1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5TrjEPzT0Q
2) I chose the “Harlem” scene from Die Hard with a Vengeance because it shows how people sometimes do decide to not follow the path of least resistance. In this scene John McClane, a white cop, is thrown into Harlem only wearing a sign that says “I hate Niggers”. Zeus, a black shop owner, goes up to McClane to convince him to leave Harlem before a group of black teenagers see him and decide to hurt him. While talking the group of teens see him and starts to beat him up. Zeus decides to grab him and take him out of Harlem before he gets seriously hurt. I chose this scene because Zeus decided to not follow the “path of least resistance” by helping out McClane, when he could have decided to let them hurt McClane.
3) This relates to Johnson Chapter 6 “What It All Has to Do with Us”, because he talks about how a “path of least resistance” exists in every aspect of life. Johnson talks about how it is rare when people defy the “paths of least resistance” because it is easier to follow than to try to change it (80). The “Harlem” scene from the movie Die Hard with a Vengeance helps show what happens when people cross those lines. In this scene John McClane is forced to be in Harlem wearing a sign that says “I hate Niggers”. Zeus, a shop owner in Harlem, saves him from getting severely hurt by a group of African American teens. Zeus decided to not follow a “path of least resistance”, by helping McClane by trying to stop the group of teens and by taking McClane out of that part of New York City. In Chapter 6 of Johnson, Johnson mentions how a group of African American teens changed a “path of least resistance” by sitting in a diner in the south. This group of teens changed the fate of America by not following the “path of least resistance”. Since Zeus saved McClane it showed that even though he could have easily looked the other way and not try to save McClane, he decided to do the right thing and save him from being hurt, or even killed.
4) I believe that it is good to see when people choose to do the right thing especially when it goes against a “path of least resistance”. When a person chooses to do something to defy a “path of least resistance” it shows that they have courage, and knows what is morally correct. Zeus knew the right thing to do was to save McClane, and did not care that he was going against his own people and helping a man that was wearing a sign that offended all African Americans. I believe that it is hard for people to choose to do the right thing because of the situations that they are put into by society. Since the scene took place in Harlem Zeus could have looked the other way and let McClane get hurt, but did the right thing anyway, and saved a man’s life.
2) I chose the “Harlem” scene from Die Hard with a Vengeance because it shows how people sometimes do decide to not follow the path of least resistance. In this scene John McClane, a white cop, is thrown into Harlem only wearing a sign that says “I hate Niggers”. Zeus, a black shop owner, goes up to McClane to convince him to leave Harlem before a group of black teenagers see him and decide to hurt him. While talking the group of teens see him and starts to beat him up. Zeus decides to grab him and take him out of Harlem before he gets seriously hurt. I chose this scene because Zeus decided to not follow the “path of least resistance” by helping out McClane, when he could have decided to let them hurt McClane.
3) This relates to Johnson Chapter 6 “What It All Has to Do with Us”, because he talks about how a “path of least resistance” exists in every aspect of life. Johnson talks about how it is rare when people defy the “paths of least resistance” because it is easier to follow than to try to change it (80). The “Harlem” scene from the movie Die Hard with a Vengeance helps show what happens when people cross those lines. In this scene John McClane is forced to be in Harlem wearing a sign that says “I hate Niggers”. Zeus, a shop owner in Harlem, saves him from getting severely hurt by a group of African American teens. Zeus decided to not follow a “path of least resistance”, by helping McClane by trying to stop the group of teens and by taking McClane out of that part of New York City. In Chapter 6 of Johnson, Johnson mentions how a group of African American teens changed a “path of least resistance” by sitting in a diner in the south. This group of teens changed the fate of America by not following the “path of least resistance”. Since Zeus saved McClane it showed that even though he could have easily looked the other way and not try to save McClane, he decided to do the right thing and save him from being hurt, or even killed.
4) I believe that it is good to see when people choose to do the right thing especially when it goes against a “path of least resistance”. When a person chooses to do something to defy a “path of least resistance” it shows that they have courage, and knows what is morally correct. Zeus knew the right thing to do was to save McClane, and did not care that he was going against his own people and helping a man that was wearing a sign that offended all African Americans. I believe that it is hard for people to choose to do the right thing because of the situations that they are put into by society. Since the scene took place in Harlem Zeus could have looked the other way and let McClane get hurt, but did the right thing anyway, and saved a man’s life.
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