Hotel Rwanda Skyler

Hotel Rwanda is a small glimpse of the actual horror of a genocide. People everyday are suffering from someone bigger them telling them where to go and what to do and when they are going to Die... In anthropology we learned about a term called cognitive dissonance and it means people see something and they can't comprehend it because it is so catastrophic and we don't want to think about it. Even as I watched the part in the movie were they are driving over the bodies It didn't really effect me and the reason is i believe is because its so unbelievable. In the back of my mind Im thinking "Oh that can only happen in horror movies." But no, this was a real story. What can we do about it? Thats a tough one to answer. Cause its always going to be happening and we can't just send our troops off to every country in the world to try to keep peace. Nothing will help if we do that. I think the best we can do is help were we are asked. Send money, pray for them, and if a war is necessary, then don't sit around and say "Oh our troops will take care of it" Go out and pick up a gun and do it yourself.

Hotel Rwanda - John Langer

Before we started this unit I didn’t even pay attention to any genocide. I now feel extreamly horrible about myself. I can’t even imagin what these poor people are going through. It’s hard to believe that a person can be that crule, just on infulence. For example, in the film the radio station was the main cause of the mass murder. It almost killed all of those people that were trying to leave the hotel the first time. The most memorable thing in the movie was the body covered road. I would’ve gone crazy right then and there, but paul stood through it and still managed to save all those people. I really wish the U.S would help these people, but we know the government wouln’t do that. If it was a threat to us then we would, but no other reason. We don’t want to get involved.

Hotel Rwanda--Brooke

By watching this movie I feel like you get a better understanding. When people show you facts it's like, "Wow, that's crazy." But when you see a movie like this you see what is happening to these people, and you have a better sense of understanding what they are going through. I feel like what the journalist said is very true. Even though the United States wants to say we're trying to help, that we care, we still care more about celebrities, and ourselves.

I really liked the movie and I think that the ending helps get the sick feeling out of the pit of your stomach. They found their nieces, and they escaped. I wonder if they still had Hutu's trying to attack the buses. Did a lot of Hutu's get punished? Do they still put Hutu or Tutsi on passports today? I wonder what ever happened to the parents.

Randi Tumilty-Hotel Rwanda

I just don't understand how people can go on with their day when horrible things like this are happening everywhere. Maybe there's not much we can do, but there should be something. At least spread awareness, right?
I understand why things like this continue to happen. The world revolves around selfishness- It's a plague that lives inside all of us. Refusing to help others unless there's something in it for us. Although it's good not to let people walk all over you, when something like this is happening, how can you just stand there and wait to be bribed before you agree to assist? So it's true that there are victims in the world, but aren't we all victims of each other?
I guess just the fact that during a genocide, nobody stops to think that it's wrong, and if they do, they usually don't stand against it. Why do we keep repeating history in such an awful way?

Hotel Rwanda - Krog

Before I did my project on the Rwanda Genocide and saw this movie, I had known little or none about this mass killing. It was horrible, but the bad guys must have done a lot of planning to get that many people killed that fast. I mean, no one wakes up, starts an army, and kills everyone they see. It would have to take a lot of planning. Now, I realize how much really happened. Your quote, 'Oh my God, that's awful. Those poor people,' but then they'll just go back to eating their dinner," is very true. Many people agree that it is bad, but will do nothing about it. I think that in order to get people to want to help, you have to get them to 'truly' feel sorry for them, or people will just ignore it. Everyone could do something, but not many will. I don't think that I have any final thoughts or questions.

Noah Genocide Comments

I thought overall this was a good unit. I learned a lot of stuff about all the genocides that have happened over the years, and I learned more about the ones I already knew about. I was surprised that so many genocides have happened in recent years. I already thought of myself as pretty pessimistic about most things, but I guess I thought people would've learned from past mistakes.

Most of the stuff we learned about the Holocaust I already knew. Not much to say about that one.

I hardly knew anything about the Rwandan genocide before the movie, though. It was very interesting to learn the circumstances behind everything that happened. It was pretty disturbing to learn that the only difference between Hutu and Tutsi was that the Belgians decided the ones with better noses and slightly lighter skin were a better class, and there were no cultural or belief differences between them. It's amazing people can have so much hatred for people of a different "class" than them.

Hotel Rwanda Reflection

I really liked this movie. I thought it gave it's viewers a great idea of what happened and what was going on. Obviously it's not the real thing, but it kind of gives us an idea of what it was like for the people who went through that. It is a really sad movie, but I'm glad we watched it because it helped me better understand what was really going on in the Rwandan genocide.

I kind of wish we could do something to help these people. It's horrible and super sad, but we don't really need to be at war with anyone else. It would be great if we could help them, but I don't think our government thought it was our "place" to step in. I wish we could have stepped in and saved a lot of these people. I can't imagine what it would be like to go through something like that!