A nation is a group of people who identitfy with similar demographic and culture trait. They have a referential “we-feeling” in which they have a group loyality for the security of their individual identity. The Serbs began to develop these ideas of self-determination for representation of their nation. Furthermore, the Palestinians also desired self-determination as their land was seized from them. Once groups are formed, they either percieve other group as inferior and/or feel threatned by it. Groups either have a feeling of patrioism which is a positive prideful feeling of being in a group, or nationalism, an aggressive feeling towards the other group. In “Once Brothers” Divac’s act of tossing the flag could be seen as an act of patrioism
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This is revelant in the sense that in both movies, the protagonists struggle with nationalists and patriotic movements. In “Paradise Now” Israeli’s expand their nationalistic view by occupying Palestinian terriotories. Palestinians as the marginalized group sought to define their identity as Palestininans in Israel. As a nation with different background and religion, Palestinians wanted a state for its nation. In the film, the protagonists seek to satisfy their nationalistic ideas of a state for Palestine conducted a suicide bomb in Tel Aviv to anger the Israelites. This action in the film sent the message that Palestinians were ready to take even more agrression measures to regain their terriroties. In “Once Brothers” the struggle for nationalism and two seperate states is viewed as the two nations break off from Yugoslavia because of their national differences. Divac’s flag incident is seen as patriotic act as he viewed the act as denigrating to the Serbs. Although in the beginning of the film basketball united the different nations, it wasn’t strong enough to remain the glue that kept them together. This demonstrates how strong nationalistic ideas were in “Once Brothers.” Furthermore, Divac’s patroitic act did not succeed as the two nations maintained their nationalistic ideas by seperating into two
This is revelant in the sense that in both movies, the protagonists struggle with nationalists and patriotic movements. In “Paradise Now” Israeli’s expand their nationalistic view by occupying Palestinian terriotories. Palestinians as the marginalized group sought to define their identity as Palestininans in Israel. As a nation with different background and religion, Palestinians wanted a state for its nation. In the film, the protagonists seek to satisfy their nationalistic ideas of a state for Palestine conducted a suicide bomb in Tel Aviv to anger the Israelites. This action in the film sent the message that Palestinians were ready to take even more agrression measures to regain their terriroties. In “Once Brothers” the struggle for nationalism and two seperate states is viewed as the two nations break off from Yugoslavia because of their national differences. Divac’s flag incident is seen as patriotic act as he viewed the act as denigrating to the Serbs. Although in the beginning of the film basketball united the different nations, it wasn’t strong enough to remain the glue that kept them together. This demonstrates how strong nationalistic ideas were in “Once Brothers.” Furthermore, Divac’s patroitic act did not succeed as the two nations maintained their nationalistic ideas by seperating into two