These two movies reveal how blacks were treated in the 1930’s and in the 1970’s. Even though this factor is a great part of these two movies it is not the only main idea or issue that is depicted. Both of these movies portray a great deal of themes, leadership, prejudice/racism, and segregation/integration. The movies have separate plots and storylines so the way these issues or ideas are presented are differently. The great debaters is about a group of African American students that go around the country debating other schools on important topics during the 1930ś. These students and their teacher face racism in their daily life in texas and other places they go. Despite all the odds that are in their way, these students don´t stop. They overcome
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In the great debaters, you can argue that Henry Lowe shows the biggest form of leadership. In their biggest debate against Harvard University, Henry who is a very strong and experienced debater gives up his chance of leading the team to national glory to the young rookie James Farmer Jr. Henry that James is ready and shows enormous trust in him to give his spot as a debater. James also demonstrates he is leader through this because he doesn’t make Henry regret his decision. James performs very well against Harvard university and it his emotional debate that ensures that the team is victorious. He steps up when he is called upon on and is able to lead team. In remember the Titans, leadership is portrayed throughout the film. One key moment of this leadership portrayal is shown through Julius at the state championship game. At halftime the team is losing and coach Boone speech to them was to basically prepare them for defeat. Julius didn’t accept this and he stepped up to inspire him and his team mates to go back out on the field and fight till the end. Julius ability to lead the team here really pays off as the team rallies back to win and become state champs. Another concept these two movies show is segregation and …show more content…
In Remember the titans time setting, integration was trying to be projected as schools started putting whites and blacks together. These two movies are separate in this form but they both still share the idea of racism/prejudice still being present during integration and segregation. In the great debaters, the characters and the people around them experience racism in huge quantity. One example of racism in the GD is when James Farmer Sr hit a pig with his dog accidently. The pig was a white farmer's property.The farmer embarrassed Farmer Sr. in front of his family, degrading him as person. After this the farmer takes advantage of him because he knows he’s superior and that a black man undermining a white man was not acceptable and wouldn’t be allowed in society eyes. He charges James Farmer Sr more than what the pig is worth. In RTT, racism and prejudice is a big theme. Coach Boone is prejudiced by the white people in his neighborhood when he moves in. They see a black men moving into their fancy neighborhood and they think he’s a helper or a mover. In their mind a black person or family couldn’t possibly be able to live in their fancy neighborhood surrounded by whites. Racism is shown in this film when coach Boone gets called a monkey by an opposing coach. He uses the word monkey in a racist way to downgrade coach Bonne to animal especially one that
In the great debaters, you can argue that Henry Lowe shows the biggest form of leadership. In their biggest debate against Harvard University, Henry who is a very strong and experienced debater gives up his chance of leading the team to national glory to the young rookie James Farmer Jr. Henry that James is ready and shows enormous trust in him to give his spot as a debater. James also demonstrates he is leader through this because he doesn’t make Henry regret his decision. James performs very well against Harvard university and it his emotional debate that ensures that the team is victorious. He steps up when he is called upon on and is able to lead team. In remember the Titans, leadership is portrayed throughout the film. One key moment of this leadership portrayal is shown through Julius at the state championship game. At halftime the team is losing and coach Boone speech to them was to basically prepare them for defeat. Julius didn’t accept this and he stepped up to inspire him and his team mates to go back out on the field and fight till the end. Julius ability to lead the team here really pays off as the team rallies back to win and become state champs. Another concept these two movies show is segregation and …show more content…
In Remember the titans time setting, integration was trying to be projected as schools started putting whites and blacks together. These two movies are separate in this form but they both still share the idea of racism/prejudice still being present during integration and segregation. In the great debaters, the characters and the people around them experience racism in huge quantity. One example of racism in the GD is when James Farmer Sr hit a pig with his dog accidently. The pig was a white farmer's property.The farmer embarrassed Farmer Sr. in front of his family, degrading him as person. After this the farmer takes advantage of him because he knows he’s superior and that a black man undermining a white man was not acceptable and wouldn’t be allowed in society eyes. He charges James Farmer Sr more than what the pig is worth. In RTT, racism and prejudice is a big theme. Coach Boone is prejudiced by the white people in his neighborhood when he moves in. They see a black men moving into their fancy neighborhood and they think he’s a helper or a mover. In their mind a black person or family couldn’t possibly be able to live in their fancy neighborhood surrounded by whites. Racism is shown in this film when coach Boone gets called a monkey by an opposing coach. He uses the word monkey in a racist way to downgrade coach Bonne to animal especially one that