For my
Advanced English course we saw the television miniseries The 60’s. The goal was to analyze discrimination throughout the
chapters. In the beginning we are
presented to two families. An African-American family, the Taylors, and the
Herlihys, a white family. The first
chapter had a really good exposition; we are presented both families, one
struggling with civil-rights movements and obtaining the right to vote in a
southern town of the United States, and the other family struggles with a son
that didn’t get a football sponsorship then decides to join the marines, a
daughter that sneaks out of her house to go to parties and becomes pregnant,
and a son that gets straight As and gets involved with politics.
The father, of the African-American
family, is a church minister. We see him
educating his son Emmet in the ways of peaceful manifestation the way M. L.
King Jr. promotes. The son tries to convince
his father that they should act violently and use force to obtain their rights,
although he does this to no avail. A few
years later Emmet gets involved in a riot across his town, and his father
catches him with a gun. He tells his son to hand him the gun; with the gun in
his hand, police shoot him by mistake.
In the Herlihys household, the father
gets mad at the daughter for being reckless so she leaves the house for
California in search of the father of the baby. She joins a hippie commune and
has the baby. The second son begins going
to college after his older brother leaves for the marines, and there he has a
professor who promotes student associations.
At a meeting for a protest in the college, he meets a woman called Sarah
and pursuits having a relationship with her.
The son eventually has a political clash with his father and has to
leave his home because he doesn’t share the same views as his father.
We can see how discrimination is the
mayor theme in the miniseries.
Hello partner, I understand that in this post you were just giving background information in order for the reader to understand the story and the other parts that your are going to write later (I assume).The only comment I have for you is that I would have liked to see a little more of your opinion in this particular post, although I understand why you did not involve much of your opinion in it.
ReplyDeleteThe background info you have provided in this post is a great way to introduce someone to the mini-series. A more personal opinion would be great.
ReplyDeleteYou gave a great summary of the mini series, and a great overview for someone who hasn't watched it. I understand you have a second blog post talking about discrimination so maybe you should put your link to that post so people can continue reading.
ReplyDeleteWell, the 60's an eventful time in America, so it is understandable that you'd say that discrimination is THE major theme. But I felt that there was more to it, that there was one more major theme. I don't know, it's just a hunch.
ReplyDeleteHello Nicolas! A great overview on the mini-series, much like Crystal I would've liked to get more of your reaction to the series or the 60's in general but I shall wait for the next one...
ReplyDelete~~~Paula