Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing directed by Spike Lee goes against classical Hollywood by focusing a quite a larger group of people throughout the film, rather than a single individual or small group which is classically done. The movie focuses of racial conflicts of all races within one neighbourhood with both law enforcement and the neighbours themselves. Another way of going against the classical norms was the Lee used many different framing techniques, such as eyeline match cuts. The cuts are shown as…

This political study will define the current problem of police violence as a future implication of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing. This film defines the increasing racial tensions between the white Italian community and the lower-class African community in the late 1980s. Lee (1989) presents the racial bigotry between Italians and African Americans, which culminates in a series of violent encounters with the NYC police department. Incidents of police violence against African Americans is a major…

Morgan Page 03/21/24 Dr. Knoell Unit 10 Essay The reading “Political Cinema: Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing” by Marilyn Fabe does an excellent job of analyzing and deciphering Spike Lee’s film Do the Right Thing. This reading touches on Spike Lee’s support for Malcolm X’s views on the use of acts deemed violent as a form of protest. However, the reading more importantly explores the inclusion of both Martin Luther King Jr.’s and Malcolm X’s views on using violence. Ultimately, by incorporating…

“Freedom is the power, rooted in reason and will, to act or not to act, to do this or that, and so to perform deliberate actions on one’s own responsibility. Human freedom is a force for growth and maturity in truth and goodness; it attains its perfection when directed toward God (CCC, 1731). St. Thomas Aquinas supports this claim by stating that man’s natural inclinations to goodness, happiness, being, and truth are the very source of his freedom (Christian Ethics, pg. 245). By choosing what is…

In John Steinbeck's of mice and men, George did do the right thing to shoot lennie because, George did not want lennie to see what was coming after him about killing Curley's wife. Lennie killed a human and that leads to serious consequences. George did the right thing because he didn't want lennie to see what was going to happen to him in the future. Lennie would have had to stay in prison pretty much forever. If they would have caught lennie that could have led to execution to lennie, he was…

Are you afraid to mention race, religion, or other touchy subjects when arguing the morality of public policies? In Michael Sandel’s book, “Justice: What’s The Right Thing To Do?” he explains that we must not suppress our moral disagreement by avoiding our fellow citizens moral and religious convictions. I agree that we need a more robust and engaged civic life, where we are not afraid to mention any idea or moral/religious issue with public policy. For years, the media and citizens avoided the…

Did we do the Right Thing? This refection paper reflects back on a time in the military. My husband and I were young E-6 in the military; living in government off post housing. We were the senior Non-commission Officers of the floor. One evening when we arrived on our floor we heard loud voices which sounded like an altercation between a couples on our floor. Once we enter our apartment one of the children knotted on our door and said, “My mother and father are fighting”. Since my husband was…

wrong thing can sometimes be right, even if society doesn’t accept it. This statement is proven true in The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. It is about a thirteen to fourteen year old boy named Huckleberry Finn (Huck for short) who embarks on a journey that requires him to make choices not many kids his age would. He meets up with Jim, a runaway slave, who helps Huck develop some new traits. During his adventure he also realizes the importance of friendship and doing the right…

think the narrator or (cap) did the right thing cremating Sam Mcgee even though he had to drag him through the snow to cremate him in a boat. so Sam Mcgee got cremated even though his friend had to endlessly drag him,but he go what he wanted. first of all Sam Mcgee wanted to be cremated it is even stated in the text "i want you to swear that fowl r fair you'll cremate my last remains" then after that his friend swore that he would do it. But did he do the right thing? why not just bury him and…

The movie, Ghosts of Mississippi, demonstrates that it is never too late to do the right thing through the character of Bobby DeLaughter. One incident where Bobby DeLaughter demonstrates this is when in his concluding statement, he talks of the murder of Medgar Evers as a gaping wound in society. He then proceeds to say that justice is the soothing balm that will cleanse the wound, and when there is no justice, those wounds can never be fully healed. Bobby is demonstrating how no matter how much…