Part one of term paper
The movie takes place during a period when the Catholic/Protestant unrest was at an all time high in Northern Ireland. The conflict is a very complicated dispute with neither side willing to come to an agreement politically. Negotiations had failed between the British government and Irish Republican Army (IRA) and the British government was ...

Part two of term paper
... pressures from both the Irish Republic and British government that will not allow the people of Northern Ireland to decide amongst themselves on how they wish to be governed. The British government is depicted as a strong-arm force that is determined by any means to maintain its control over Northern Ireland. 2. Democracy. While the film does not directly address this issue, it is understood that the people of Northern Ireland have the right to elect its representative to the British Par ...