Movie Review The Patriot
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Movie Review: The Patriot
Kurt Hower
History 110
Mr. Grudzen
July 20, 2004
Abstract
This paper will review the fictional movie entitled The Patriot. Set during the Revolutionary Period in America, this report will explore the movie's reluctant hero, Benjamin Martin.
Movie Review: The Patriot
In this movie, Mel Gibson plays the role of Benjamin Martin. Benjamin Martin is a South Carolina farmer and father of seven children who has served his fellow colonist in the French and Indian War. Known for his fierceness on the battlefield, Martin is troubled by his past brutality as a soldier. At first, Martin resists the temptation to join the Continental Army and stays at home with his children. He spends his time farming and trying to fashion a rocking chair.
When South Carolina decides to go to war with the British, Martin's eldest son Gabriel joins the Army without his father's permission. As luck would have it, Gabriel is injured and returns to his father's home...