Jeffrey Santos Essays (1814 words) - Bassam,

Jeffrey Santos 11/13/2017 Experiencing Literature Professor Shrivastava De Niro 's Game Test Questions: The title of this book, De Niro's game refers to a suicidal game of Russian Roulette that Robert de Niro had to play in his film about the Vietnam W ar. Russian Roulette in this book exemplifies the situations the young men were put in and how they reacted when put in a situation that involved life or death. There were two instances in the book where Bassam was forced to play this game to insure his survival. One time being when George picks Bassam up and tells him that Al- Tahouneh confessed to Bassam's connection in the assassination of Al- Rayess . George then offers Bassam a game of Russian Roulette for a chance to escape going to the gas chambers. George plays and afterword's he goes to Marseilles like he was intending to before George showed up because he survived the game but his friend Roger did not . The second game is played when Bassam confesses to Rhea about George. George offers him another game of Russian Roulette . Bas sam ends up being preserved but George is not. These two instances show that Bassam was willing to take a risk to avoid any harm to him showing us that this is used as a survival tactic. Israel and Lebanon were in a predicament with their land wanting's. The Palestinians fighting the Israeli population for their land and the Lebanese government restricting attacks from Lebanon to Israel, thus resulting in Israel's retaliation is the main reasoning for this war occurring. Religion was also a key problem in this war as well. Lebanon's Christian and Muslim conflicts extended into over 3,000 people being killed. In the Partition of India and the Lebanese Civil War they both resulted into one country splitting. The partition being India and Pakistan and Syria taking most of Lebanon in their civil war. Both of them were also religion based which caused a massive up rise for both the only difference being the Lebanese Civil War resulting in around 120,000 deaths and the Partition of India being between 1 and 2 million deaths. The guns in our lives symbolize an act of strength and power. Throughout the book there are many events that revolve around the usage of guns. The game of Russian Roulette was played in the book a total of two times and used as survival tactics for Bassam's sake. During war, guns have been a humongous strategy used by many sides in all types of wars and genocides. In Beirut, guns were used by the Christian Militia to kill lots of people. Guns are most of the time a "one or two shot kill" making the death rate a much higher percentage. Lastly, when Khalil and George met for the casino robbery agreement, George used a gun to kill Khalil. Guns make things much easier to do especially when it comes to murders such as this one. Guns are powerful and extremely dangerous when used in a dangerous way. Essay: Masculinity From 1975 to 1990 the Lebanese war was a disaster and many young boys become disillusioned during this time . In our book, De Niro's Game by Rawi Hage , two boys named George a nd Bassam are both put into a dis illusion ed state of mind. They both have been raised with parents being killed and in George's case not even being able to know his own father. Both of them spend most of their time in the city of Beirut on George's motorbike. On a daily basis, they play with their guns and plan their next strategy to find as much money as they possibly can. Masculinity is something these boys both show but also share some major differences in as well. Throughout reading this book we find that George is the more powerful and confiden t of the two . Bassam lives through the war with no social support from anyone around him including George as we eventually find out that George leaves Bassam to go to Israel after he kills a man named Khalil during a casino robbery they planned. Bassam definitely struggles with