passed. The film maker also included teacher’s response to the passing of the law and if they voted for or against the passing of the law. The teacher included a little girl named Myra about how life was for her at Hoover Elementary. The film maker included where the school was located and how it was already harmful to those kids who live by the school. My reaction to the film was I felt angry

The themes in La Haine and Balibar’s article are intertwined. The violent nature of the riots were based around the race, class, and religion of the residents of the banlieues and their anger at the treatment they received. Violence in La Haine and Balibar’s article are similar. La Haine showed the police being antagonistic towards the main characters, much like they were during the real riots. The police would target the youth who did not go to school or were done for the day. Also, with no jobs in the banlieues, youths had nothing to do besides grouping together and causing trouble. This would not have been terrible except for the fact many of them turned to criminal activities to support themselves or their families. This lead to an association that people from the banlieues were nothing but law breakers that deserved the increased police surveillance and targeting. The anger the residents of the French ghettos felt would be taken out on the police when they were arrested and the police reciprocated with violence. Residents were angry at the lack of job opportunities, the sigma which prevented social mobility, and a general deterioration of the community. This was seen in La Haine, the characters did not have adequate education, there were no jobs, therefore people would resort to the drug

The novel, “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” uses archetypes to send a warning to the readers about the human condition and the subject of man’s duality. Archetypes are used throughout the story to demonstrate the villain vs. hero and the good vs. evil concept. Dr. Jekyll represents the hero of archetype character while Mr. Hyde is a visually unappealing and evil man. The two contrasting characters are different by choice. Dr. Henry Jekyll is a scientist who goes on journey to find the duality of man and believed in separating evil from good.

“La Haine”, a 93 minute film regarding about three adolescents(Vincent Cassel, Hubert Kounde, and Said Taghmaoui) who struggle to cope in a poverty-stricken environment in which hatred and violence are part of everyday life. Even the title “La Haine” which is a French word, translated to 'The Hatred' suggests what the film is about. Based on a true event, “La Haine” is inspired by a real event where a young man was murdered while being questioned at a Parisian Police station. In exploring racism in the Paris suburbs, this film has a direct contrast with more typical French films, such as Amelie(2001) which presents a far more romantic and idyllic vision of French life. The beginning of La 'Haine' shows the beating of a

America is the most diverse nation on the world. When people with different culture and different languages live in the same society, it always brings up disagreement, but America is more than disagreement. The movie “My Family” illustrated the life of the Latino immigrant family who live in the oppressive society in America. The Noel hypothesis called competition, ethnocentric and power played in the part of the Mexico immigrant family’s life.

The review of this movie is based on sociological matters that are outshined in the film and touch on the lives of the individuals, their way of living, morals, behavior and cultural aspects. The film is set in a real society and concentrating much on social issues of the society more than the economic, technological and political status of this society based in New York.

LaGravanese makes an excellent job with the characters, the soundtrack, and the scenery, making the message clear for the audience. Throughout the movie, the director uses many strong facts that strengthen his credibility and appeal to ethos, as well as build the movie’s argument. The director establishes his credibility by showing the audience actual video footage of Los Angeles area from the early 1990s and a series of captions demonstrated the racial tension between different gangs. Also,

The movie exposes the shabby working and living conditions of the Mexican-American community. It provides some historical background on how Hispanic rights were violated by white industrialists. The land where the mine is located was once owned by members of the local Mexican-American community, however the Zinc Company moved in, took over the property and offered them the "choice" of moving or accepting employment at low wage. Additionally, the workers are enticed to live in management-owned houses and buy at management-owned stores. The homes of the Hispanics are shacks compared to those of their white co-workers with poor sanitation and bad plumbing. The stores sell goods at inflated prices, which put the workers in debt.

I am interested in the field of social work because l have the confidence to be able to work alongside individuals who are in need of assistance and guidance. It is important that we, as a community, are able to work alongside one another to offer resources to those who need it. With my knowledge of psychology and my experience in the health care field, l hope to have the opportunity to become a social worker who can help people cope with problems in their everyday lives.