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“PLAYING FOR THE FIGHTING 69TH” VS

WORLD TRADE CENTER

“PLAYING FOR THE FIGHTING 69TH” ANALYSIS• The CHARACTER in “Playing for the Fighting

69th” is William Harvey, a student at Juilliard, was asked to play for a group of men that had come from Ground Zero. Harvey was motivated to do this because, not only was it good practice but, it was for a group of men that come from Ground Zero at the World Trade Center on 9/11. Harvey’s goal was to play to the best of his ability from memory. Harvey runs into a couple of conflicts. His conflicts are that he can’t think of anymore songs to play for them, his bow is about to break, and he is not happy with the way he is playing but doesn’t know how to change it.

“PLAYING FOR THE FIGHTING 69TH” ANALYSIS• The PLOT of “Playing for the Fight 69th” is

Harvey playing for 69th Unit. Harvey goes up to a room where the group of men were getting massages. He begins to play everything from God Bless America to Mozart. Harvey was trying to play as well as he could but his bow was going weak which threw his pitch off. Then he asked the guy in charge if play the National Anthem in honor of those that died in 9/11 and those still trapped in rubble.

FIGHTING FOR THE 69TH REGIME

WORLD TRADE CENTER ANALYSIS • The CHARACTERs in World Trade Center are John MccLoughlin and

Will Jimeno. In the movie, MccLoughlin and Jimeno get trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center. The main conflict of the characters is that they are stuck under the rubble and do not know if they will make it out to see their families ever again. Another conflict is that they are so dehydrated and so, mentally and physically, tired that they do not know if they are going to live. However they are motivated to stay alive so that they can see their families again. Jimeno’s personal motivation to stay alive is that he wants to tell his wife that they should name their unborn baby Olivia, which Jimeno and his wife talked about earlier in the movie. MccLoughlin’s personal motivation to stay alive was so that he could take his youngest to his first major league baseball game. The two’s goal was to stay alive and to keep each other alive.

WORLD TRADE CENTER ANALYSIS• Plot: Like any other day, SGT John McLoughlin's squad was patrolling the city of New

York. They were doing their normal everyday jobs when they were paged and told to go to the station. When the squad arrived, other officers were already there and they were watching the news. The news report said that a commuter plane flew into Tower 1 of the World Trade Center. McLoughlin said if your name was called that you were going to the Trade Center to help. He called his squad, put them on a bus and sent them to the building. When they arrived, McLoughlin asked for volunteers to go into the building to go help with the rescue relief, the others would help outside. Will was the first one to volunteer, then three others followed. When they entered the building, they got plenty of supplies because they knew they would need oxygen. While they were on their way up, they see a group of firemen, they didn't understand why they were leaving so they asked them. The firemen were told to head to building two. McLouglin was confused and asked that was going on. Another plane crashed into the Trade Center. When this happened, Tower 1 began to collapse.They ran to the elevator shaft but they were completely cover in debris. The conditions were horrible. Fire was following, it was so hot their guns were going off. Only 2 men survived. Will and McLoughlin. They talked to each other the whole time to make sure that they stood awake. They kept reminscing about their families, and that's was kept them alive. Will started making noises, and the Marines heard him. It took for ever to get them out, but they eventually did. Both of their families cried tears of joy because they were alive.

WORLD TRADE CENTER ANALYSIS• Motivation: Throughout the movie, the main characters

McLoughlin and Will have flashbacks of their family. Their family and the friendship they were building with eachother kept them alive. If it wasn't for the flashback of McLoughlin's wife telling him that she was expecting their 4th child, and Will's wife being pregnant also, they wouldn't have made it. They kept eachother up just so they could stay alive for their family.  At the end of the movie, when McLoughlin finally makes it to the hospital and sees his wife he tells her that she kept him alive. Their families were their motivation. They wanted to make it out of this tragic event so they could continue to live for them

PICTURES FROM GROUND ZERO

WORLD TRADE CENTER TRAILER• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU738srDJRY

HEROES JOURNEY: WORLD TRADE CENTER

• The Ordinary World: On September 11 th, SGT John McLoughlin and his squad were patrolling the streets of New York City like every other day. Then they got a call saying that they needed to head back to head quarters.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG58-Vs838• Call to Adventure: When the police arrived at headquarters they

turned on the tv to see that a plane had flew into the World Trade Center. When SGT McLoughlin walked in the room he started announcing names. Those whose named were called were going to be heading to the World Trade Center to help.

• Refusal of the Call: The police chief had a list of names and before he calls out the names, you could see the fear in their eyes. Once they get to the building they see people jumping out of the tower, and again they are second guessing themselves again. When they arrived at the Trade Center, McLoughlin asked for volunteers to go with him into the building. Although they were terrified, a few volunteered to go.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeFdeC6ukDY

HEROES JOURNEY: WORLD TRADE CENTER

• Meeting the Mentor: MccLoughlin is walking with the group of men in Tower One. They plan to go up the elevator shafts because McLoughlin says that people will be trapped in the elevators. Then, they hear another explosion and McLoughlin yells for them to run to the elevator shaft.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPCt2BBqR2k• Crossing the Threshold: Tower One comes down on them. The men get

trapped in the debris. They have so many difficulties while they’re trapped. From falling rocks, to them getting burned by fire. They are in so much pain because they have gigantic rocks crushing their bodies.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHx-v7Xto7E• Test, Allies, and Enemies: While trapped only Will and McLoughlin

survived. The others die from their injuries. They try their best to keep each other awake so they won’t fall asleep and never wake up again. They each keep having flashbacks of their families.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja4l7-L7n6M

HEROES JOURNEY: CONT• Approach: Their major challenge is staying alive. They try so hard

to remain awake because they want to be there for each other and they want to see their wives and children again.

• The Reward: After being trapped over night. Will starts making noises. They see a light. They both start yelling and the Marine volunteers hear them. Will is so happy that they are going to be rescued that he starts crying.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEnaRGQc8Ls• The Road Back: McLoughlin’s friend calls his wife and tells her

that they have found him alive. Will’s wife also gets the call. They are excited and cry tears of joy. They begin to make their way to see their loved ones.

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CEYOnJqPE4

HERO’S JOURNEY: CONT• The ressurection: After the marines find McLoughlin and Will, Will tells

them not to leave them. The Marines tells them that they will not leave Will and McLoughlin and that they are their mission. it takes so much time to free them. After a lot of hard work, they finally freed Will. When Will made it out, he asked a volunteer where the towers were... He had to tell them that they were gone. They are under a lot of debris, especially McLoughlin. He was there over night. 

•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDU2I4kxPY8• Return with the Elixir: After hours, the Marines finally reach McLoughlin.

He is rescued and rushed to the hospital. When he arrives his wife meets him there. She cried tears of joys and rushes to his side. When he sees her, he tells her that she kept him alive. McLoughlin Will's flashbacks helped them get through it. The flashbacks of their families reminded them that they had something to live for. 

•  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cagsLW2dKTI

HERO’S JOURNEY: “PLAYING FOR THE FIGHTING 69TH”• Ordinary World: Harvey is a Juilliard Student that plays the violin.• Call to Adventure: Harvey is asked by a man to play for some

volunteers that have just come from Ground Zero, who were offered massages for volunteering. 

• Refusal of the Call: Harvey is a little wary about going to play. • Crossing the Threshold: Harvey gets up there and has no music

in order to play.• Test, Enemies, and Allies: Harvey plays everything off the top of

his head. He plays so much that he cannot move his arms but wants to play one last song. 

• Reward: He plays the National Anthem, all the soldiers soluted him as he played. Then they all thanks him, even though he did not play at his best. 

BASIS OF COMPARISON •   In the short story and the movie, both of the main characters

have similar struggles. In the movie, MccLoughlin and Will are trapped under the rubble of Tower 1, at the World Trade Center. Their struggle is staying alive long enough for someone to hear and find them. Their goals were to make it back to their families, that were waiting not knowing if their husbands/fathers were still alive or not.  In "Playing for the Fight Sixty-Ninth" Harvey is asked to play for volunteers coming from Ground Zero. Harvey's struggle was that he wasn't playing to the best of his ability from playing so long. Harvey's goal was to get through each song with it sounding somewhat decent.