No Man's Land

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No Man’s Land and Cultural Perspectives

Culture defines our traditions, customs, physical traits and possibly our perception of certain historical issues. In No man’s Land, culture was a major interception for communication relations to grow. The Bosnians and the Serbs were fighting over land. Now, each of them has opposite beliefs on why the land belongs more to one than the other.
Chicki, and Nino are the two soldiers facing the task of getting out of the trench alive. One soldier is a Bosnian and the other a Serb hating each other and blaming each other for their situation. Nino is a rookie that really has no idea how to even shoot a gun. On the other hand is Chicki, an experienced soldier that is trying to fight for his land, life, and the life of his friend which has been placed on a mine. Besides the fact if being in a death trap together, Nino and Chick do not forget their background history. Luckily they spoke the same language and were able to communicate. At first whom ever had the gun was the one in control, but as time past they reached a point in which neither one had guns which lead them to maintain a guard up. One way or another they both needed each other to get out alive. They had to ignore their differences and come up with a solution.
The UN peacekeepers were went out there to do they best they could and as well to look good in the eyes of the public. The sergeant was told to leave the site where the soldiers were and to report back. He refused and tried to figure out a way to actually help them. The journalist had heard the problem through the radio, and went out there to do her job. The UN peacekeepers were not giving her any type of information. The sergeant realized that if he told his boss the reports knew everything he would have a chance to help the soldiers. He can now as well help the journalist get her story.
The sergeant’s help gets the story for the journalist, but his help is not e...