In this power point we discuss the difference between the shorty story, "playing for the fight 69th" and the movie, World Trade Center with Nicholas Cage. We discuss theme and the characters motivations, conflicts, and goals

1. Bri, Lynda, and Tamara
“PLAYING FOR THE FIGHTING 69TH”
VS
WORLD TRADE CENTER

2. “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.

3. “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.

4. FIGHTING FOR THE 69TH REGIME

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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

8. PICTURES FROM GROUND ZERO

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

10. HEROES JOURNEY: WORLD TRADE
CENTER
• The Ordinary World: On September 11th, 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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.

15. 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.