Hi, need to submit a 1250 words essay on the topic Comparison and Contrast/ Persuasive.The nascent film industry was also heavily affected by the war effort like other spheres of life. The bulk of fil

Hi, need to submit a 1250 words essay on the topic Comparison and Contrast/ Persuasive.

The nascent film industry was also heavily affected by the war effort like other spheres of life. The bulk of filmmakers were concentrating their efforts on dramatizing the events of the Second World War in order to raise public moral. It can alternatively be argued that patriotic films were being made because of public demand for them. The initiation of these films can be traced back to the early period of the Second World War but the real escalation occurred after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The stealthy onslaught of the Japanese First Fleet on Pearl Harbor helped to redefine the American public’s attitude and response to the war in Europe. Japanese aggression at Pearl Harbor indicated to the American masses that the war could come knocking their door any time in the future. Consequently, the entire nation geared up for war including the film industry. Two such masterpieces produced by Hollywood include Wake Island and So Proudly We Hail. Both films hail from the same period in time and are based on the Pacific theater of war. Furthermore, the overbearing central theme of either film is patriotism. This theme is bolstered by a desire of the characters to hold strong and keep on with their jobs no matter how heavily the odds are stacked up against them. This paper will compare and analyze both films from a number of differing aspects. When the thematic context for both films is accounted for, it becomes clear that both films were created as a response to the war effort for the Second World War. The storylines of both films tend to revolve around service personnel engaged in active duty in various capacities around the Pacific region. The preference for portraying the Pacific region could stem from the public’s impression that America was going to fight back in the Pacific alone. When these films were being shot, the general direction of war was unclear. The government was still formulating various forms of policies to determine if the war should be commenced on the European front or the Pacific front. This reality is also reflected in the filming of Wake Island whose filming was stopped on many occasions to see where the war effort would concentrate next. It is essential to keep in mind the historical context when these films are analyzed or compared. The Japanese First Fleet with full force attacked American soil. In this process, the Japanese ran over small islands in the Pacific and initiated full-scale war. The Americans had already been engaged in war with the Japanese but this was a little admitted fact at the time. The Japanese onslaught in the Far East had already claimed a number of American casualties especially as Manila fell and the POWs (prisoners of war) were subjected to inhumane treatment. The infamous Bataan Death March claimed the bulk of men taken prisoner from the Philippine mainland. Furthermore, Japanese war efforts in the region had managed to remove American presence. Perhaps the greatest testament to this fact was the withdrawal of General McArthur to Australia from the Pacific command. The withdrawal of American troops to Australia came before the attack on Pearl Harbor but it was not able to prod public outcry as Pearl Harbor did. The film Wake Island takes place as the Japanese First Fleet is retreating after the attack on Pearl Harbor.