Miracle

The movie "Miracle" was really an awesome movie. It really brought out every aspect of what being American really meant. While watching this film, I couldn't help but have a huge sense of nationalism towards the United States. America has always been seen as a huge powerhouse in everything, and for once, we were considered not a huge powerhouse, but as a huge underdog. For that team to rally around each other and have the enormous support shown from the crowd was really something to admire. The context of this movie illustrated an intense yet depressing scene. The U.S. was going through a lot at the time with the Cold War with Russia, trying to solve the economic hardships that were taking place, and to top it off, numerous hostages were taken at an American Embassy by Iranian terrorists. It was a grim scene, and for that many people to be able to go to this hockey game and still be able to support the U.S. hockey team is really something to admire. I definitely felt a strong sense of nationalism when that was seen in the film. For our nation to be going through such hard times and still show their support like they did is something that made me feel darn proud to be an American. Another scene in the movie where a strong sense of nationalism was brought out of me was when the whole crowd kept chanting "USA, USA" throughout the game. I cant imagine how the U.S. players felt when that's all they could hear. It gave me goosebumps watching it.

Comparing the nationalism that I felt to those of the Palestinans that took the Israelites hostage is like comparing hot and cold. My, a long with the people of the U.S.'s nationalism is illustrated in a lack of a better word, good way. We cheered on our team and did things the right way. The Palestinians, on the other hand, took their nationalism to extremes that are definitely considered terrible. Feeling that they had to capture and eventually kill members of another country's team is a whole lot different than booing the team of another country. That's just something that I cant fathom.