Today
in Western Civilization we watched a movie on Alexander the Great. Mr. Schick
explained that although we did get through the other important parts of Greece,
we didn’t touch on Alexander. He only showed us three key scenes, which summed
up a lot of what the movie was about. In the first scene, Alex asks his father
to buy an ‘unrideable’ horse and tries to ride it. Alex then rides the horse
with ease. This horse becomes the horse that Alex rides into every one of his
battles and its name is (looks up spelling) Bucephalus. Next, we went back in
the movie (forward in time) to where Alex is talking to his generals about his
battle plan against the Persians. Many of them disagree with the plan, but he
eventually wins their trust and they go into battle. In the third scene, the
Persians and the Greeks engage. The two forces clash, and the Persians begin
flanking and almost winning against the Greeks. However, Alex scares off the
Persian leader but goes back to his troops to help instead of chasing the
leader. What’s even funnier is that the Persian leader tried to run away (while
running over his own troops with his chariot) a second time in the next battle,
and was killed by his own troops.
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