How Is Paul Rusesabagina A Hero

Hotel Rwanda is a heart wrenching film directed by Terry George in 2004. It showed the hardships that occurred during the Rwandan Genocide. The film displays a man named Paul Rusesabagina, played by Don Cheadle, and his wife Tatiana, played by Sophie Okonedo, living a normal life together with three children until one day the Rwandan Genocide began which was the start of the massacre of Tutsis by the Hutus. Rusesabagina was a local manager at a Hotel, once the genocide began he decided to protect as many Tutsis as he could including his wife and children who were also Tutsis unlike himself. Rusesabagina made several selfless acts throughout Hotel Rwanda. His main focus was to protect and save as many Tutsis refugees as possible in which he is represented as a hero throughout the film. Heroism is symbolized in the film Hotel Rwanda through Paul Rusesabagina as he sacrifices everything to save a large amount of the Tutsis refugees in the Hotel. Rusesabagina was a brave and courageous man who was willingly trying to protect the Tutsis from the horrible genocide. …show more content…
The Hutus did not agree with Rusesabagina’s selfless actions of protecting the other kind, however, that did not stop him from saving all the Tutsi refugees. Rusesabagina was determined to protect the others and only made decisions that he thought would help them. Rusesabagina did everything he possibly could in order to keep the Tutsis safe. He even sent his family on a truck without him because he believed that was the safest place for his family. Although the truck was stopped by the Hutus, he managed to save everyone that was on the truck and take them back to the hotel. Eventually, he was able to save all of the Tutsi refugees by convincing the Rwandan Military to help Paul Rusesabagina transfer them across the line where the Hutus could not pass, saving thousands of Tutsis