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The Searchers In the film The Searchers, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, harmful stereotypes about Native Americans become very apparent and seem to overshadow any progressive aspects. Even though the film’s plot centers around the struggle between the Comanches and John Wayne’s band of fighters, the main focus is actually on John Wayne’s character, Ethan Edwards. Through Ethan, many stereotypes are perpetuated throughout the entire film not only about the Comanche tribe, but…

Notorious B.I.G based off a true story about one of the greatest rappers of all the time Known for his birth name Christopher Wallace. Played by jamal woolard, awesome job acting like the real Christopher. A movie on how one man can change the the world by changing himself, how he goes from violent streets holding drugs and gangs transitioning into the being one of the greatest rappers alive. While Christopher was only 13 he was selling drugs on the corner of his block day and night no matter…

The movie Easy A is set in Ojai, California at Ojai North High School. The story centers on Olive Penderghast. Olive is a junior at Ojai North and goes relatively unnoticed by the majority of the school population. That is, until she lies to her best friend Rhiannon about losing her virginity. Olive’s lie gets overheard by Marianne Bryant, who thus spreads this news to the entire school. The events that take place once the rumors of Olive’s sexual encounter begin to spread are indicative of the…

important city as people wanted to escape Europe for America. Casablanca centers around Rick Blaine who owned the popular night club where refugees would purchase their letters of transit to travel freely in Europe and eventually freedom to America. The film also portrayed concentration camps where Victor Laszlo was held were he endured a painful experience as a prisoner. The movie also depicted control as Nazi Germany as they were influenced in the French Government. The leading…

The Nightmare Before Christmas argument essay The Nightmare Before Christmas, By Tim Burton. It took 10 years to make and may take you a little longer to decide. Some people think the movie is more about Halloween, and some people think The Nightmare Before Christmas is a Christmas movie. I believe that The Nightmare Before Christmas movie is more of a Halloween movie. The first piece of evidence is because, the setting in the movie is mainly in Halloween Town. And some of the songs…

The movie Mary Reilly and the book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde are similar in many ways, but just like any other movie and book pair, they are also very different in many ways. There are different point of views and some details may stray away from each other. I found that when watching the movie, the book and movie matched up almost perfect until the very end when Hyde/Jekyll died. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a very well-known novella that starts out with two…

of the earliest films ever made” (78). “Film historian Donald Bogle has identified five stereotypes of African Americans that repeatedly appear in classical Hollywood cinema” (79). One example of stereotypes and internalized racism is Precious. This film follows the life of Claireece Precious Jones, a young woman living in Harlem in 1897. She lives a very tough life, filled with sexual and mental abuse from both her mother and father, as well as hatred from those around her. The film…

multicultural nation in which all cultures and races are “represented” in America. As a nation of immigrants, this country has and is still facing many racial issues. The movie Crash, directed and produced by Paul Haggis in 2004 as an American drama film portrays race relations in America. The movie is based in the city of Los Angeles with characters of different races, gender, age, and social class statuses. Although all characters are in unique situations they all collide and play a role in…

Most commonly when a book is turned into a film such as The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, there are many significant changes. Some fail to depict the writer’s thoughts when filming the movie; the alterations of the book to film are to add up to a thrill that the movie makers want to create for the audience to keep them tied into the film. The book is a better choice as it shows and tells more about Katniss’s strengths and some of her weaknesses. Katniss Everdeen reveals herself as being…

The film Moonstruck (1987) demonstrates the concepts of Freud’s Jokes and the Unconscious through the use of tendentious jokes, specifically those that are hostile or aggressive. The film also illustrates the narrative concepts for “New Comedies” laid out by Northrop Frye, which are the senex or authority figure that the protagonist competes with for the object of his desire, the “Green World,” and the social renewal via the uniting of one or more romantic couples. One notable example of a…