Blood Diamond

The movie I watched for my extra credit assignment was Blood Diamond. This movie is about a man named Solomon who was a fisherman who lived in Sierra Leone. Solomon was captured by the RUF(Revolutionary United Front) Rebels. Solomons is then forced to work in a diamond field. during the invasion of Solomon's village his son, Dia, was taken by the rebels and was completely brain washed and turned into a violent killer. On day as Solomon was working he came across and enormous pink diamond. Solomon had stolen the diamond and ran away when the government soldiers were attacking the mine. Solomon came across a man named Danny Archer, who is a mercenary. Solomon and him made a deal the i Danny would help Solomon get his family back Solomon would give Danny the diamond. In the end Solomon got his family back safely. sadly Danny Archer died. Solomon is reunited with his family and his son Dia was brought back to a normal state of being.

In this movie they talked about a lot of subjects we have been talking about in class such as rebels and children being taken from their families and turned into violent children soldiers by the rebels. People in places like Sierra Leone still have these situations accuring. It is very upsetting to know that as we sleep soundly in our nice homes families are being torn apart, children are being drugged up and told to kill anyone in their path. Very few families reunite with each other. In America we don't have to worry about things like this happening. I and no one I know cant even imagine being torn apart from their families like the people in this movie. It is very sad that Third World Nations have to live this way.

This movie was based off the Sierra Leone Civil war fought in 1996-1999. Like I said in the former paragraph we don't have to worry about things like the people in parts of the worlds in this movie. No matter who tries o help or if all this violence ever stops families, tribes, nations, and villages will never be the same, they will always remember what happened to them and they will tell their children and stories will be past down from generation to generation about the events that happened. People always talk about how they want to help like the families in this movie but the majority never do anything to help. Those who do help have changed lives dramatically.

I really enjoyed watching this movie. It helped me realize that we really need to appreciate more what we have in America. The people who made this movie did and excellent job showing to us how violent war in third world nations like in this movie can be. I like how they showed us that America tries very hard to help people that live in these conditions and provide safe camps to those whose lives have been taken away from them by the rebels. I think if people saw movies like this they would get a drive inside themselves and want to help nations living in these conditions.