“A Few Good Men” and “The Great Debaters” are controversial movies that provide a left wing point of view on events. “A Few Good Men” is a 1992 film about a lawyer defending accusations from the U.S. government directed towards two U.S. Marines supposedly killing a fellow Marine. “The Great Debaters” is a 2007 film with its setting based in 1935 about an all-black debate team in Texas that attempt to win competitions and have their voices heard and names known, while witnessing racial discrimination all around them. “A Few Good Men” and “The Great Debaters” portrays the effect that argumentative speech can have on changing injustice legal systems.
To begin with, a similarity between the movies, “A Few Good Men” and “The Great Debaters”, is …show more content…
Enforcing just law is more uncomplicated and easier than changing unjust law. Due to that reason, in “A Few Good Men” just law was enforced as a result of the arguments from the lawyer. However, even though in “The Great Debaters” the characters were able to have their voice heard and debate about the unjust legal system, their actions and arguments did not have a large or noticeable effect on the unjust inequality of coloured people. Although it did possibly plant a seed of inspiration in some people, which later grew to result in the changes of rights of coloured people so that they were finally legally considered as equal as white people. Enforcing just law was shown in “A Few Good Men” when Joanna Galloway said, “And I wouldn’t be doing my job if I allowed Dawson and Downey to spend any more time in prison than absolutely necessary.” This quote shows how Joanna Galloway is determined to work with the lawyer, Lt. Daniel Kaffe, to enforce just law and prove that the Marines are innocent, or be able to provide them with the least amount of time in prison, due to the government being against them. Another quote that portrays the same point was when Jack Ross said, “He's not about to have clients go to jail for life when he knows they could be home in six months.” An example of this in “The Great Debaters” was when Melvin Tolson said, “They say that we need to make a union: the sharecroppers and the workers all together, coloured and white.” In this quote, Melvin Tolson attempts to create a union of white and coloured people, in order for white and coloured people to merge together and become equal. This union was created in hope of changing the unjust laws towards coloured people in the movie. Another example was when Samantha Booke said, “No, the time for justice, the time for
To begin with, a similarity between the movies, “A Few Good Men” and “The Great Debaters”, is …show more content…
Enforcing just law is more uncomplicated and easier than changing unjust law. Due to that reason, in “A Few Good Men” just law was enforced as a result of the arguments from the lawyer. However, even though in “The Great Debaters” the characters were able to have their voice heard and debate about the unjust legal system, their actions and arguments did not have a large or noticeable effect on the unjust inequality of coloured people. Although it did possibly plant a seed of inspiration in some people, which later grew to result in the changes of rights of coloured people so that they were finally legally considered as equal as white people. Enforcing just law was shown in “A Few Good Men” when Joanna Galloway said, “And I wouldn’t be doing my job if I allowed Dawson and Downey to spend any more time in prison than absolutely necessary.” This quote shows how Joanna Galloway is determined to work with the lawyer, Lt. Daniel Kaffe, to enforce just law and prove that the Marines are innocent, or be able to provide them with the least amount of time in prison, due to the government being against them. Another quote that portrays the same point was when Jack Ross said, “He's not about to have clients go to jail for life when he knows they could be home in six months.” An example of this in “The Great Debaters” was when Melvin Tolson said, “They say that we need to make a union: the sharecroppers and the workers all together, coloured and white.” In this quote, Melvin Tolson attempts to create a union of white and coloured people, in order for white and coloured people to merge together and become equal. This union was created in hope of changing the unjust laws towards coloured people in the movie. Another example was when Samantha Booke said, “No, the time for justice, the time for