‘A Few Good Men’ is a movie which revolves around the finding the truth of the death of William Santiago, a private marine in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. This marine was always underperforming in training compared to other marines and he was completely fed up with his life as a marine as he didn’t feel that he was in the right place, since he didn’t enjoy his time there. Therefore, he requested to be transferred a number of times, and every time his request was declined. At that time Colonel Jessup, the head marine in Guantanamo Bay ordered two junior marines to give Santiago the ‘Code Red’. This is a secret disciplinary action ordered by Col. Jessup in order to improve private Santiago’s performance in the marine’s trainings. As a result, the two
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Jessup denies ordering the two junior marines to give Santiago the ‘Code Red’. There was more evidence to support Col. Jessup than Dawson and Downey as they were really weak and had no one to help them except Kaffee. Firstly, an expert marine doctor which analyzed Santiago’s health condition and he concluded that his physical condition was at its best and he gave him a clean bill of health. That’s because the doctor won’t accuse himself for passing Santiago into the marine with an undiagnosed heart problem. After that, Kaffee implied that Santiago died because of a life threatening heart problem but Ross’s objection was sustained as Kaffee didn’t have any evidence to prove otherwise and was getting close to accusing the an expert doctor of crime; that he falsified the autopsy which showed that Santiago was poisoned. Another piece of evidence which supported Jessup was Lieutenant Jonathan Kendrick which was Jessup’s assistant and advisor. His testimony denied Jessup’s order of giving Santiago the ‘Code Red’. There was no point to argue with this testimony as he is an ‘impeccable marine officer’. On the other hand, Kaffee had really weak evidence. For example, he relied on Santiago’s telephone bills to prove that he wasn’t given permission to leave the camp as Col. Jessup said. He also requested a marine to prove that there is a secret disciplinary action called the ‘Code Red’ in order to prove in the future that Col. Jessup …show more content…
Just because he has authority doesn’t mean he should be a dictator, he should let people feel free to oppose him and say what they want. This is similar to Santiago’s example because he wasn’t given permission to leave the camp even though he requested to leave many times. Also, it is similar because he was tortured by giving him a ‘Code Red’ in order to improve his performance which was something he wasn’t capable of. This also happens in our region, as the government imprisons people who oppose them and their orders. Moreover, many villains which killed people in the revolution are either still free or the verdict isn’t out yet. The movie is different in that sense since the courts in Egypt still didn’t release any fair verdict for corrupt people from the old regime, unlike the movie where the Colonel was
Jessup denies ordering the two junior marines to give Santiago the ‘Code Red’. There was more evidence to support Col. Jessup than Dawson and Downey as they were really weak and had no one to help them except Kaffee. Firstly, an expert marine doctor which analyzed Santiago’s health condition and he concluded that his physical condition was at its best and he gave him a clean bill of health. That’s because the doctor won’t accuse himself for passing Santiago into the marine with an undiagnosed heart problem. After that, Kaffee implied that Santiago died because of a life threatening heart problem but Ross’s objection was sustained as Kaffee didn’t have any evidence to prove otherwise and was getting close to accusing the an expert doctor of crime; that he falsified the autopsy which showed that Santiago was poisoned. Another piece of evidence which supported Jessup was Lieutenant Jonathan Kendrick which was Jessup’s assistant and advisor. His testimony denied Jessup’s order of giving Santiago the ‘Code Red’. There was no point to argue with this testimony as he is an ‘impeccable marine officer’. On the other hand, Kaffee had really weak evidence. For example, he relied on Santiago’s telephone bills to prove that he wasn’t given permission to leave the camp as Col. Jessup said. He also requested a marine to prove that there is a secret disciplinary action called the ‘Code Red’ in order to prove in the future that Col. Jessup …show more content…
Just because he has authority doesn’t mean he should be a dictator, he should let people feel free to oppose him and say what they want. This is similar to Santiago’s example because he wasn’t given permission to leave the camp even though he requested to leave many times. Also, it is similar because he was tortured by giving him a ‘Code Red’ in order to improve his performance which was something he wasn’t capable of. This also happens in our region, as the government imprisons people who oppose them and their orders. Moreover, many villains which killed people in the revolution are either still free or the verdict isn’t out yet. The movie is different in that sense since the courts in Egypt still didn’t release any fair verdict for corrupt people from the old regime, unlike the movie where the Colonel was