8/6/2019 Days of Glory Pr Comment
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Said is a poor Algerian goat herder that joins the army as a
rifleman to earn money, despite his
mother asking him to stay because his father had died in world
war one. During a large raid on a
heavily fortified hill in Italy Said is being wrestled to the
ground by a German soldier, Sergeant
Martinez a pied-noir shoots the enemy soldier. Said thanks the
Sergeant after the successful assault
and becomes his errand boy because his old one was blown up. The
regiment makes fun of him by
calling him Aisha because he does jobs that are traditionally
seen as womens jobs like making him
coffee and cleaning his uniform. Said is invited into the
Sergeants room for a smoke and a drink.
When the Sergeant goes away, Said comes across a picture of an
Arabian women that is theSergeants mother, the Sergeant finds Said
looking at his stuff and threatens to kill him if he told
anyone about his mother. This offends Said and he takes a
dislike to the Sergeant from then on. When
he arrives in Alsace he tells the injured Sergeant that, he
hopes he dies. During the battle of Alsace
he goes to rescue the Sergeant from his bed risking his life.
This shows that despite his feelings
towards the Sergeant he still respected and cared enough for him
to attempt to save his life.
Unfortunately Said and the Sergeant are killed during Saids act
of bravery.
Yassir is Moroccan and joins the French army with his only
remaining relative his brother Larbi to
make money so his brother can marry. His entire family were
massacred by the French during their
protectorate despite his relation with France. When his brother
steals from a French church collection
box he tells him to put the money back which shows that he
respects France. Yassir is the sub-
machine gunner of the group. Yassir is up in a high building
spraying the German soldiers with
bullets on the road below, covering
Abdelkader while he makes an attempt to get
to some cover. When Yassir and Abdelkader
have regrouped they make a final attempt to
survive and run to a nearby warehouse, when
they are just about to reach the warehouse
Yassir gets shot in the back and dies just a
few meters away from safety.
Andrew Robertson 4DB
