Compare And Contrast 13 Hours Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi

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The two story lines between the movie “13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benghazi” and the novel “Lord of the Flies” both share similar plot characteristics such as survival and bravery. The main characters are put into unpredictable situations throughout the story and are forced to overcome the conflicts given the circumstance and fix the situation by working with each other and figuring out ways of surviving.

In the events of the movie “13 Hours: Secret Soldiers of Benghazi”, 6 ex-military soldiers are sent out to Benghazi, Libya to provide protection for a secret CIA diplomatic outpost called “Annex”. One mile away, is the main compound call “Special Mission” and it is used by the US Ambassador, Chris Stevens, as he is in Libya to solve social
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Although the schoolboys do not show any fear throughout the island, they show tremendous amounts of bravery and courage as they don’t panic, but quickly come up with ideas to survive and work with one another. To explain, when all the school boys regrouped on the beach after the plane crash, they decided to have a meeting to organize a few things. They first elected a leader who would control the island and give the boys specific tasks such as building huts for shelter, hunting for meat, creating weapons, obtaining drinkable water, and retrieving fire wood. Later on, the boys came up with an idea of creating a constant signal fire to attract any ships or planes passing by to the island so they can be rescued. Even though the boys are between the ages of 6-13, they did not panic as they quickly organized themselves and thought of ways to survival until they got rescued. Forgetting the fact that the boys eventually start to drift away from each other into two groups and began to argue, they were able to remain calm throughout the island and continue to stay alive. Also, the fact that there was a beast roaming around the island, the boys made weapons and stuck together to defend themselves from the mysterious so called “monster”. The boys showed incredible amounts of bravery and courage …show more content…
Both story lines have main characters who are trying to overcome obstacles, but their situations are both different considering the problems they are having to deal with. One story is “man vs man” as they are in a battle against each other with guns and weapons and the other one is “man vs circumstance” as they are stranded on the island and are trying to stay

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