Casablanca

Characters:

Humphrey Bogart, who played Rick Blaine, the protagonist in the movie Casablanca, was the owner of Rick's Cafe Americain. In the film Rick is first introduced as a loner, as he drinks and plays chess by himself. However Rick has a turn around as Illsa, a girl he was once in love with in Paris, shows up at his Cafe. Rick has a flashback to his time with her in Paris, and when she left him at the train station, devastated she never showed up. Although he doesn't turn back to her, he learns to overcome his apathy to become a self-sacrificing idealist, committed to helping the Allied cause in World War II.

Ingrid Bergma plays Illsa Lund a

Norwegian beautiful women, who is Victor Laszlo's wife and Rick's former lover. A devoted wife, Ilsa refuses an exit visa when Laszlo is unable to obtain one as well, saying

she prefers to wait with him and leave Casablanca together. In Paris, Ilsa had fallen in love with Rick, because at the time she had believed Laszlo was dead. When she learned her husband was still alive, she sent a note to Rick at the train station, saying she could never see him again. Despite her obvious commitment to her husband and her confessions of love to Rick both in Paris and late

r in Casablanca, she rarely displays much passion. Ultimately, the letter may be the best insight into her personality.

Paul Henreid, played Victor Laszlo, a

Czech nationalist writer and anti-Nazi partisan. Laszlo is a committed political leader. He endured time in a concentration camp, but he remains enthusiastic, courageous, and outspoken. Victor is a

devoted husband to Ilsa and is willing to sacrifice himself to ensure her safety.

Claude Rain

plays the role of

Captain Louis Renault,

Vichy France's prefect of police in Casablanca. Louis represents unscrupulous cynicism. Louis, like the Vichy government he serves and represents, has given up caring about right and wrong, and his only loyalty is to the winning side. Louis is a hypocrite, castigating Rick for allowing gambling in his bar just as he pockets his earnings for the evening. Despite his self-serving behavior and seeming amorality, Louis is always a good friend to Rick and shows signs of being a decent person at heart. At the end of the movie, this seed of decency blooms into genuine political action, as he refuses to arrest Rick and decides to join his friend in exile from Casablanca. Louis approaches everything with wit, and many of the film's best lines are his.

Ugarte played by Peter Lorre is a member of Casablanca's criminal underworld. Ugarte's business is selling letters of transit to refugees. He may be helping them escape to Lisbon, but his aim is profit, not charity. Ugarte murders the German couriers to obtain the valuable letters of transit, which he plans to sell to Laszlo for a considerable fee. He is arrested before he can complete the sale.

Rising Action

A. When Ricks at his cafe Illsa appears, his love who he hasn't seen in forever, and she's with her husband .
1.Ilsa recongnizes Sam and asks him to play a song that she loves.
2. Rick finds out that Ilsa is married to Laszlo, and is very upsett.
B. Victors plan is to make it to American and escape the Nazi's.
1. Victor needs the letters of transit that he hears that Rick has and he wants them.

Climax
A. Rick refuses on selling the letters of transit to Victor.
B. Germans begin to sing a song, when Victor hears it he orders the cafe to sing back, Germans get very angry. A result of this is this is the Germans make up a reason for Rick to shut down his cafe.
C. Ilsa attempts to get the letters of transit from Rick for Victor, by saying she still loves him.
1. Ilsa will not shoot Rick because she loves him and Rick will not give her the letters of transit. Ilsa in Paris thinks Laszlo is dead when she falls in love with Rick but he is not dead. When the Nazi's were about to invade Paris, Ilsa left Rick with just a letter because she found out that Laszlo was alive.

Falling Action
A. Rick agrees to help Ilsa and Laszlo and to get them to safety.
1. When Ilsa is in Ricks office, Laszlo walks into the cafe , and Laszlo tells Rick that he knows about him and Ilsa.
B. Rick sets up Victor and Police arrest Victor.
1. Rick tells police to let him go and wait until he has the letters of transit so they can arrest him on a greater charge.

Conclusion
A. At the airport when Ilsa and Victor are about to leave, the police turn up and Rick holds a gun to the police saying he will shoot them if they do not let Ilsa and Victor go.
1. Ilsa does not want to go and leave Rick with the Nazi's. However she later agrees to.
B. Nazi leader turns up and Rick shoots him and kills him. Police does not rate Rick our and they become friends as the plane leaves.

Topic 09 Study Guide

Role of Women During WWII- Women took the jobs of men when they went to fight in the war, since there was no one else to replace them. Women would only work in the battlefield as nurses so they could help those who got injured, also they could not fight in the war.

Cause and Effects of Use of the Atomic Bomb- During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. Within the first two to four months of the bombings, the effects killed 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima and 60,000–80,000 in Nagasaki. The Hiroshima prefectural health department estimates that, of the people who died on the day of the explosion, 60% died from flash or flame burns, 30% from falling debris and 10% from other causes. During the following months, large numbers died from the effect of burns, radiation sickness, and other injuries, compounded by illness.

US foreign policy Before, During, and After the War- The foreign policy of the United States is the policy by which the United States interacts with foreign nations and sets standards of interaction for its organizations, corporations and individual citizens. The U.S. is highly influential in the world. The global reach of the United States is backed by a $14 trillion economy, approximately a quarter of global GDP, and a defense budget of $711 billion, which accounts for approximately 43% of global military spending.

Effect on War in Europe- During this time, religion decreased in the population due to many Jews that were being killed. They were not the only ones dying however, many died in the war and a vast majority of European cities were destroyed.

Effects of Pearl Harbor attack- The attack resulted in an immediate U.S. declaration of war against Japan. Japanes Americans were not trusted since other Japanese had been assuring government officials that they wanted peace and that there was no possibility of an attack, right up to the moment of attack.

Japanese Internment- The Japanese were put in these camps,because either they or their parents or ancestors were from Japan and, as such, they were deemed a "threat" to national security. They were also easily identifiable due to their race. There was no similar large-scale roundups of German or Italian-Americans, even though we were also fighting them during World War II.

Neutrality Acts- The Neutrality Acts were laws that were passed by the United States Congress in the 1930s, in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II. They were moved by the growth in isolationism and non-interventionism in the United States following its costly involvement in World War I, and sought to ensure that the US would not become entangled again in foreign conflicts.

Purpose of Propaganda- Propaganda is the spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person. The early Greeks and Romans used discourse to clarify a position. This persuasion could come in the form of an argument, debate, or discussion with a goal of trying to discover the truth that would impart wisdom and knowledge to all parties involved.

Rationing- Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, or services. Rationing controls the size of the ration, one's allotted portion of the resources being distributed on a particular day or at a particular time.

The effects of World War II- Had far-reaching implications for most of the world. Many millions of lives had been lost as a result of the war. Germany was divided into four quadrants, which were controlled by the Allied Powers, the United States, United Kingdom, France, and the Soviet Union and itself was one of the survivors.

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What was it like for you to know you were never truly safe, that you always had to look at for Soldiers and such and hope you make it through everyday?

Was it traumatizing for you and your other siblings, being so young, to walk the streets and see Jews being hung?

Was its scary for you when you got deported from the ghetto to the Fuerstengrube labor camp in Poland and how did you feel having to work in the mines, gathering loose coal and putting it into wagons?

When the Soldiers told you on January 1945 that you were one of many prisoners force-marched towards northern Germany what went through your head, were you afraid of death?

Why were you liberated by the British, how did you get to America, was any of your family let free too?

Medals of World War II

These are medals that were worn by men from World War 2. The purple one is called the purple heart, which was worn by men who were wounded or killed while serving the U.S military. The red one on the bottom is a legion of merit Air Force. This one is awarded for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services and achievements. Next, the blue one is a distinguished flying cross for military merit. This is a medal awarded to any officer or enlisted member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself or herself in support of operations by "heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight, subsequent to November 11, 1918. Then the bronze star, the red one in the box, is a United States Armed Forces individual military decoration that may be awarded for bravery, acts of merit, or meritorious service. Last is a Naval distinguished service medal, the green one in the box. This one is a military award of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps which was first created in 1919. The decoration is the Navy and Marine Corps equivalent to the Army Distinguished Service Medal and the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal.

These items are significant because they all represent pride and honor of the soliders. They are of great value, and each medal has a different meaning behind it. Receiving one of these medals is one of the highest and most respected honors for a war veteran.

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