The discrimination against African Americans proceeded and became worse, black lives were a joke to racist humans with different points of views. This film showed a variety of rhetorical strategies such as ethos, pathos, and logos. The civil war was a harsh time for colored people due to the racism and injustice. It was a cold world fulfilled with brutality and inhumanity in where everyone detested African Americans.…
The story of Celia, A Slave highlights different social, political, and sexual outcomes that occur to slaves during this time. In Celia’s story she was a sexual partner to Robert Newsom. She was always raped by her master, until one day she murdered her master and disposed of his body by burning it. Celia’s action of killing Newsome, the “master” caused a lot of different outcomes. She had to go through trial and it was influenced by individuals that were trying to restore the personal rights for slaves with moral codes, politics and economic rights.…
Kellen Knight Mrs. Ardelji Film 4/23/16 American Beauty In American Beauty, there is a clear distinction between appearance and reality behind the white picket fences of suburbia. In the opening scenes the audience gets a feel for who these characters really are. The start of the movie begins with Lester Burnham's daughter, Jane, talking to a camera saying that she wants her father to be killed. No ordinary child of her age would want something of this magnitude done to her parent unless there was something that her father did that was unforgiving.…
Different Worlds of Women There was one quote in, Rockabye Baby, that gives an exact view that defines the woman's features and view of a “While occupying spaces traditionally help by males, black women in hip-hop gangsta movies uniquely affirm and reconnect to certain African American Cultural practices frequently absent in presentations of ethnic life”(Smith-Shomade, 26). The aspect that are applied about female characters in, Set It Off, is so profound as to how black women were viewed into the scenes in comparison to, Straight Outta Compton.…
The Color Purple - Historical Fiction Analysis The Color Purple by Allice Walker is a book that was published in 1982, and is set in the timeframe of 1910 to 1940 in Georgia (SparkNotes Editors). The book is written from the first person point of view from a black girl named Celie, and it covers all of the events in her life as she grows up from a little girl to an old woman. Within the book, the content is structured as letters, at first to God, and then as letters between both Celie and her younger sister Nettie. Throughout the book, Celie and Nettie are separated and one main purpose of the book is to show the events and struggle that led to the two sisters finding each other again.…
NAME: Tera Lovelady COURSE: Socio 154 REVIEW #: 10 TITLE : REVIEW – Miss Representation A) ABSTRACT OR THESIS SUMMARY – Miss Representation is a film written, directed, and produced by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. It began with statistics of average U.S. media consumption, and discussed media's view of women.…
In The Dream Thieves, the main characters are Blue, Ronan, Adam, and Gansey (who’s death is predicted but he doesn’t know). They are all on a quest to find a Welsh king, Glendower, who will grant them a wish when he woken up. This is the second book in the Raven Cycle series. I enjoyed reading and learning more about the characters especially Ronan Lynch. This is because I think he is the most interesting and complicated character in the book.…
The movie selected for this paper is Precious. The main characters involved are 16 years old Claireece Precious Jones, her mom Mary Lee Johnston, Social Worker Ms. Weiss, and alternative school teacher Ms. Blu Rain. The movie is about Precious who lives in Harlem along with her very abusive mother. Precious attends a Junior High School and is pregnant with a second child. As a result of her pregnancy, Precious is suspended from her Junior High School.…
The movie “Boys Don’t Cry” relates to this course by showing issues with a girl who wants to be a boy. She changes her image and then, she goes off to live as a boy in another town. The movie is relevant to this course because many time people are confused or maybe just unaccepted about things that happen in their life. Society doesn’t agree with everything that is presented to them so it makes you change who you are to fit the standard and be accepted.…
Ill Manors (2012) is a low budget British crime/drama film, written and directed by Ben Drew who is also an artist that goes by the name Plan B. This film was released in June 2012 with a budget of £100,000. The length of the film is 121 minutes. The age certificate is 18, the reason for this is because there is very strong language, there is a sex scene right at the start of the film, and violence all throughout the film.…
The movie “Precious” released in 2009 is based on the book “Push” a novel written by Sapphire. “Precious” is screen played by Geoffrey S. Fletcher, and directed by Lee Daniels. The movie highlights the different types of abuse and misery an adolescent faced in her entire life. The abuse occurred in different forms such as physical, sexual, verbal, and public humiliation. Precious is a sixteen year old African American named Claireece Precious Jones.…
The focus of the film may lead some to believe that the story is of the racism issues in Mississippi at this time, but the true story line is; what would you do if this was your little girl? It don’t matter if your black or white; if your child was raped and brutally beaten, what would you do as a father or even a parent? The genre of this film is actually based on crime, drama and thrill. The directors do an excellent job of placing all these genres into this film, from the rape to the trail and all the controversy in between. Courtroom dramas always make for an accelerating film.…
It makes one aspire to be like the character she portrays and endeavor to be a heroine for abused victims, and to know and realize that it is okay. Again, the movie is a tough movie to view for those who may be weak and faint at heart. However, it is a must in order to reveal to a wider community and public, the malefactions of human trafficking and maybe together we can find ways to incorporate a penalization utilized on traffickers throughout the…
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.…
Courageous is a Christian movie about the value of fatherhood within family. Within this movie, the world is expressed as a world where there is joy and pain at the same time. Life itself is very valuable to the people and even through struggles and pain, it is important to move forward. A large factor of their strength is found in religion, through relying on God and His provision. The primary focus of this movie is on the role of a father as the leader of the family.…