Mr. McDonald's World History: 8th World History

I watched the movie Blood Diamond. The movie is set during the Sierra Leone Civil war. A man, named Danny Archer, is on the quest to find a large diamond. The diamond was hidden by Solomon Vandy, a guy that found and hid it during imprisonment. Blood Diamond shows the hurdles Danny and Solomon had to go through to find a large diamond. This "pink diamond" ,which was called int he film, would allow Danny to leave Africa and move on in life. In his journey, he met a journalist and she helped him. In the end, Solomon reunited his family, but Danny died on a cliff ):

In class we watched a film which showed the lives of 3 children. They lived North Uganda and were fortunate enough to win a regional competition in order to compete at the nationals, this was something that was unheard of. In the documentary it shows rebels and how it was dangerous to travel or go any where that was not protected. This some what relates to Blood Diamond. Young boys where taken away from their home to become soldiers. In the movie Solomon's son was taken away, Solomon was on the quest to find him. We talked about how soldiers were ruthless when attacking others, in fear for their lives. In class, we also talked about how America buyers where some what supplying the war blindly. I mean diamond jewelers would buy the diamonds and sell them on the market. This help fund the rebel groups continue to do what they did. We talked about the disfiguring soldiers did to innocent people just because they where there.

I recently watch the documentary over Blood Diamonds by the History Channel. Both Blood Diamond and the History Channel documentary changed my view on the ongoing wars . It opened up the door to the two different worlds idea. One world of prosperity of and a world of poverty. Not until in the recent years, I've notice the growing problem in Africa. Im well aware now that the wars have been going on for a long time. I never did understand the broad prospect of it. It really hurts how right now im siting in a comfortable bed typing this on my laptop, knowing that a child in Africa is fearing for their lives. It makes me ask myself what can i do to help. This movie defiantly reinforced knowledge that i wanted to bury because it was so difficult yo believe was true. What was learned in class did open up my eyes to the pain and suffering people of our world have to go through.

I liked the film it was very entertaining. i know it wasn't 100% accurate but still entertaining. It showed the blood diamond problem in a new prospect. It showed the lengths of greed people go through to get money. It showed the amount of love a man goes through to reunite his family. All together it was a good movie. Im just kinda sad that Leonardo DiCaprio dies in ever movie... Titanic, Inception, and Blood Diamond. haha. It was enjoyable to watch and i will probably watch it again one day. Mr. McDonald's World History: 8th World History: "Page dedicated to 8th Period World History"