Glory

Overall, I liked the movie Glory. The movie kept me interested as to what was happening along with having historical events that pertain to the civil war. The movie showed a huge problem which is racism and I thought the actors and the directors did a really nice job portraying the message and the problem throughout the movie.  In the movie, the black soldiers were treated very poorly while the white soldiers were treated much better which in my opinion is completely unfair and still is an issue we deal with today. No matter what race you are everyone should be treated the same and get equal rights, which is a huge issue we deal with today.

I think that people are willing to die for their country for many reasons. One, if people are so willing to do anything they can for their country that should show to other people that they should be able to go out and do something along those lines. Maybe not fight in a war, but something like that to save people or help the country and be a leader to those who don't do anything. Also, being the first african americans to risk their lives for the country is a good thing so then other african americans will go out and do the same thing because they are inspired. Shaw in my eyes, is a hero to many people. He led the first black infantry. Even though he died in the battle with his men he still gave it his all and did everything he could.

The 54th Massachusetts showed that African Americans had the ability to fight and how brave they were. Having the African Americans that can fight also says that anyone can be able to fight for their country and not give up and also shows how they are very brave.