1997 in film

Historical Perception The 1997 Italian film, Life Is Beautiful, directed by Roberto Benigni, portrays the events of the Holocaust. Benigni’s film portrays the event in a different light than past Holocaust films. The film takes place during World War II, which was a difficult time for Europeans, especially for those who were Jewish. Jewish people during this time were put into concentration camps, where they were being rapidly executed. The film does not give the actual event itself justice. Six million fatalities occurred during World War II. The tragic events of the Holocaust need to be made known to the audience authentically, so that they can perceive it accurately. The director attempts to portray the Holocaust in another light rather…

Todd, I quickly realized my skills for comprehending reading and relating to situations in my life, would not be sufficient moving forward. The format and style of reading was not something I was familiar with. Then, as we analyzed Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats in the forum posts, I again felt uncomfortable and out of sorts relating the very short poems to the detailed assignments. Lastly, as we read and discussed Watership Down, I was initially overwhelmed and predetermined that I…

The Seated Boxer is a bronze Hellenistic sculpture created in around 100bc. I attribute this work to the Hellenistic period of Greek art. Sculptors of this period concentrated on depicting male athletes just as what the Seated Boxer is. Emotion in Classical Greek art was merely expressed through simple gesture, a technique that contrasts with the style of Hellenistic sculpture. In Hellenistic art, advancement of skilled led to emotion being portrayed vividly through the detailed work of art.…

She saw where she had started up ahead of her, where the mold needed smell wasn’t as terrible as it was before. When she came to the opening, she saw that the children that were not there with her to begin with were standing together and not running. Some were getting yelled at, but they didn’t say a word in response as if they were unable to speak, and Blur knew that they were. There weren't very any children that decided not to run, but it was enough to be noticeable. Blur looked around her at…

Titanic: Parthiv Patel’s 1997 movie review Fictional characters: Leonardo DeCaprio as Jack Dawson poor man from Wisconsin he win the Titanic tickets in card game, Kate Winslet as Rose Bukater a 17 year old girl from Philadelphia who was forced in to engagement to 30 year old man Cal Hockley so her mother Ruth can maintain higher class in society, Billy Zane as Cal Hockley rich and arrogant 30year old fiancé of Rose, Frances Fisher as Ruth Bukater Rose’s widowed mother who arrange the Rose’s…

The Forbidden Joy of Independence In the short story of Kate Chopin “The Story of an Hour” she shares a story about a woman named Mrs. Mallard with heart trouble who finds out her husband has been involved in an accident and died. She is in disbelief and later realizes that it is a new start for her to actually have freedom, but then later finds out her husband did not die and she dies of a heart attack. The author shows the process of her disbelief turning into actual relief by describing the…

CodeName Zero In Chris Rylander’s novel, CodeName Zero, he describes the life of one kid that thought nothing exciting or peculiar could possibly occur in a place as calm as North Dakota. His name is Carson Fender, a regular student that goes to a regular middle school called Erik Hill Middle School. He’s a troublemaker at his because he sets pranks all over the school. His excuse is that he says North Dakota is way too boring. Some people don’t blame him, the principal kind of thinks thats…

From the General History of Virginia to the Of Plymouth Plantation, both of these stories involve the journey to the new world. Although these stories have few similarities such as, where they came from; the help they received in the new world when they were in trouble; and how they felt on the way to the new world; they also had their differences. Some of the differences that these two stories held was their purpose of why they went to the new world in the first place; how they treated each…

CHAPTER SIX The Enchanted Amulet Morning brought heavy clouds of chocolate-colored dust and whipping winds, gloomy weather that made it hard to remain hopeful. “Off on another adventure, eh?” Cotton coughed, as he vaulted over a dust devil. “This is exciting. Just you and me on a quest to track down the golden key.” “I just hope we can find it soon. This stuff is awful,” I choked. “I even have grit between my teeth.” “What’d you say?” he shouted. “You’re a pit beneath my wreath. What does that…

He’s going! He’s going! He’s gone into the goal. Eli Widmann makes his first goal. When I woke up one day I thought to myself what day is it and then I remembered that it is a Friday will be a great day full of fun. When I woke up I knew it was Friday and I will have to play soccer tomorrow. When I got out of school, I was so excited to get out. I was so excited to play soccer. I thought to myself When I go to play my last game of the fall, I will have so much fun. Since I am thirteen years old…