I was drawn to the movie, Hacksaw Ridge, because it focused on the strength and integrity of one man who was determined to stick to his beliefs at the same time as supporting his country. Hacksaw Ridge also intrigued me because it left nothing to the imagination. War was not glorified in this depiction of the bloody battle. The movie portrayed the reality and horrors of war quite graphically. Although the first hour of the movie was slow and drawn out, I realized how necessary the story build up was in order to truly appreciate the incredible act of bravery that Desmond Doss showed. He not only saved 75 wounded soldiers that night, he modelled and taught the men to follow what true dedication to ones own convictions can accomplish.

Often World War Two movies glorify the act of war where as this movie glorified the act of individuals who volunteered to give their life to their country. It showed that most men who volunteered were although wanting to fight for their country, were terrified and unprepared for what the battlefield could bring. Desmond Doss believed that he was destined to save lives rather than take lives. This was an unusual and unique situation for someone going to war at this time. The movie Hacksaw Ridge opens the viewers eyes to a different perspective of a soldiers journey on the battlefield.

Throughout this unit we have been working on baseline assignmsnts to better our learning and understanding off the topic. Below are the assignments I have completed.

This is an assignment called 321. On the left side of the column we wrote 3 thoughts we had about World War Two before we learned about it in depth. Then 2 questions we had. And finally, a metaphor about World War Two. On the right side of the collum we didn’t the same thing, although it was after we learned about the topic. At the bottom is a connection, or a bridge, between our two thoughts from before and after learning about the topic in depth.

Ome of our tasks was to take notes for 5 different lectures. We had to transform these notes