Waltz with Bashir

NAME: Catherine Wairimu Wahome Manning ID NUMBER: 649598 COURSE: Composition II COURSE CODE: ENG 2206 LECTURER: Milton Obote MEETING PLACE: Room O DATE SUBMITTED: 4 August 2016 WORD COUNT: 1,433 REASERACH QUESTION: How effectively does the film ‘Waltz with Bashir’ depict Israeli involvement in the 16th September 1982 events at ‘Sabra and Shatila’? TABLE OF CONTENTS Tittle Page 1 Table of contents …………………………………………………………………………….. 2 Plan of investigation …………………………………………………………………………. 3 Summary of evidence ………………………………………………………………………. 4-5 Analysis 6-8 Guarding the exits 6 Firing the flares 6-7 Lack of Action to prevent massacre ……………………………………………………7-8 Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………. ………….. 8 Works Cited …………………………………………………………………………….. ….. 9 How effectively does the film ‘Waltz with Bashir’ depict Israeli involvement in the 16th September 1982 events at ‘Sabra and Shatila’? PLAN OF INVESTIGATION:…

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