Questions about Men of Honor movie?

Question

What aspects of abuse do you see in the Men of Honor movie?

How would you have intervened to help Carl (Cuba)?

Answer 1

Carl Brashear (Gooding Jr.) decides to leave his lifestyle in native Kentucky and the life of a sharecropper by way of joining the United States Navy. As a crew member of the salvage ship USS Hoist, where he is assigned to the galley, he is inspired by the bravery of one of the divers, Master Chief Petty Officer Leslie William "Billy" Sunday (De Niro). He is determined to overcome racism and become the first ever African American navy diver, even proclaiming that he will become a Master Diver. He eventually is selected to attend Diving and Salvage School in Bayonne, New Jersey where he arrives as a Boatswain's Mate Second Class. However, he finds that Master Chief Sunday is the Leading Chief Petty Officer and head instructor, who is under orders from the school's eccentric commanding officer to ensure that Brashear fails.

Brashear struggles to overcome his educational shortcomings, a result of his leaving school in the 7th grade in order to help his family's failing farm. He receives educational assistance from his future wife, an aspiring doctor, who works part time in the Harlem (New York City) Public Library. Brashear proves himself as a diver by rescuing a fellow student whose dive buddy abandoned him during a salvage evaluation that turns into a near disaster. Unfortunately, due to the prevailing racism of the commanding officer, the student who fled in the face of danger is awarded a medal for his heroic actions. After many more challenges—both mental and physical—Brashear successfully completes the diving school earning the quiet and suppressed admiration of Master Chief Sunday.

The paths and careers of both Brashear and Sunday sharply diverge as the former rises quickly through the ranks, even becoming a national hero in recovering a missing atomic bomb, while the latter becomes a brooding alcoholic and is reduced in rank from Master Chief to Chief Petty Officer. The two eventually meet again after Brashear loses his left leg in the atomic bomb incident and must fight the navy in order to return to full active duty and fulfill his dream of becoming a master diver.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

first off lets remember that this movie is based on a certain time in the Navys history.... one that I as a former sailor am not proud of but the Movie does deal with racism and social segregation. But NO matter what Carl (Cuba) defeats this at every turn.

I would have hoped that Carl and could have been friennds if i knew him back then but I am not sure how I could have helped him without hurting my own carreer in the process.

Survival at all costs is first and foremost in any persons mind when in the Military. The second is the Life of your Shipmates. It was told to me in Bootcamp if you save your life first then your alive to save others.

In that same sense I think I would have Punched MM2 O'Roark in the flippin Jaw for leaving his man down under without helping Carl.... It Gualled me to no end when that piece of rotting floatsom got the hero's medal that rightfully should have been Carls.

Answer 4

the problem isnt helping him directly.

He wanted a job in a profession in a time that blacks were not thought of as even with white people. He had to struggle with this fact from the second he boarded the bus to join the navy to the day he won his court case and probably beyond that.

I saw a movie a few years ago about a true story that made me cry.

Back in World war 2 in Port Chicago in California (close to San Fransisco) weapons loading for the pacific took place, and it had a large number of black workers in it.
They were treated terrible (this wasnt long before Men Of Honor story. They lived on ship and in the worst conditions. their commanding officers treated em more like slaves then workers.

one mornign a explosion rips through a ship and most of the port. Many people are killed.

When work resuemed in the port however, 50 blacks refused to go back to work and were arrested for mutiny. They were all sentenced to many years in prison.

that was 1940 something

3 of them would live to see Bill Clinton (2000 or so) give them a pardon.

So its not always the person directly you have to help but the system.

Answer 5

Crystal W, Definitely racial/racism!!! They were just so opposed/wouldn't let Carl do anything. But you have to understand when it took place with him being the 1st black diver and all. I don't know if anyone could've done anything cuz a lot of the higher-ups were prejudice also.

Answer 6

to function somethng unhappy yet thrilling mutually as Billy Sunday isn't consistent with a actually individual (by using call a minimum of) i dont comprehend the entire tale of who he's consistent with. there's a scene that tells of what got here approximately to the guy he's portrayed as Billy had lost all of it. which contain almost dropping his spouse. he knows his existence is over. he knows that one extra dive ought to kill him on the way domicile from the court docket which ended up leting Carl decrease back into the diving, they bump into a bridge and a individual announcing a guy had fallen (or jumped) off the bridge and became into drowing interior the water bellow. Billy jumps in and the guy comes tot he floor.. even however a kick by using the swimmer sent Billy decrease than water. His spouse realizes he knew one extra dive might kill him/

Answer 7

all forms of military have abuse, and your supposed to take it.
(see boot camp)
couple that with the racism of the times, and that makes the movie.

Answer 8

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