When one watches The Patriot and The Alamo, one can note a common theme in the sense that these people joined revolutions because they felt a personal connection in defending their beliefs and homeland. Not only were they working to protect their families, but they also became empowered by the sense of community as they banded together to fight for the same causes. In both films, these people were dissatisfied with the current status of their government, and they assembled militias in an attempt to secede from their rulers and establish a new system in which suits their expectations of a government. These particular patriots are extremely passionate about their country, so much that they were willing to make major sacrifices such as abandoning
