Patriot Benjamin Martin had seven children. His wife died while giving birth to his youngest daughter, Susan. The Martin family lived in South Carolina, where he built a small home on a farm. The Martin’s were well known and liked by both Patriots and Whigs alike. They only hired freedmen. Benjamin enjoyed making furniture; his main goal was to make the perfect chair, the three-pound rocking chair. His plantation, Fresh Water Plantation, was his retirement plan. The Patriot begins in March
The Patriot It's summer, 1776. Rebellion is in the air. Benjamin Martin, a hero of the French and Indian Wars, is a widower who has settled down to the life of a farmer in South Carolina. Something from his war experiences haunts him, and he has renounced violence. When the Charleston Assembly votes to join the rebellion, a friend from Benjamin's past, Col. Burwell, tries to recruit him to join the Continental Army. After all, Burwell says, everyone still remembers Benjamin's exploits at Fort
The Patriot, written by Robert Rodat, takes place in South Carolina and reveals a widowed father’s love for his family and trying to keep them together, despite the Revolutionary War that had begun. Trying to keep his demons from reappearing, Benjamin Martin faces his fear of his past coming back to haunt him after serving in the French and Indian War. Martin is a South Carolina farmer who lost his wife, Elizabeth, and reluctantly signs up to join the Continental Army after his eldest son, Gabriel
The Patriot is a historical fiction war film about the American Revolution war during the years of 1775 to 1783. The director of the film, Roland Emmerich, did a good job portraying the life of colonist and the British in his film. The filmmakers used strong themes to help the film carry out the American Revolution War for the characters in the war and those not. With the help of leading actors, Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger, the characters in the film were portrayed in-depth. Although much of the
The Patriot Movie Review The Movie, The Patriot, was a rousing and vigorous Revolutionary War epic from the view point of a family full of revenge and strong wills. This movie began with the majority of colonists angered. This part of the movie caught my attention and intrigued me to keep watching until the last minute. I especially enjoyed the heartbreaking moments and the realistic war scenes in the movie. Although I liked those aspects of the movie, the storyline was exceptionally good as well
The Patriot was a historically inaccurate film based on the American Revolution. The Patriot incorrectly displayed the main character Benjamin Martin, Colonial Tavington, the British, Loyalist, slavery, military tactics, and factual errors. The main character Benjamin Martin was mainly based on the real-life militia officer Francis Marion incorrectly. Martin though was not only based on Marion, he held many characteristics of different historical figures such as Thomas Sumter, Daniel Morgan, Elijah
Patriot Cultural Assignment “The Patriot” is an excellent movie. It may very well be one of the most exciting and moving war-drama movies of all time. There are very few films today that even come close to touching upon the American Revolution, which is why “The Patriot” is of such importance. Nonetheless, during the film the actual American Revolution takes a back seat and allows the center of the story to revolve around Benjamin Martin (played by Mel Gibson) and his South Carolina family
The USA Patriot Act is very important to everyone in the United States of America. There are many people that are anti-patriot act because they feel it infringes on there constitutional rights. At the same time, there are enormous amounts of people that are pro-patriot act putting the safety of the home front as their number one priority. This act was very instrumental in giving our intelligence agencies the tools necessary to intercept terrorist messages and fore warn us of any possible attacks
The film I have chosen to review is the Patriot starring Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, and Jason Isaacs. The director of the Patriot is Roland Emmerich and was produced by Dean Devlin, Mark Gordon, and Gary Levinsohn ("Is 'The Patriot' Patriotic?." )The first time I watched the Patriot was on DVD at home with a bag of popcorn and a bottled coke. The Patriot is broadly based on the Revolutionary War and Americas fight for independence. The Patriot is set in the 18th century in South Carolina during the
Mel Gibson, the star of the blockbuster The Patriot is quoted as saying, “ If one were to adhere to historical accuracy all the way, you’d probably have the most boring two hours on earth, but firstly, it’s entertaining and we’ve taken license with history to make it more compelling.” While one cannot solely rely on the word of an actor to state the historical accuracy, it is pretty safe to say that The Patriot was not true to the events of the American Revolutionary War. However, this movie was
History in the Movies: The Patriot The movie The Patriot, released in June of 2000, was a blockbuster film written about the adversities one man comes face-to-face with in the heat of the American Revolutionary War. It is acclaimed for its play on human emotion and for its action-packed scenes that will have viewers sitting on the edge of their seats. Although the movie is based off of this factual, and pivotal, event in America’s history, The Patriot is horrendously historically inaccurate in its
Plato, the Greek philosopher is considered to be one of the greatest thinkers in history and is called by one scholar “the fountainhead through which all western thought flows.” In his book The Republic he outlines what the perfect city-state would look like and how it would operate. Along his path of reason he makes no attempt to hide his disdain for other political systems. That includes democracy, a system he does not seem to agree with. In fact, from what I read, Plato obviously disagrees with
The Patriot Act In the wake of September 11, many things happened very quickly. Along with the beginning of a '"'war'"' against terrorism, an act was passed to help prevent future terrorism in the USA. The name of this is the USA Patriot Act. The act legalizes many surveillance techniques that were once prohibited. The act has been passed without debate, and the new privileges given to our government have not been thoroughly examined. The law enforcers of our country are now capable of monitoring
The “Patriot Act” In the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Congress sprang into action. Within a month, U.S. lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the USA Patriot Act of 2001, giving law enforcement and intelligence agent’s broader authority to fight terrorists operating in the United States. Signed into law by the President on October 26, the Patriot Act is designed to fight terrorism on several fronts. First, it gives the U.S. government authority to hold foreigners suspected of
A True Patriot: Walt Whitman When one talks of great American Poets, if the person has any since of intelligence, then they can in now way fail to mention Walt Whitman. Whitman is unmistakingly a great American poet, So great, that Ralph Waldo Emerson said that he was an “American Shakespeare” (Tucker 247). While the debate still goes on about that comment, there is no debate about the greatness of Whitman. Walt Whitman was born in West Hills, NY on May 31, 1819 on Long Island. He was the second
The Patriot Act Protects America Since September 11, 2001 many people can say that America has changed. Many people question if America has changed for the better or has it just gotten worse. Since the day those four planes crashed around the United States people’s lives have been changed. Many may not realize how their lives have changed, but with new laws passed life is different within America. The United States Patriot Act is one of the laws passed after 9/11: singed into order on October
There were really no very interesting characters in this book. I was never one to be interested in history. There were some interesting parts though, for instance, the chapter about the railroad man was pretty good, and it was kind of cool that he got promoted to vice-president of the railroad he work on within a year after he started the job. Some of the wars he was in were ok as well. It sometimes amazes me that there were so many unnamed heroes. As you know, the book talks about his life, the
BEST TEAM EVER When you first think of the Patriots, The first thing that you think of is that they are a good team. Every year since Tom Brady took over the game every game in 2000, the Patriots have been considered contenders to win every year and to win the Super Bowl. Dominance is what you call it and many more words you can to describe the patriots, and the three main reasons behind all of the dominance that the Patriots have Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski and Bill Belichick. The main question
Roland Emmerich's The Patriot - An Open Letter to Mr. Mel Gibson Dear Mel , Having read the avalanche of outraged articles in the UK press that preceded the UK launch of “The Patriot”, I readily admit that I was expecting to see a distinctly anti-British Movie. One such headline complains for example about a “blood libel on the British People”. Some considerable way into the film (which, putting the controversy to one side, was otherwise enjoyable), I found myself questioning whether such criticism
interceptor capable of missile defense while maintaining a shield against high-performance aircraft. One system has proven itself above all others in the realm of anti-ballistic missile (ABM) and air breathing threat (ABT) defense; that system is the PATRIOT. Throughout the PATRIOT’s history, it has proven to be a serious heavyweight contender in the worldwide air defense community. The concept of a medium- to high-altitude missile interceptor initially formed during the Cold War. The country needed