One of the themes of To Kill A Mockingbird is “You never truly understand a man until you climb into his skin and walk around in it (pg.39)”. I believe this theme shows itself in both the novel, and in the world today. One example would be what everyone said about Boo Radley. The children believe he is a killer who eats raw animals and stabbed his own father in the leg and peeks in there windows at night. But he is actually a kind, shy man.…
Sound is a key component to my documentary and film. The sound for this documentary will be very typical to a normal suspenseful medical film. The sound will not only include speech, but it will also include music, words and effects to help enhance the film. In addition, the film will include multiple sound elements, however most importantly natural sounds. This will include the beeping of the heart rate monitor, creaking of the door opening, and loud sound of footsteps.…
Für Elise by Beethoven is the song that expresses who I am. When I started playing piano, I got frustrated that most of my family had a natural talent while I didn't. My father talked to me and gave me one of the most important lessons of my life: "Practice makes perfection, if you want something, insist until you get it". After playing piano as a hobby, at age 17 I decided to take my skills to the next level by taking piano lessons at college and I challenged myself to first learn how to play Für Elise. It wasn't easy, but practice made perfection.…
A famous actress, Gillian Anderson once said, “Just remember, you can do anything you set your mind to, but it takes action, perseverance, and facing your fears. ”In the book Where the Red Fern Grows, Wilson Rawls shows the theme to be, If you put your mind to something, you can achieve anything because of all of through all of the determination Billy puts into getting what he wanted. One example from the early chapters of Where the Red Fern Grows that Wilson Rawls shows the theme to be determination is when Billy earns enough money to buy the pups. “A year passed. I was twelve.…
The major theme of this story is about courage. These children must be brave and courageous in many different ways and at many different times. Even the little things like making an effort to make Boo Radley come out of his house took extreme bravery. The children were terrified to cause such an event. The courage, presented in this novel really gives a feeling of the dauntlessness these children had.…
John Carpenters ’s 1982 horror film, The Thing was made as a premise for social commentary on the deterioration of humanity, warning society of the devastating potential of thinking as individuals in isolation rather than a collective. These themes are accentuated through the use of an alien specimen that enters the world of American male scientists based in Antarctica. The alien (or “Thing”) infects living organisms and attempts to take over the human race by ‘imitating’ them, leaving the men in a fight for their own survival as they try to differentiate between “human” and an alien imitation of a human. The term humanity itself is redefined in this film and is stripped to its bare minimum: the mere biological relationship between humans.…
The song “Animal I Have Become” by Three Days Grace is the perfect representation of Pete’s time as a criminal as it personifies the experiences and emotions that he endured during this phase of his life. In both the song and graphic novel, the negative impact that anger can have on an individual is thoroughly discussed. In the song, the lyrics state that along with forcing an individual to become an “animal that no one [can] ever change”, fury can cause one to feel as if they “can’t escape this hell” or “control [theirselves]”. In the same way, Pete’s time with the gang and in jail displayed how his anger caused him to lose control over himself and make countless wrong decisions, such as murdering his mother’s boyfriend and harming an inmate…
A Tale Twice Told There is a far-off place full of fantasy and unbelievable tales; where mere imaginations can play an enormous role at the core of stories. This is the skillful beauty of fiction. Two stories "Lucky Dragon" by Viet Dinh and "Hell" by Benjamin Nugent fall into this category expressing the elements that compose fiction. These two narratives have similarities and several differences that can be found in their plots, point of views, settings, and characterization.…
In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee, there are many different themes depicted such as hypocrisy, prejudice, courage, coming of age/loss of innocence, justice, femininity, but racism is illustrated more heavily. Living in maycomb, racism is allowed; if you were not racist towards the blacks then you would be criticized by being called names such as “nigger-lover”. Atticus ignored the rest of the people in Maycomb and went out of his way to support a black man known as Tom Robinson, who was accused of rape. Racism is the key theme in the novel.…
The song I chose is “Surfin’ U.S.A.”, is characterized by the Beach Boys. I chose this song because of how laid back the tune sounds and makes me want to relax. It’s relaxing because the song reminds me of the beach and the sounds of the waves. In the song it talks about how they will be gone for the summer and to tell the teacher they have gone surfing. The summer always reminds me of the beach and all the surfers in the water.…
The movie, A Better Life, follows the relationship of a father and son and through their story captures the Mexican immigrant experience in the U.S. The movie begins with a focus on the father, Carlos Galindo and his job as a day laborer. Carlos, an undocumented immigrant, works hard everyday to provide for his son for the hope that his son will be able to have an easier life. Carlos’ son, Luis, does not respect his father 's work and does not value his schoolwork like his father wants. Luis is caught between the pull of his father to be a hardworking man and his friends who are associated with gangs.…
Mark Doty’s way of starting a poem is to talk about death and it has clearly caught the audience’s eye. “Tiara” is a poem about an alcoholic gay man who dies of AIDS in hospice. Doty doesn’t use any rhythm or rhyme, but with his use of allusions and symbolism, “Tiara” is an easy to understand poem with a high significance that gets the audience in and the tears flowing. “Tiara” is the type of poem to show the complexity of the AIDS epidemic in a simple and graceful way that affects the reader within a certain amount of line. Though it may be difficult at first to completely understand the subject matter, Doty’s use of ambiguity helps set a tone for the reader; it allows the reader to perceive the poem from a different stance compared to others.…
Author: Harper Lee Title: To Kill a Mockingbird Reading Level: 8-12 (790L) Sophistication Level: 11 To Kill a Mockingbird is an American literary classic, published in 1960. The story takes place between the years of 1933 through 1935, during the Great Depression era. It takes place in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama and tells the story of Scout Finch and her father Atticus, who is a widowed lawyer.…
The song that made Elsa not be the villain. The song that inspired so many people to let go of their troubles, even though that’s not at all what the song is about. Still, it is incredibly catchy. The first time I saw this movie, I was with a group of people who had already seen it, and one of my guy friends tried to sing the high notes. He didn’t quite do it, but it was very entertaining to watch him try.…
Fight Song Life is filled with problems, and we overcome all of it. “Fight Song” by Rachel Platten was released in 2014. This song led our society to notice her. It reached No. 7 on the billboard in August (Lindner par.4) and have 230 million views as of yesterday.…