The Powever of One

The “Power of One” was a very emotional, powerful movie. The film was full of history and intriguing events. The main character, P.K., was a strong little English boy that grew into a powerful and inspiring young man. From this movie I learned so much about South Africa. For example, the Afrikaners were discriminating against the English. One young man, Botha, was so against the English he tried to kill P.K by hanging him. Another example of this was when their professor at the boarding school was preaching about how bad the English were, then again Botha spit on P.K. during the professor’s speech.
This movie was both difficult and enjoyable to watch. One part that made me upset was when Botha tried to hang P.K. I never knew how much hate a person could really show. Another part that was hard was when the soldier killed P.K’s friend Piet because Piet would not tell the solider what the words were that they were singing. I thought that these parts showed the true reality of what would happen to people. One part that I really enjoyed was the concert they put on. When one of the soldiers told P.K bad things to tell to the blacks, P.K told them good things. I thought that part was hilarious. This movie was fantastic but it wasn’t one of my favorites. My favorite was “Hotel Rwanda” because I thought it had more action and taught me more about the country and it told a real story. These two movies were very similar because it had to do with one person changing their country but I thought that “Hotel Rwanda” was better. However, the “Power of One” was truly inspiring.