NATO and The Warsaw Pact

NATO, also known as the, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, was a pact between countries. If one of the NATO countries were to be attacked, the other NATO allies would come into aide of the other country. NATO was establish after the signing of North Atlantic Treaty. Western Europe relied on the United States' nuclear weapons in case of an attack by Russia. Six years after NATO was established, the Warsaw Pact. The Warsaw Pact was a communist military alliance and was formed to keep control over Eastern Europe. The Warsaw Pact was very superior to NATO, but its technology failed soon, so in 1991, they declared the Warsaw Pact "non-exsistent."

Film Lesson: "The Right Stuff"

"The Right Stuff" was a movie documenting the events of the Space Race. The Space Race was a part of the Cold War. The Cold War was a war [not exactly] between The Soviet Union and the United States. This war was different from every other war because it didn't involve fighting, hence the "Cold" War. In 1957, The Soviet Union had put a satallite in space by the name of Spunik. That really got the competition going. The United States wanted to be seen as "better" than the Soviets. Basically, it was sort of the "anything you can do, I can do better" situation. So, the United States put a monkey up in space. Weeks later, the Soviet Union, sent a man to space. Although, we were behind in the beginning, we ended up winning the Space Race by putting a man on the moon.

The scenes that I will remember most from this film was when the United States' rockets wouldn't launch. They went through so much prepartions for the rockets and they'd fail. Those scenes were most memoriable to me.

Film Lesson: "Schindler's List"

"Schindler's List" illustrated the Holocaust extremely good. They didn't hold back on anything. They showed you exactly what would happen during the Holocaust. The showed the mental and physical abuse, they showed the cruelty, the atrocious and offensive behavior of the Nazis. One most powerful scene to me was the children hiding the toilets. They were hiding in at least 2-3 feet of waste in order not to get caught and killed by the Nazis. The children had become so territorial and had lost all their innocence. They would actually let another kid die in order for themselves to survive. When the little boy jumped in, they didn't want to risk getting caught, so they told him to leave. They were exposed to barbaric and sickening events at the age of 5. It was crazy to me. Another powerful scene to me was the burning of the bodies. People were actually lined up walking in to the pits of flame knowing they were going to die. I just can't imagine myself knowing that I'm going to die and not doing anything about it. They had no choice though. Either they would die, or trying fight and then get killed. It was horrific. One image was will stay with me forever was when the little girl with the pink jacket, tried so hard to stay alive by sneaking and hiding under the bed. And then during the scene of the burning bodies, you see her dead, burnt body. Who has the heart to kill anyone, a little girl at that? "Schindler's List" was a very powerful movie and I won't be able to forget the scenes we saw.

Film Lesson: "Night & Fog"

The documentary "Night and Fog" was powerful to me. I think that the way they explained ti really caught my attention and informed me. To me, it was almost like a horror movie because the way they displayed it, I felt as if I didn't know what was going to happen next. It vividly showed me the concentration camps and it portrayed the terror. Even though it had a big affect on me, I think that "Schindler's List" was way more powerful. It showed the Nazi's monstrosity and the people's struggle to survive. The children's expression and desperation. The children would do anything in order to stay away from the horror outside. For example, one scene, the children were territorial when they were hiding in the toilets. The didn't want to take nay chances getting caught. So, in my opinion, I think that "Schindler's List" illustrates the Holocaust more effectively.