Background
The United States leads the war on terror and works hard to ensure every American and people from different parts of the world enjoy their freedoms. The war on terror has seen Americans die or get injured as they struggle to maintain peace within and outside the territories of this country. Gold Star Children is a movie produced and directed by Mitty Griffis Mirrer after experiencing the challenges of the effects of terrorism. She has done other noble activities and organized events that help victims of war to recover from the shocks of the losses they experienced. This discussion explores how Mitty Griffis Mirrrer has portrayed the tribulations that children experience and how they manage them after their parents are killed in wars.
Summary
This movie portrays the lives of two generations that experienced war during different times. The main characters include a woman and young girl that lost their parents during the war in Vietnam and Afghanistan respectively. They meet and interact and this enables them to share their experiences and realize that there is life after the death of their loved ones. These characters demonstrate the challenges women and children experience when men leave their families to go and fight for their countries.
The woman experienced serious challenges and the effects of the Vietnam War made her stressed. She was unable to share her experiences with anybody because she feared being stigmatized. The local community at that time had anti-war sentiments; therefore, she kept quiet most of her childhood times to avoid being victimized by those that did not support the war. On the other hand, the young girl shows the challenges children experience in modern American society where parents that work in the military abandon their parental responsibilities and risk their lives to fight the war on terror in countries like Afghanistan and Iraq.
Cierra Becker is among the children that suffer the losses caused by the American government’s decision to attack terrorists in foreign countries. The movie has various scenes of police officers, cemeteries, children, and women and they portray the events that take place in modern American society.
The tone used by the narrator shows the fear, desperation, and pessimism that are associated with the war on terrorism. However, the producer gives hope to children that have lost their parents to war and shows that they can overcome their loneliness by sharing their experiences with other people in society.
Analysis and Opinion
Most American soldiers have suffered as a result of their commitment to ensuring America becomes the safest country in the world. However, this has cost their families a lot by robbing them of their heads. In addition, children like Cierra Becker become stigmatized when they realize that their parents paid the price of insecurity in America or other countries. There is a need for America to ensure the security of its soldiers is given adequate attention.
There is no need for its soldiers to die in other countries, yet this does not guarantee that there will be security in America. In addition, children and parents left by soldiers killed in wars should understand that these victims demonstrate their patriotism. It is important to explain that the war on terror will not be won by sitting in offices and issuing orders, but by fighting terrorists from any location in the world.