Posted: June 28th, 2015
History – Battle of Algeris
Respond to the questions below. Your Respond to the questions below. Your essay must be no shorter than 1400 words and no longer than 1600 words. Do NOT use outside sources. only use the attached documents and the 2 movies
Essay question 1: What is the relationship between armed conflict, empire, and identity? Discuss this relationship as it is explored all of the following: Memoirs of Senegalese Soldiers, Rachid Bouchareb’s Days of Glory, Frantz Fanon’s “On Violence,” and Gillo Pontecorvo’s Battle of Algiers?
Principal characters in Days of Glory:
Abdelkader: idealistic Free French Army private expecting to be promoted based only on his performance as a soldier
Said: Free French Army private promoted against his wishes to corporal when he becomes an aide to Sergeant Martinez
Martinez: Free French Army Sergeant and French resident of Algeria who attempts to conceal his mother’s Arab identity
Massaoud: Free French Army private who falls in love with a white French woman in Marsailles
Yassir: Free French Army private trying to protect his younger brother, Larbi
Principal characters in The Battle of Algiers:
Jafar: Leader of the FLN in the Casbah. Portrayed in the film by Saadi Yacef, the former leader of the FLN in the Casbah
Ali la Pointe: Criminal who joins the FLN
Hassiba, Zohra, and Djmila: FLN operatives responsible for bombing attacks against civilians in Algiers
Le Petit Omar (“Little Omar”): Algerian boy and messenger for the FLN
Lieutenant Colonel Mathieu: French Army officer ordered to take command of the fight against the FLN in Algiers. A composite character based on several French officers who fought against the FLN in Algeria in the late 1950s
Larbi Ben-M’Hidi: High-level FLN official captured by the French by accident must be no shorter than 1400 words and no longer than 1600 words. Do NOT use outside sources. only use the attached documents and the 2 movies
Essay question 1: What is the relationship between armed conflict, empire, and identity? Discuss this relationship as it is explored all of the following: Memoirs of Senegalese Soldiers, Rachid Bouchareb’s Days of Glory, Frantz Fanon’s “On Violence,” and Gillo Pontecorvo’s Battle of Algiers?
Principal characters in Days of Glory:
Abdelkader: idealistic Free French Army private expecting to be promoted based only on his performance as a soldier
Said: Free French Army private promoted against his wishes to corporal when he becomes an aide to Sergeant Martinez
Martinez: Free French Army Sergeant and French resident of Algeria who attempts to conceal his mother’s Arab identity
Massaoud: Free French Army private who falls in love with a white French woman in Marsailles
Yassir: Free French Army private trying to protect his younger brother, Larbi
Principal characters in The Battle of Algiers:
Jafar: Leader of the FLN in the Casbah. Portrayed in the film by Saadi Yacef, the former leader of the FLN in the Casbah
Ali la Pointe: Criminal who joins the FLN
Hassiba, Zohra, and Djmila: FLN operatives responsible for bombing attacks against civilians in Algiers
Le Petit Omar (“Little Omar”): Algerian boy and messenger for the FLN
Lieutenant Colonel Mathieu: French Army officer ordered to take command of the fight against the FLN in Algiers. A composite character based on several French officers who fought against the FLN in Algeria in the late 1950s
Larbi Ben-M’Hidi: High-level FLN official captured by the French by accident
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