History is a subject in which people learned of their culture and lands back round. Most people learn about history from textbooks and or oral traditions. Other had a passion to present history in a different way. A way that others would appreciate more and still others would appreciate less. Movies are just another way to tell a story. That's what history was, a story. There are many different stories that talk of our nations history or story. There were many important events that were documented in many films. This includes movies like "Glory", "The Patriot", just to name a few. This paper will concentrate on a smaller time frame though. This paper will deal with the area of time from our countries great depression, to the assassination of our countries youngest nominated president, John F. Kennedy. This area of time will deal with the adversity of this country. This counties strength in war, this countries corruption, this countries perseverance, and this countries screw ups. There are many things that are fabricated in these stories though. Things that will make Americans look less cruel or other ethnic groups that discriminated the Americans years ago.
The United States army was and still is the strongest army in the world
During the 1930's, the United States went through something called the great depression. During this time, the country was in bedlam. The country was very unstable. The stock market crashed and many Mexican immigrants were being deported. The movie "Mi Familia" depicted the hardships in which a Mexican's who were wrongly deported had to go through. These individuals had to once again go thorough the pain and suffering in which they had to go through to even get to America. Besides that problem. There was a big stir in the United States. The people were in disarray and did not know what exactly was going on. There was a lot of chaos across the United States. This film indicated how the families of the time were coping in this time of crises.
There was also the loyalty the was shown by the soldiers. The men in the movie were asked to look for a single soldier. These men did not question the authority of there superior officers. These men did all they can just to complete there mission. Although they had there doubts like normal men, they always found a way to pull through. These men also showed the hardships that came in the war. These men traveled along the European countryside and was faced with the adversity of being behind enemy lines. These men showed the hardship that many men had to face in the heat of a war. This also showed the effects of the war on the soldiers families. A mother received a letter indicating to her that three of her for sons have killed in battle. The pain that the women was shown in her actions. There was
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