Bent The movie Bent is a thrilling and realistic display of 1930’s Nazi, Germany. The persecution of homosexuals were displayed very well in the movie and took away the basic rights of being human. People were forced in concentration camps for having a certain religion or even a person's sexual orientation. Throughout the movie Civil Disobedience was displayed, from disobedience of Hitler's rulings, to running away and trying their best to avoid the Nazi’s, and to the suicide he commits at the end of the movie. Just because the law was in effect, doesn’t mean the laws were just. To the law being a homosexual was erroneous and acts of homosexuality can get you in a concentration camp. Considering in 1930’s Nazi, Germany. Hitler was the ruler
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He was put in many positions where he had to chose from selfish reasons to survive or show that he was a homoseual. From fleeing to Amsterdam alone or admitting that he knew Rudy on the train. He had to face choices, and ultimately he chose to survive. He proved to the Nazi’s that he wasn’t gay by having sex with a dead little girl to get the yellow star to show he was Jewish. Instead of telling the Nazi’s that he was a homosexual and taking pride of what he really is. Max knew he would be treated worse if he was a homosexual which was told by Wolf. He chose survival over being civil disobedient, which Max was displaying characteristics of both throughout the movie. In the end of the movie, Max did a big act of civil disobedience, when his lover Wolf died, Max took off his own clothes to put on his lovers Wolf clothes on because he had the pink triangle on his clothing. Then he proceeded to walk toward the electric fence to kill himself. Max killing himself was disobedient to the camp. He died as the man he was hiding to be. He wanted to die showing that he loved Wolf and that he was a homosexual. His action was an act of free will and the Nazis do not like the fact that prisoners can use suicide as a way out. Suicide also shows the other prisoners they can perform the same
He was put in many positions where he had to chose from selfish reasons to survive or show that he was a homoseual. From fleeing to Amsterdam alone or admitting that he knew Rudy on the train. He had to face choices, and ultimately he chose to survive. He proved to the Nazi’s that he wasn’t gay by having sex with a dead little girl to get the yellow star to show he was Jewish. Instead of telling the Nazi’s that he was a homosexual and taking pride of what he really is. Max knew he would be treated worse if he was a homosexual which was told by Wolf. He chose survival over being civil disobedient, which Max was displaying characteristics of both throughout the movie. In the end of the movie, Max did a big act of civil disobedience, when his lover Wolf died, Max took off his own clothes to put on his lovers Wolf clothes on because he had the pink triangle on his clothing. Then he proceeded to walk toward the electric fence to kill himself. Max killing himself was disobedient to the camp. He died as the man he was hiding to be. He wanted to die showing that he loved Wolf and that he was a homosexual. His action was an act of free will and the Nazis do not like the fact that prisoners can use suicide as a way out. Suicide also shows the other prisoners they can perform the same