This film starts off with the Vatican electing a new Archbishop for San Salvador. Those who chose him had aimed to choose the weakest and most fragile member of the church, Oscar Romero. They could not have been more wrong about this man. Oscar became aware of what was happening to the people of San Salvador. They were being captured, raped and killed for no reason at all.…
We will leave our children a world that is far worse off than when we received it. In the article written by Chip Ward “We screwed up: A letter of apology to my grandchildren” (2012) He writes a letter to his grandchildren and makes an apology on behalf of our and past generations. He apologizes mostly for the problems of the world they are about to inherit.…
Shawshank Redemption is a movie that contains many different criminal justice themes, as well as many important life lessons. The movie allows for the audience to see an innocent man being punished by the criminal justice system, the brutal life inside prison, and the harsh reality for criminals once they are released from prison and try to re-acclimate to society. The movie brings to light several criminal justice themes and the truths behind them that are usually unseen to the general public. The movie begins with a banker named Andy Dufresne, being accused for the murder of his wife and her lover.…
The Wes Moore story is interesting and represents a great example of the second habits of the heart, An appreciation of the value of "otherness. " I must admit, after the 9/11 tragedy I honestly had none or very little consideration for the “other”. Certainly a little shameful for not expressing or at least having an understanding of this habit of the heart, especially after watching the TED video of Phyllis Rodriguez and Aicha el-Wafi. I was also much younger then, with less experience and understanding of many of life's valuable lessons of understanding and appreciating the value of “otherness”. I had a time in my life where I felt like the “other”, there was a horrible tragedy with my brother who was involved in a vehicle accident which…
The film tells the tale of an average joe named Llewelyn Moss who discovers a large sum of money that was left behind at the site of a drug deal gone wrong. This film is approached in a cat-and-mouse pursuit style as Llewelyn is pursued by a serial killer named Anton Chigurh who is hired to recover the stolen…
Important Information In Los Angeles during the summer of 1955, Doctor Foster had enough patients to secure admitting privileges at a hospital; however, it was not near Cedars Sinai or the UCLA Medical Center. The hospital was near his office and was called Metropolitan Hospital (Wilkerson, 2010, p. 309). The majority of the patients were of color, but the hospital doctors were white, with the very few exceptions, Doctor Foster was one of them (Wilkerson, 2010, p. 309). Doctor Foster dreaded Mondays, because the white doctors would boast about their time in Las Vegas and at the casinos. Doctor Foster had a desire to go to Vegas.…
“Maybe you need to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.” Quote states that to understand the light, You got to understand the darkness. To understand somebodies struggles, You gotta go through the struggles yourself to appreciate what you have. Tragedy originated from a religious festival in a Acient Greece. Signs by M Night (Shyamalan), is a good movie more like a mysterious movie, The title is self explanatory.…
Psychology: The Story of Genie Wiley The horrifying true tail of a young girl that was mistreated from birth to the age of 13 that we call Genie. The father of this young lady decided to desiccate himself before the police would go to take him to jail for the things that he has done. The mother had told the police that she was under the same circumstances as her daughter. So scientist try to see if they could run test and try to reverse what happened to Genie.…
The 1986 Rob Reiner directed classic Stand By Me is the story of four boys who go on a search for a dead body in the wilderness outside of their town. This movie is based on Stephen King's novella '’ The Body,' and was written as a memoir from the perspective of one of the four boys and is narrated by Richard Dreyfuss. This film takes place near the town of Castle Rock, Oregon over the course of two days in the summer of 1959. This movie does a wonderful job of making you feel as though you are there with the boys on their journey both physically and emotionally with the acting and camera angles.…
It’s hard not to see that Will has had an extremely difficult life. Will was not only the victim of child abuse from his father but was also faced abuse in the multiple foster homes he lived in. Research has shown that children who experience child abuse are six times as likely to experience post traumatic stress disorder (Lamont, 2016). The chances of Will developing post traumatic stress disorder seems high and it is made even more likely because Will not only experience physical abuse from his father but multiple times throughout his childhood. Will also exhibited many of the symptoms of PTSD.…
From Disney Pixar comes Up, a comedy adventure about 78-year-old ballon salesman Carl. The sometimes grumpy elderly old man Carl wants to fulfill his lifelong dream of visiting South America. He ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilderness but discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has latched himself along for the ride: an overly optimistic 8-year-old named Russell. The movie UP is a surprising tale of followings one 's dream, facing fears and being true to who you are even in the face of hardship and also about the power of human connections. Erikson’s psychological theory of development described development as occurring in eight discrete stages across a person’s lifespan.…
The Secret Window movie is a 2004 American psychological thriller which displays the issue of split personality of the main character. In the movie the writer Mort Rainey played by Johnny Depp is going through a divorce from his spouse. He moves to upstate New York to his cabin to be alone. Rainey is trying to stay mentally healthy but instead he is being harassed by John Shooter who claims Rainey plagiarized his work. Rainey ignores the strange man at first but then a series of events start to occur.…
This 1988 film, directed by Michael Lehmann and written by Daniel Waters, tells the story of teenager Veronica Sawyer (Winona Ryder) as she meets mysterious new kid, Jason Dean, also known as JD (Christian Slater), and they embark on a dark adventure to try to make their high school a nicer place; by killing some of their fellow classmates. Veronica Sawyer has been able to be a part of the most powerful clique in her high school, the Heathers. After being pushed around and humiliated by it’s leader, Heather Chandler, she decides to get revenge. Her new boyfriend JD comes along with her and in a moment of distraction, Veronica’s harmless prank turns deadly. Heather Chandler unknowingly drinks a glass of drain-cleaner and dies immediately.…
The Film shows a positive outlook on inner city kids who are struggling to find their way. The beginning of the film depicts the true violence of the school by having a school shooting occur. The Film shows many graphic and intense scenes but it portrays the correct image of what these students go through. The film also showed positive companionship through a mix of races and a need to succeed. It showed a great comparison between Anne Frank and the students and helped relate to them.…
Stephen King's Pet Sematary is a film that makes me conflicted about not having read the book. Which is odd given the author, but that's how it goes. Pet Sematary is a film that I remember well as a kid, it along with, well, IT, but also Carrie, The Shining and a host of other King adaptations were required viewing in my household. Most of the novels that these film's are based on were read to my brother and I as kids. You know, when other kids were being read Dr. Seuss, not that I'm complaining.…