The Patriot Compare And Contrast Essay

The Patriot and 1776 This paper is on the movies ¨The Patriot¨ and ¨ 1776¨. This will show the similarities and difference between the two movies. This will go over what both movies are about. One thing that the two films have that are different is that in The Patriot it's more about the war and what's going on. There is a lot of inaccuracies in the movie so that there was more action. An example of that is when the General of the British Army burns that church that didn't happen in real life, but that was a big scene in the movie. In the move 1776 it's based on one topic which is The Declaration of Independence. The movie is more accurate and how this is being shown in the movie is that the characters that were in the movie …show more content…
Some examples are the battles that are being fought in The Patriot those did happen in the real war. In 1776 the signing of The Declaration of Independence did happen and that was a big part of our history. A third difference between the two movies is the setting. In The Patriot there are many different settings that they are going to in the movie. A few examples are the movie starts off on a plantation. Another example is when Ben went to a bar to recruit people to join the militia. One last example is when Gabe went to a church to recruit people. There are many other examples of different sentences that were in the movie. The difference for this movie in seeting was that in the movie there is one setting which is in Philadelphia where the Second Continental Congress is having their meeting at. A similarity is between the two main characters in the two movies. Another thing that they have in common is they were standing up for what they believe in. An example is that Ben believes in freedom and rights so he joins the army and fought for it. An example for 1776 is John Adams keeps bringing up Independence no matter what everyone else says about him or his idea. In the end they both got what they fought