the power of one!

The film “The Power of One” that we saw in class was so touching and inspiring. This movie reminded me greatly of “Hotel Rwanda” not only because that was inspiring as well but that they were both about a single person trying to change there own country. Both were going against the law for what they believed in. I would have to say that before this, I never knew anything about the apartheid in South Africa; honestly I didn’t have the slightest idea of what apartheid even is. I knew that South Africa wasn’t the best place but I never knew about this side of it. Never would I have imagined Dutch or British or white people in that manner to be living in South Africa.
I was a little confused on whether or not guards and white people were that cruel to the blacks of South Africa. Was killing a normal scene in those times? And also what was up about the two different black African tribes which had some ethnic conflicts going on. What I thought was inspiring was how P.K. betrayed what was right and risked going to prison to simply teach uneducated Africans about reading. His love, Marria was accidentally killed as a result of this when the authorities invaded, if that wasn’t enough. Even after all of the heartbreak and numerous beatings he still pushes forward and gets right back up for what is right. But P.K. was right to do what he did because him teaching would start a chain reaction as we saw. The adults he had taught were teaching there children which would continue on for generations to come. Truly inspiring.