In the film “Red Cliff” directed by John Woo, The Eastern Han Dynasty, one of the main characters, Prime minister Cao Cao, plans to take over the southern Han Dynasty lands and unify China. The Lui Bei try and fend them off but they are extremely outnumbered by the East and have no choice but to retreat to protect their people. Knowing they cannot win, the strategist named Kongming suggests and allies with the Sun Quan who were also outnumbered and would eventually be attacked by Cao Cao after defeating the Lui. Although the eastern Han still had more soldiers, the southern Han still fight. They devise many plans to counter their huge army and with their strategies and meteorologist they are able to defeat Cao Cao’s army, creating three main …show more content…
I believe the director wanted the audience to feel some distress and sympathy and hope. The south did not have a big army like the east did so their chances of winning were very small, which definitely caused some distress in me while watching. Sympathy was made felt through the Southlands being in a time of piece not wishing to be involved in the war but were made to join by the Easter Han’s threat. As well as their people dying because of it. Hope is also seen because if everything they had planned went well, the enemy would not be able to retreat because of their location. I feel that John Woo was trying to make the Easter Han seem somewhat barbaric, in the sense that Cao Cao doesn’t care much about his soldiers and his methods of attacking are not morally right. To illustrate when his men are dying from typhoid instead of giving them a proper burial or cremation he disrespects them by sending the dead to the Lui and Sun so they could also be infected. Also in the scene near the middle of the film Cao Cao taunts the Southlands by shooting of 1000s of arrows after the Sun only shot a few 100, but would be one of the causes they lose in the film. The film places a triumphant tone since they won both the Lui and Bei become so it seems close allies. I do believe the film represented the Battle of Red Cliffs decently although there are some inaccuracies. For example, Cao Cao was not captured how the filmed depicted instead
The North and South benefited in many different ways, and both sides would use dissimilar approaches. The Southerners were fighting for a way of life they believed in. Comparing the two, the North had an extensive amount of people which made it easier to establish armies. In the beginning, the Union army only consisted of 16,000 soldiers or less. Southerners deserted the army because they didn’t have the things they needed for fig...
... to win war. The Union blockade of Charleston is when the enemy fleet took over the Charleston harbor. Sherman’s march through South Carolina was a path of destruction from ransacking people and homes to burning down buildings. When Sherman set fire to Columbia that marked the end of this gruesome war. After Sherman had set fire to the city, the Confederacy was in such despair over there lost town. This caused the Confederacy to finally surrender to the union. The Civil War was a very dark time in American history. One of the bloodiest wars this country has ever experienced. South Carolina was a big player during this war, from battles to their ports, and then the burning of the capitol. This war was a very traumatic time for Americans but in my opinion I believe that if this war hadn’t happened we wouldn’t be the strong, free willed and brave country we are today.
The book “For cause and comrades” written by James M McPherson is not one of your typical civil war books. This book is completely different than what everyone would expect, McPherson tries to explain the why of the war behind the scenes of it. He goes into great detail onto how dissects the initial reason of both sides North and South by concentrating not on battlefield tactics and leaders but what emotional and great experiences the men had to face in the battle field.
In addition to a crumbling national identity, the necessities of war diminished morale among citizens of the Confederacy. Early on, the South believed that Europe would a...
... by the war and fight more viciously. Lincoln was very careful not to underestimate his enemies in the South and sternly advised the American public not to get overconfident, “Let us not be over-sanguine of a speedy final triumph. Let us diligently apply the means, never doubting that just God, in His good time, will us the right result.” The siege of Vicksburg was in many ways the hardest blow to the South, because they lost their control of the river there, and lost communication with their western territories. In many respects, this was the day that I believe most of the southern soldiers believed the war had ended, and with Sherman making his march, the psychological impact was devastating. Without their beliefs, their way of life taken away, they had no reason to fight, and no reason to continue fighting because if Old Dixie could fall, so could anyone else.
... In the end, I believe the war’s end results came down to the cultures of each side’s economy and the cultures of their military style. Obviously, the North had more of the advantage in resources than the South, but the Confederates put up a good fight to conserve their way of life. The Civil War demonstrates how different cultures, economies, and their political strategies can affect how well we do in battle. Things can be accomplished when an army is well equipped and prepared with the right resources.
The ending of this battle is tragic and enlightening as well, the great idea of sneak attacks at dawn by the Confederates and the righteous timings of reinforcement by the Union, brought this story to my attention. Gathering this information brought me believe that this is a movie, a novel, but this was actual real life. Losing lives in a battle like this one bring only one thing to mind, that each side was fierce on fighting for what they believe in. No other battles before this have had this much bloodshed in less than a day, the planning done by Grant and Johnston was phenomenal. The steady mind of Johnston and the brave hearts that were under Grant is what brought this battle to what is today’s history. Working on this essay has been excellent in my learning process and I hope to be doing another one soon.
... yet they strongly believed that they could be victorious. Despite numerous disadvantages, the South entered the war with some important advantages. The South adopted a strategy like that of George Washington in the American Revolution. The plan, known as attrition, called for a strategy of winning the war by avoiding losing. That is, the South did not have to match the North's resources, they only needed to avoid full-scale battles and prolong the war making it too costly for their opponents.
...igins in the World War era were too Chinese. All the movies spoke of tradition and how the Asian community saw a break with tradtion. Those in the family circle saw it as shameful and dishonorable, while those on the outside looking in saw these indiscretions as both curious and gossip fodder. In the movie, “Double Happiness” the gossip is almost parodied, showing to the rebel that their traditions while sacred to their parents were seen as old and slightly ridiculous. The performers in the documentary wanted to become famous and did everything they could to break though stereotyping and tradition to get ahead. Jade Li broke completely to find her happiness in a foreign, yet familiar world. The moral of the stories of these aforementioned discussed is: tradition is nice, but sometimes one has to break the mold to find their true happiness…you can’t have it both ways.
It is in gaining a sense of our identity that we find a place to belong. This is presented in Episode 4, Stand Up, of the television series Redfern Now, directed by Rachael Perkins.
The Civil War determined what kind of nation the United States would become. It determined whether it would be a nation with equal rights for everyone or the biggest country that still abused of slaves. The war started because of the brutal conditions slaves were living in. Many had no education what so ever and were treated worse than animals. Back then part of this country found this acceptable and demanded to keep their slaves while the others demanded freedom. Today there are many movies about the civil war. For example the movie Glory which was made in December 15, 1989 it was directed by Edward Zwick. The movie depicts the lives of African American soldiers who had to endure tougher training than the American man, and American officials who had to make these men into real action fighting soldiers. The defining characters in this movie were. Major Cabot Forbes who was very tender towards the African American soldiers and he even stood up for them. Private Trip gave up his freedom in order to fight is true fighter. Corporal Thomas Searles who struggled a lot in the training camp but in the end pulled through. Glory is mainly about men with struggles that have to overcome their torments in order to end the Civil War. It took time and strength but the colored regiment became just as good as any white one. Corporal Thomas Searles, Major Cabot Forbes, and Private Trip all fought for what they believed in even at the time of their last breathes something they would have never done at the beginning of the movie.
The Red Folder, directed by Ben Kallam, is a slow-paced short that acts as a subtle social commentary on the failings of the public education system. Set in a public high school, the film follows a young African-American teen’s set task of finding an elusive red folder. With no luck, Joseph is re-directed from teacher to classroom and his evident boredom captures the mundanity of the arbitrary tasks given to young teens in school. Through Josephs perspective, we see that he is cast as somewhat of an outsider, continually looking in on classes from the periphery of the school corridors. Joseph’s meandering through the hallway, and his interactions with teachers shows what little learning is going on, and Kallam shows this as an act of criticism
In reality, the ruse was Zhou Yu’s idea. # Near the end of the movie, Zhou Yu and his army use the change in wind to his favor and they catch Cao Cao’s fleet on fire. They are able to push through and, with reinforcements from Liu Bei, they are able to push Cao Cao back and make him retreat. This part of the film is true, as in the actual battle they use the same technique to win against Cao
In Arthur Conan Doyle's short story "The Red-headed League", we follow Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they unravel a new case. One of the main themes in almost any Sherlock Holmes story is the power of logic, which he uses in untraditional ways to solve tough cases. Sherlock Holmes is a detective that uses pure logic in observing the people he is investigating as well as the people who hire him to do the investigation. In this story, Watson comes into the story after Sherlock has already met briefly with the client. However, Watson is really only able to see the common details of their client, but Sherlock sees the fine details.
The North had more troops to fight with which made the South not have a lot of men to work with and fight with so which meant that if the South had 300 men to start with and the North killed 100 that will leave the South with 200 people which meant that the South would automatically lose since there wasn’t enough soldiers to work with. Another disadvantage for the South was that there were not enough goods to keep them alive because the goods consisted of food, water, and medicine. So that meant they could easily run out of the supply because if there was 300 men fighting and they only had enough to supply the for a few days that could only last them a couple of days probably two at least. So, if a soldier got injured let’s say the soldier got shot in the shoulder there wouldn’t be enough supplies to keep his wound stable until they had enough supplies to keep him alive. Which could probably kill the soldier, also I forgot to mention that since there was not a lot of food going around most or some of the soldiers would starve so bad they would die which will decrease the amount of soldiers the South