it's somewhere in the USSR
2. What is the father's (Jerry) attitude toward his responsibilities, such as attending a Parent-Teacher Meeting (PTA) and going to Army Reserve training (6:20)?
He's not very responsible, blows the PTA meeting off and doesn't plan on going to the reserve training, even when his wife confronts him about it.
3. According to the film, if all people had the attitude that Jerry has, what is the Red Nightmare? (To answer this question, what does Jerry witness or experience in a Communist America at the:
- Town Square - a soldier talks speaks to him and a crowd of others, congratulating them on their communist ways
- His Daughter's depature (note the soldier is her boyfriend, Bill) - his daughter leaves with bill to a farm and no matter how much he protests, they will not listen. She claims it's because the communist party convinced her to do so, for her own good.
- the PTA - his wife tells him he has to talk about communism with the PTA.
- His job - he gets in trouble for being behind in work and has to miss lunch to catch up
- His younger children's' education - he takes them out of school for sunday school, but then finds out that the church has been destroyed
- and at the church - finds out it's become a museum for the soviet union
4. What is Jerry's experience like at trial?
the trial is very one sided. no one's listening to him or what he has to say, and even his wife testifies against him.
the trial is very one sided. no one's listening to him or what he has to say, and even his wife testifies against him.
5. Consider this film in the context of the Red Square Era. If you were a high school student 50 years ago, how would you have reacted to this film in a history class?
i would've been much more fearing of this film 50 years ago, because communism was said to be a bigger threat back then. These days, you barely ever hear about it because most people are educated on the dangers of communism so they dont even see it as an option
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