For Glory

The movie world of glory took me back to a place where I didn't want to be. I have learned a lot over the semester and I am revisiting this piece with a little different outlook than what I came in with. The movie I really didn't enjoy very much, I guess I had been desensitized to the Holocaust so much that although the first scene with the gas truck bothered me I rationalized what happened to the fact that they were evil men and got on with life. It was easy to do this because in high school I took semester long class dedicated to only the Holocaust and their is a bit of a shield you put up so that you can enjoy your day. After re-watching it what happened was that it broke through my barrier and made me realize that these people who did these atrocious things were essentially just like me. Sure their culture was different but they had the same basic wants such as a nice car and things that were shown in the video. The part in the church was especially powerful the second time around because once I got past the initial shock of the scene I recognized and contemplated the significant symbolism and evaluated my life. I'm sure that none of us had taken part in the Holocaust at any level and we would never picture us doing something so horrible. The part that scares me about things like this is all it takes is a little ignorance and looking the other way that can cause horrible things to happen. Nough Said