A Philosophical Analysis of Saving Private Ryan
A heartwarming fictitious story, that is based on real life events, focuses on the character Private Ryan during the Normandy invasion. The premise of the film Saving Private Ryan is that with four brothers fighting in the war, three are missing or dead. The military creates a mission to find the surviving brother and bring him home. Once they do, Ryan does not take Captain Miller—the man who headed the unit to find him— up on the offer. Rather, they all stay and fight. The story is about bravery and the heart of America. Indeed, with so many people fighting in battle, the idea that a family is not completely scarified is at the crux of the plot. The film was great in a number of ways. Its cinematography provides a sense of authenticity and the script is endowed with seeming realism. A student writing on this subject who is utilizing Aristotle's model whittles down the three points to individuality, clarity and sincerity. Dutton (1990) relays similar information, noting that in terms of the philosophy of art, Lev Tolstoy claimed that moral teaching should be the goal of art. It was Tolstoy who said that three criteria are individuality, clarity and sincerity (Dutton, 1990). Yet, Dutton (1990) also explains that this point was made by Aristotle, at least indirectly. For Aristotle, characteristics of good tragedies include characters who are not completely good or evil (Dutton, 1990). While morality enters the picture for Aristotle perhaps, people are not interested in seeing simple characters (Dutton, 1990). In the film