Gabrielle Martin And His Role In Being A True Patriot
Submitted by owneroftheworld1 on 06/30/2008 05:21 PM
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Gabrielle Martin And His Role In Being A True Patriot
Sometimes someone's everyday actions are what makes him or her who or what they are. When one is a patriot they show characteristics of love of and devotion to one's county. A real patriot is courageous, loyal, and heroic. They often show good leadership and have conveyed improvements and significant adjustments for their country. The movie The Patriot has quite a few characters that someone may call a patriot. In my opinion, I think the real patriot of the movie is Gabrielle Martin.
Gabrielle Martin is a good-looking, well-known actor. When one looks at him, they often look at him as a "good guy." This could be one of the reasons that he is portrayed as being patriotic. I imagine that Heath Ledger was cast for the role of Gabrielle partly because he portrays this image, so he resembles what a good patriot might "look like." Overall, Gabrielle does not just "look" like a patriot in the movie, he really is one.
Gabrielle shows many characteristics of a good patriot. For one, Gabrielle is very loyal to the United States. He is fighting because he wants to fight, not because he feels forced to fight in any way. Unlike his father, Gabrielle chooses to fight for the cause, over fighting for his family. He wants changes in America so that is why he feels obligated to fight the war.
During the movie, The Patriot, Gabrielle shows his patriotism in a few ways. For example, when Gabrielle was on the battlefield and picked up the torn, rugged American flag; someone said to him, "It's a lost cause." However, Gabrielle did not seem to think it was a lost cause at all. In fact, he picked up the flag and for the duration of the movie, one can see Gabrielle just keep on trying to mend and restore the American flag. The flag plays a very patriotic and symbolic act. It seems to symbolize that he is in the war for his country and nothing else, it shows a lot of pride.
Gabrielle and Anne have a very good relationship. Although,...
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