Essay Comparing Men In The Sun And Battle Of Algiers

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Men in the Sun and Battle of Algiers hand their issues differently, such as one causing harm to others while the other one does not. In Men in the Sun the three men do not cause any harm to other people. Unlike Battle of Algiers, the three Muslim women became suicide bombers and kill innocent people. Vice versa the French would kill innocent Algerians. Shown in the turning point of the film, when the chief police leaves his beautiful home with his precious family in the middle of the night to create illegal violence.

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