Casablanca Outline

I. Setting
A. Casablanca, Morroco
1. World War II, 1940's

II. Introducation
A. Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart)
1. Main character
2. Owns "Rick's Café Américain"
B. Two German couriers are murdered
C. Ugarte (Peter Lorre) ,
1. Petty criminal who arrives in Rick's club with "letters of transit"
2. He plans to sell them to the highest bidder
3. Gets arrested before the exchange
4. Dies in police custody and entrusts the letters to Rick

III. Rising Action
A. Rick's ex-lover, Ilsa Lund (Ingrid Bergman), walks back into his life.
1. She asks Sam (Dooley Wilson), the house pianist, to play "As Time Goes By"
2. Rick is mad that Sam is playing that song after he ordered him to never play it and sees Ilsa when furiously walking toward Sam.
3. She is married to Victor Laszlo (Paul Henreid), who is a fugitive Czech Resistance leader that escaped from a Nazi concentration camp.
B. In order for Victor to continue his work, they need the letters to leave for America.
C. Signor Ferrari (Sydney Greenstreet), a very popular guy in the criminal underworld and who is also Rick's friendly business rival, tells Laszlo that he suspects the letter to be with Rick.

IV. Climax
A. Laszlo later in the night meets up with Rick asking him for the letters, and Rick refuses and tells him to " ask his wife"
B. Strasser starts a group of officers singing "Die Wacht am Rhein".
1. In response to that, Laszlo orders the band to play "La Marseillaise".
a. Rick nods his head and gives permission when the band over at him.
C. Strasser acts back by having Renault close the club.
D. Ilsa confronts Rick in the cafe.
1. She threatens him with a gun when he refuses to give her the letters.
2. She confesses her love to him
3. She explains what happened back in Paris; when she fell in love with him, she thought Laszlo was killed when attempting to escape from the concentration camp, and then later when she was about to runaway with him to the German army, she was informed that Laszlo was still alive and hiding. So she had to leave Rick without an explanation to go back to her sick husband.

V. Falling Action
A. Rick agrees to help Isla, and makes her believe that they will remain together after Laszlo leaves.
1. Isla is hidden in the back when Laszlo unexpectedly appears in the cafe, and Rick and Laszlo talk
B. Laszlo tells Rick that he is aware of the love between him and Ilsa.
1. He tries to persuade Rick to have the letters in order for Ilsa to be safe.
C. Police arrest Laszlo on a minor charge, but Rick convinces Renault to let him go by promising to set him up on a more serious crime; which was the possession of the letters of transit.
D. To relieve Renaults suspicions, Rick claims that he and Ilsa will leave for America
E. Renault secretly makes a phone call to Major Strasser


VI. Conclusion
A. As Renault tries to arrest Laszlo as planned, Rick points a gun towards him and makes him help in their escape.
B. Rick makes Ilsa board the plane that is heading to Lisbon with Laszlo, convincing her that she would regret staying with him.
1. Ilsa disagrees but is later on forced and convinced.
C. Major Strasser arrives at the scene and Rick shoots him when trying to intervene
1. When his men arrive, he plays it cool and tells the men to "Round up the usual suspects"
D. The film ends with everyone pretty much satisfied and with a famous line, " Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."

Concept 9 study guide!

1. Role of Women during WWII.
- They took over their husbands jobs when they went to war.
- Worked in factories and on farms
- Worked as nurses, secretaries, etc. if they weren't home taking care of their children
- Gained more rights in society like the right to vote
- Went back to taking care of their houses and children when the men came back

2. Cause and Effect of Use of the Atomic Bomb
*Cause:
- In Japan
- The bombing of Pearl Harbor ( Dec. 7th, 1941)
- The refusal of Japan to surrender

* Effect:
- Two atomic bombs. One on Hiroshima which killed 90,000 people, and the second on Nagasaki which killed 70,000 people
- Caused extreme destruction and health problems
- Japan surrendered and WWII was over.

3. US Foreign Policy Before, During, and After the War
*Before:
- They were isolationists and preferred to stay out of war.
- Remained neutral till 1941, where they entered war

*During:
- The size of the Navy doubles just in case, by FDR.
- Helped the Allies
- Lend Lease Act: U.S offered Britain battleships in exchange for land
- After Pearl Harbor, U.S declares war on Japan and gets involved more

* After:
- Completely involved in war and other countries' affairs
- Joins the United Nations
- Considered very powerful afterward.

4. Effects of the War on Europe
- Mass destruction
- Tensions between countries
- Formation of Communist Soviet Union
- The decline of Jewish population due to Holocaust

5. Effect of Pearl Harbor Attack
- Death of American soldiers
- The upset of the U.S
- Attack back on Japan; which were the atomic bombs
- Declaration of war on Japan, and then the declaration of Germany of war on the U.S

6. Japanese Internment
- Constitutionally stated, it was okay to lock up Japanese people because they bombed Pearl Harbor
- Japanese Americans were sent to prison camps
- Korematsu vs. USA trial: tried to suee the government for violation of constitutional rights. The government won

7. Neutrality Acts
- 1935-1937
* Embargo on arm sales
* U.S battleships could not be armed

8. Purpose of Propaganda
- Persuasion
- Deceitful
- Promotion of Patriotism
* In U.S: Used to help support the war by encouraging the people by conserving resources
* In Germany: Used by Hitler to strengthen his power and deceive people by thinking he is right

9. Rationing:
- Saving resources for war effort
- Sacrificing

10. Results of War War II
- Decrease in Jewish population
- European debt
- Marshall Plan: U.S offered aid to help Europe rebuilt its economy and nation
- Baby boom. Soldiers were back from war and women were to go back to work in homes in order for the returning soldiers to have jobs
- Cold War
- U.S recognition of being a powerful country.

Timeline

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Reaction Statement

I am honestly speechless. There are no words that can describe how I felt when watching the two interviews of those Holocaust survivors; especially George Gottlieb's interview. I felt my heart ripping apart, my eyes getting all watery, and just an indescribable feeling. I know that no matter what, I will never be able to truly understand what happened and how they feel. When watching George Gottlieb's interview, I was just shocked. I tried to think of how i'd feel if the same happened to me, and the thought was just so terrible that I couldnt continue. The way he was talking shows how traumatizing it is to him, and the moment I saw him crying I just wanted to beat the crap out of Hitler. I saw the pain in his eyes when talking about his mother, how she was beautiful but changed in the camps which just shocked him. I remember in class when you acted out a scene that would happen during those times, and even though I knew it was just acting, I was terribly scared and just wanted it to end, so I cant even begin to imagine how the people that actually went through it felt. Those people are forever physically and emotionally affected, but they should know that they are extremely lucky and blessed to be survivors of that horrible time and that thankfully those times are over.
Did I mention Hitler is a horrible guy? If not, well then guess what.. HE IS. >:(

My WWII Artifact :)

World War II Airplane Spotter Playing Cards

During World War II, the U.S Military encouraged both combat and civil defense. An example of that are the aircraft spotter cards which were issued by the Coca-Cola Company ( how awesome is that?) These cards were requested by the U.S Military in the 1940s and were a new type of playing cards. But these cards aren’t like any regular cards; these cards helped in the memorization of the shape of friendly and enemy aircraft. Other than being used for training purposes, soldiers and civilians used them for entertainment. These Spotter cards featured the profiles of the Axis and Allied aircraft and each aircraft is shown in three silhouette views for easy identification from ground or air.

These cards are significant because believe it or not, they are still used by the armed forces today! For example, personality identification playing cards were recently distributed in Iraq in order to train soldiers to identify individuals such as Saddam Hussein.

And THAT was my WWII artifact B-)

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Oh and I hope you like my shirt ;) it's peanutbutter and jelly :D

Censoring school history books .. no.

Dear Dr. Rhinehart,
I have recently discovered that some important historic events are not covered in our history textbooks, and quite frankly, I do not understand why. I believe we have a right to know everything, every detail, and every event there was. Some might be inappropriate or too violent and disturbing, but that doesnt mean people who are interested in learning it should be restricted. Today, for example, I learned about the Rape of Nanking. I was not familiar with it until today. I was actually quite frustrated about that. How could I have not learned about something important and major like that? I understand maybe when we were younger, schools thought it wasnt age appropriate, but we're in highschool now, like seriously come on. Yes the Rape of Nanking was atrocious, unbelievable, hideous and everything awful I could think of, but it's a part of history, a part that I think we should be taught about and not ignorant about. This whole censoring history school books is just something I completely, 100% , disagree about. What about Sudan? Genocide occurred there too. And once again, unfortunately, I did not learn about it at all. Similar actions that took place in the Rape of Nanking occurred in Sudan; civilians assaulted, killed, tortured, women raped and so much more awful stuff. Theres also so many more events of genocide, yet none of them are in our books. So this is my approach to you, hoping that you would reconsider the censoring of our history school books, because we really want to learn and be knowledgeable about everything in history, is that too much to ask for? What can we say.. we love history.
Sincerely, Noura Abuzant.