Chan, Karla Eunice A.

C31 Reflection Paper: Hotel Rwanda

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The film Hotel Rwanda, set in 1994, is dependent upon the Rwandan genocide, wherein 800,000 individuals, principally Tutsi, were executed by radical Hutu state armies. In the film, pressures between the Hutu and Tutsi individuals expedite a civil war in which the Tutsis are slaughtered in view of their lifted status that rose from their past steadfastness with Belgian homesteaders. Paul Rusesabagina, the supervisor of Sabena Htel des Mille Collines, is Hutu yet his wife, Tatiana, is Tutsi. His marriage makes him a deceiver to Hutu radicals, most noticeably George Rutaganda, a neighborly supplier to the inn who likewise is the neighborhood guide of Interahamwe, a severe against Tutsi local army. He unsuccessfully forces Paul into joining the gathering at the start of the film. Upon the eve of the genocide, Paul's neighbors and family search to him for initiative, and with his shrewdness and rewards he is marginally equipped to save them from the furnished Hutu crowds who are resolved to wipe out all Tutsi. In the wake of dealing with a Rwandan Army officer for the wellbeing of his loved ones, Paul carries them to his lodging. More outcasts surge into the lodging as the United Nations' outcast camp gets either too perilous or excessively packed to be protected. The inn likewise gets stuffed, and Paul must redirect the Hutu warriors, look after the outcasts, and uphold the presence of a working high-class hotel. The UN Peacekeeping constrains, headed by Colonel Oliver, are unable to initiate decisive movement against the Interhamwe since they are illegal to intercede in the genocide. This apathy from the Un proceeds notwithstanding Oliver's tired endeavors to ensure the Tutsi evacuees, and his irate hate for the Western forces, who don't like Rwanda. As the Interhamwe attack the inn, the repulsive anxiety takes its toll on Paul and his gang. The Un drives endeavor to empty an aggregation of outcasts, incorporating Paul's family, however are turned again in the wake of being halted by revolting Hutu swarms and the Interhamwe. In a last-dump exertion to recover the exiles, Paul addresses the Rwandan Army General, Augustin Bizimungu and endeavors to extort him with dangers of being tried as a war criminal. Bizimungu reluctantly concurs and they come back to the lodging, just to find it under ambush. Bizimungu's troops at last carry a close to the confusion as Paul wildly searches for his wife and family, supposing they had murdered themselves like Paul let them know to if Rutaganda's men attacked the inn. After a startling episode, Paul finds them covering up in the restroom. The family and the inn evacuees at last leave the attacked lodging in an Un escort, and they travel through withdrawing masses of homeless Hutu displaced people and Interhamwe local army to arrive at wellbeing behind Tutsi rebel lines. In the last scene, Paul uncovers his two youthful nieces whose folks' destinies are obscure, and brings them plus his family out of the nation.

Reflection: The film started with a voiceover talking about how the Tutsi stole the land of the Hutus, thus this is root cause of the social evil in the film. The Tutsis became part of the Belgian colony and stole the land of the Hutus. Hutus, being hatred, wanted to kill the Tutsi when they learned Tutsis live in their land. Hutus planned out genocide to take away the lives of all the Tutsis. They didnt spare anyone; even kids are put to death so that no new generations of Tutsi will grow up. Women were killed or raped or put into cage and called prostitutes. The Hutus killed almost half of the population in Rwanda. This is a movie that shows the injustices during their time. The film also showed the result of selfishness of a certain group of people. Society as whole was affected, because the rivalry between the groups claimed the lives of many people. They didnt care if all the people would die as long as they get what they want. I can relate this to Freuds model of personality, which is id. The Hutus wanted to oust the Tutsis from their land, so they planned out genocide without taking into consideration the lives of many. The social evil in the film is considered as social sin because it oppressed the lives of the human beings, violates human dignity, stifles freedom and imposed gross inequality. The Hutus because of hatred in their hearts just killed the Tutsis in Rwanda. They didnt think about the lives that will be lost and affected. They played with the human dignity of each and every Tutsi in the country. They also didnt give the children the freedom to grow up and live their lives. They played and molested the women. They did everything that will hurt and suffer the Tutsis. Hutus and other government officials of other countries and agencies were also selfish. They didnt think of ways in saving the Tutsis in Rwanda. They didnt care how much people were dying because of the genocide. The people responsible for the genocide in Rwanda are the Hutus and other government officials. They were the one responsible because hatred is the only thing that is in the hearts of the Hutus. Officials of other countries and agencies didnt care about what was happening thus made a slow move to help Rwanda.