The main character Conrad in “Ordinary People” resembles the character Holden in “The Catcher in the Rye”. The book reminds me so much of the movie just by the events that happen in both. Just by watching the movie and reading the book, I can tell there is many similarities. Holden has a very hard time dealing with his brother. Conrad also has trouble dealing with the loss of his brother.…
The episode “Hush” is one of the most critically acclaimed episodes in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. This episode from the fourth season of the series lacked an in-depth dialogue but rather used imagery and other literary elements for support. This lack of dialogue conveys a symbolic meaning throughout the episode through the interactions between the main characters. The interactions between Tara and Willow, Riley and Buffy, and Xander and Anya all have a symbolic meaning which supports the theme of the episode. The episode “Hush” symbolizes that, ironically, expressing feelings can be more readily done without forced communication.…
The Never Ending watch; Police Practice in action Based in one of the worst neighbors of Los Angeles, California the movie End of Watch follows the film project of a Los Angeles Police Department officer Brian Taylor in his daily life with his close partner Miguel Zavala. The beginning of the movie starts with a car chase that eventually leads to a shootout with the beginning monologue. “I’m the police. And I’m here to arrest you.…
J.D. Salinger wanted to make a statement about the vulnerability of innocence as well as highlight the struggles a teenager faces when confronted with his future. He does this by creating a character currently dealing with a quarter life crisis; Holden has no clue what he’s going to do with his life, is severely depressed and is in constant conflict with growing up and adulthood. Holden Caulfield is confronted with an unfair challenge; like most modern youths, at the tender age of 16 he faces the the impossible choice of what he’ll do in life. First of all, it is cruel and immoral for him to be dealt with this issue as he is still stuck in a child-like mindset and even references how people his age are “practically children” (Salinger 147).…
Throughout the play, we see each of the Indigenous characters lose their identity or have it changed dramatically, from being a once positive, carefree child. Jane Harrison skilfully sets each character a different circumstance, describing to the audience that loses of identity did not occur to a small amount of the stolen generation, but to each and every individual affected by it. She uses transitions to show how each character loses their identity over time; how…
Though a very eerie scene in the play, the scene was also very crucial for the introduction of a new topic: identity. because of this revelation, the author ‘frees’ herself from her struggles and…
The continual reminder that she is “the granddaughter of slaves” looms over her, but it doesn’t upset her, instead she feels that slavery is quite literally a thing of the past, and what matters…
Some would say bullying is a negative topic that can be hard to stop. Bullying can be defined as “Repeated aggressive behaviours that are intended to cause harm to a victim with relatively less power to defend themselves” (Faucher et al. 112). It presents itself as an issue from an early age(such as Kindergarten or Pre-Kindergarten) all the way up to bullying even in the workplace (such as hazing or even cyberbullying). It is a problem that only worsens as the ages climb and can become even suicidal if it gets too severe.…
The Crossing released on TV the 2000. It is about the book the crossing, which is about George Washington crossing the Delaware on a Christmas night and winning the battle of Trenton. This fill was directed by Robert Harmon, with a very low budget to work with he sat out to make this as good as possible. This movie was nominated for a couple of awards, and won two. One was the ASC award, Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Movies of the Week/Mini-Series/Pilot.…
The first poem, “Ode to Browsing the Web,” written by Marcus Wicker describes how people can live in two opposite worlds. One world being addicted to the Internet and the other world before the Internet was created. Rather than before, “spraying aerosol lines on warehouse walls in words I cannot comprehend” we are now writing on Facebook walls, blogs, and exposing our personal business to anyone (Wicker, 2013). “Heartbeat I’ve been told the Internet is an unholy place, an endless intangible stumbling ground of false deities” could refer to the endless possibilities of pornography, websites that allow married individuals to find another, or even placing the Internet above your beliefs (Wicker, 2013). Rather than spend time with family and friends,…
Choices are the hinges of destiny. ’’-Lydia Sweatt. Our choices shape the future way our destinies work. In the story ‘’The Outsiders’’ a choice like hitting Ponyboy, Changed the entire outcome and shaping of all the characters in the book, like a tree which is heavily affected by the way it grows..…
Dallas Winston, the protagonist in the S.E Hinton the Outsiders teachers her readers many lifelong lessons that stand the test of time. I learned from Dally is never live violent, you will just have a rough live. “He had been arrested, he got drunk, he rode in rodos, lied, cheated, stole, rolled drunks, jumped small kid - he did everything.” I feel that Dally has been through alot, because he is violent. I feel like Dally had a misoupal life always trying to break the law.…
This quote best speaks the climax of the story “Bill Hutchinson went over to his wife and force the slip of paper out of her hand. It has a black spot on it, … Bill Hutchinson held it up, and there was a stir in the crowd” (Jackson). This quote resembles the suspense right before the reaping and we see that though it was Bill’s wife that was chosen. We see that he does nothing.…
Salinger shows his attentiveness toward the rhythms of speech by using italics quite frequently in order to let the reader know when a character is placing emphasis on a word, or even on just a syllable, in dialogue. The emphasis of a single syllable shows a realism to the dialogue of The Catcher in the Rye rarely seen not only in the works of Salinger?s time, but also before and after it. Salinger?s emphasis on the rhythm of speech is mirrored in his emphasis on the rhythm of thought, which, in turn, emphasizes the importance of both. Salinger uses paragraph breaks not only to change from one subject to another, but also to accentuate certain thoughts. In another demonstration of his literary brilliance, Salinger shows that he knows the human mind by using shorter paragraphs for more important matters.…
Hush is a horror movie about a woman named Madison Young. Maddie is a mute author, who temporarily lost her hearing and her speaking ability when she contracted bacterial meningitis when she was 13. She ended up losing both her hearing and her speaking ability after she had a surgery that went wrong. Due to Maddie’s disabilities, Hush presents an emphasis on isolation and the importance of existential awareness that other horror movies fail to provide. Hush is different because most of the movie there isn't much noise and dialogue, especially when we’re in Maddie’s point of view.…