English 12 with Mr. Goss

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Mary O'Hare on 'War'

"You'll pretend you were men instead of babies, and you'll be played in the movies by Frank Sinatra and John Wayne or some of those other glamorous, war-loving, dirty old men. And war will look just wonderful, so we'll have a lot more of them. And they'll be fought by babies like the babies upstairs" (Slaughter-House-Five, p. 14).

In your blog, please respond to the above quotation. Do you agree or disagree? Do movies help promote war? Were films more likely to promote war in the past? Please explain your position.

Discuss the two or three war films that you have seen. Which ones would you consider pro-war and which ones would you consider anti-war?

For a list of the top war movies of all time go to the link below. You then can click on individual films and read a plot overview. For many of the films, you can watch the trailer using the Media Player.

Top 50 War Movie Links

P. S. Feel free to write about other facets of the media if warranted.

1 Comments:

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