Defiance Movie Analysis

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Defiance is a movie based on a true story of four Polish Jewish Bielski brothers that were trying to survive from Nazi Army during World War II. The movie started with Hitler ordering his army to kill Poland’s Jewish Citizen. During that time, the Polish Police worked closely with Nazis and they gave the whereabout of Bielski’s location. The Nazis successful found and murdered the parents of Bielski brothers. After this event, the two older brothers, Tuvia and Zus, took the two younger siblings, Aasel and Aron, in Belorussian forest to hide and find a shelter. While they were settling in the forest, they invited several other Jews who are escaping from Nazis and create a little community in the forest. As a result, group norms were formed …show more content…

Sociologist Talcott Parsons thought “the norms in any society or group had to provide answers to question related to at least four dimension.” The first dimension is affective relationships which defines to how personal is your relationship. Throughout the movie, Zus, Tuvia, and Aasel showed the relationship to the women they meet in the forest was very personal to them. Moreover, the movie made reference to “forest wife” and “forest husband” which implied that marriages were accepted in the community. Second dimension is controlled, decision making, authority relationships which defines to “is the involvement with another to be total and unbounded by the time constraints… or is it to be restricted and specific…” This was portrayed when the older brothers became a role model or acted as a parent to their younger brothers. Tulvia and Zue made all the decisions for Aasel and Aron that will benefit them and protect them from Nazis.Third dimension is status-acceptance relationships which defines to a relationship is based on social class that the person represent or uniqueness to the relationship. This relationship was demonstrated when Russian Commander wanted to work with Bielski brothers because Zue and Tuliva holds a high reputation in Jewish community and proved they can fight well with Nazis. Last dimension is achievement-success relationships which defines to a relationship when a person is valued for his

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