Paul Simon

In the song “The Sound of Silence” by Paul Simon the diction is conveyed very well in which the writer is trying to help us to imagine what is happening in the dream. In an article entitled “Song Analysis: Sound of Silence” by Wizzler the author states that “In the 1960s, the middle and upper class majority held the expectation that no one should disturb the silence or voice their controversial opinions”. For example, the phrase “Silence” is used at the end of every stanza to help convey the voice that the people in the 1960s did not have and to represent absence of change. The fear of this “silence” is conveyed as a “cancer” in this song. Like finding a cure for cancer during this time making a change seemed to be nearly impossible. This song…

Benjamin Braddock is a successful young man who graduates college from the East Coast and is now back home in Los Angeles with no idea what his future holds for him. In the film The Graduate, Ben is back home with a college degree and no clue where to go next. Ben seems to be bothered by something in his life. When questioned about it by his dad, he says that he is worried about his future. This is typical for a young man who is fresh out of college. In my research I found that the sequence when…

The Graduate is a film centered around Benjamin during his first summer after earning his degree at college. He spends his time lounging in his parents pool, unsure of who he is and what he wants to do, much like Neil in Goodbye, Columbus. Both characters feel isolated, lonely, and trapped, eventually falling for women who feel their lives are dull and boring. Goodbye, Columbus and The Graduate are similar stories with similar themes; the difference is in how they are presented. While the former…

Film Analysis Superbad is a film that tells the story of three teenage boys in their last semester of high school desperately trying to gain sexual experience before going into college. Seth and Evan have been best friends ever since they were eight years old; they share a lot of memories together, but unfortunately Seth was not accepted into Dartmouth so they will not be going to the same college. Neither of the two boys is popular in their high school; they are considered to be an outcast.…

A recent 20-something graduate of Williams College, Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) has no plans for the future. He is seduced by a female friend of his parents, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft) and then falls in love with her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross). The film opens with a young man staring out into space. The man is on an airplane flying to Los Angeles. He appears again in front of a fish tank with bubbles shooting in the background. A male voice asks him a question and then appears…

I have never been a fan of Paul Simon’s music. However, the best song off his Graceland album would be, “You Can Call Me Al.” The song has a memorable tune where I can “bob” my head to it. The song holds meaning. It is about becoming aware of your surroundings, which I can easily associate myself with. I have always been drawn to lyrics that make me self-aware. The Paul Simon Graceland Controversy was about how Paul Simon was going against the apartheid boycott. However, in his mind, he was…

In life it is easy to assume that because someone has money, and fame they have it all. "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson, and "Richard Cory" by Paul Simon prove how wrong that theory is. Richard Cory is described as a man who had everything "Power, grace, and style" ( Robinson, 674) Richard Cory is the man that everyone liked, and everyone wanted to be. On the surface everything looked and seemed great who wouldn’t want to be well liked, and rich? Well inside Richard Cory was hurting…

Seen throughout various instances, individuals often envy those who have more money than themselves. This concept is clearly depicted in Edwin Arlington Robinson’s “Richard Cory”, as well as Paul Simon’s remake of that poem into a song also titled “Richard Cory”. The poem and the song are essentially about a rich man named Richard Cory, who is admired yet envied by the people of his town. Little do they know that later on, the man will take his own life, even though he was sought out to have the…

author of The Sunflower, Simon Wiesenthal, went through a sentimental battle. He was a Jew in the Holocaust, while working one day he was taken by a nurse to meet a SS Nazi soldier who was close to death. This SS Nazi soldier surprisingly told Wiesenthal, a Jew in the Holocaust, about all the crimes and death he has done and then he asked for forgiveness for all the people he has killed or potentially hurt. The author Wiesenthal never replied to the plea for forgiveness. Instead, he remained…

such as shapes, colors, animals, food, school items, clothing, and community workers. One picture will be in Spanish and the other will be in English. Maria can then read the Spanish and English together in order to help her read and practice speaking English. As Maria is able to read them with ease then the words will be covered and Maria will have to label them herself in English. This is a game that can be played at home to help Maria learn to read and speak English. To help Maria with…