Without Acceptance In The Film My So-Called Enemy

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What would the world look like without acceptance? Two directors Bill Brummel who filmed Bullied and Lisa Gossels who filmed My So-Called Enemy and the author of the supreme court case Texas vs Johnson Majority Opinion William J. Brennen viewed acceptance in the same way. Acceptance is the act of accepting something or someone. Without acceptance there would be more violence and hatred. People should be accepting of one another despite their opinion, sexual orientation, and religion, then no one would feel like they belong which would cause hatred in society, that is a recurring theme between the directors and author. In the beginning Jamie Nabozny was bullied throughout most of his education based on his sexual orientation. But the bullying increasingly worsened once Jamie started high school at the Ashland High School in Illinois. Jamie was attacked and …show more content…

The girls argue and do not get along because of differences in their religious views and their cultures. “ After the holocaust don't you understand why Jews have to be in Israel.” (cite). The main way that the Israeli and Palestinian cultures differ is where they believe that the Holy Land or Jerusalem should be located. So, one of the girls from Israel believes that Jerusalem should be located in Israel because of the holocaust and the toll it took on the Jewish people. At the beginning when the girls arrived in the United States to live in the same house they did not accept each other. “ I am sorry for what happened . I know that you will not accept what I say. But I can’t understand to come from Europe and to kick people from their houses.”(cite). But after the girls left the United States and returned years later they learned to accept each other not by what they have heard about them but by getting to know

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