After watching the movie\u00a0Lifeboat<\/em>, I reflected back at it with a more historical perspective because of this class. The movie takes place in 1944 and is about a group of people who were stranded in the ocean after a Navy ship is sunk by a German U-Boat. The historical significance in the movie shows what people in the 40’s thought of the deceptive and manipulative German soldiers. It also portrayed the importance of women’s looks and how important they were to be maintained at all times. When the German takes control of the life boat, it symbolizes the transition of democracy to a dictatorship. This is important to note, because under the German’s dictatorship the boat is operating more efficiently and everyone submits to his power. It \u00a0is interesting because there are three perfectly healthy men that could over power the one German, but it was the women in the end of the movie that was the most adamant to kill the German. The overthrow of the German is symbolic to anarchy and a reestablishment of a pseudo democracy. I looked at this movie differently then I would have because the politics in the movie are more dominant the the actual historical characteristics. I had to really pay attention to understand what historic information and references were noted in the movie. Overall this movie was very engaging and i would definitely re-watch the movie after finishing this semester because I will have finished by World War II class and have more extensive knowledge about the background of the movie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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