one of who could get water.I think that the message about the war that the directors and writers try to convey is that race should not play an issue. Americans should be accepting of other races and nationalities if they are fighting on our side. The movie showed the African Sergeant Tambul as a symbol of solidarity. It was a message that blacks and whites were on the same side and Americans should be accepting of blacks because they were fighting for the same thing that “we” were. I think that this was an effort by the writers to improve race. I think that there was a little bit of propaganda about freedom. Joe Gunn was the kind of character that Americans could feel good about because he was a take-charge guy who always tried to do what was best for his men.I think that the writers and director thought that the war was one between the good guys and the bad guys. It was kind of a racial war. In a way, this is accurate, since the Germans were waging a race war against Jews and other races that they thought to be inferior. I think that they portrayed the German prisoner as the classic blonde hair, blue eyes German to put a stereotype into Americans minds that the Germans all thought the way this prisoner did. The prisoner acted pretty cocky towards the Americans, and even wanted them to be his prisoners. I thought that was a pretty funny thing. The main idea was that all races should stand up and fight for what was right.I thought this was a very good movie. It has been one of my favorites of the year. I liked Bogart in this movie and thought he was pretty heroic. I thought there was some good action and also some good comedic moments. I thought that the ending was even a little funny and ironic. The one thing that I definitely felt throughout the film was an extreme thirst. With all of the actors going without water, I began to feel very thirsty as well. That was very interesting to me that it would make m...