67th Academy Awards

Philadelphia is a drama film written by Ron Nyswaner illustrating the cultural stigmas of HIV in the 1990s. This film was released in 1993 being one of the first films to acknowledge homosexuality and HIV. The premise of this film is surrounding a court case regarding discrimination of sexual orientation against a fictional character, Andrew Buckett (Tom Hanks). As Andrew Buckett was only recently diagnosed with HIV and had been a closet homosexual for many years meaning none of his colleagues…

“So he can talk after all.” (page 120) is what the nurse said the moment Dally and I came in, after having Johnny slightly opening his eyes and faintly saying, “Hey guys.” I was so happy to see that despite Johnny’s body dying and falling apart, his soul was complete and full of the Johnny I always knew and loved. I quietly moved to the side and whispered to the nurse, “How’s he doing?” I knew that in that moment I was to expect the worst, but I just needed a hint of reassurance…

In the second grade,my teacher,Ms. Lopez, read the book “Because of Winn-Dixie.” This book made me fall in love with animals. I fell in love with them because in the book, Opal helps Winn-Dixie when he is in trouble. It made me want to help animals as well. When i was in the 5th grade, i started to volunteer at the MSPCA. I started to visualize when Opal went to work at the pet store. Just like Opal said” I fell in love with him the moment i met him.” I fell in love with the puppy my mom,and…

Erin Brockovich was successful in her lawsuit against the people of Hinkley verses Pacific Gas and Electric also known as PG and E. Between the years of 1952 to 1966 an outbreak of Chromium 6 was polluting the water in Hinkley. However, the people of Hinkley were unaware of what harm could be done by this substance. Many families and individuals who lived close to the company that produced the Chromium 6 had been experiencing illnesses that where caused by the chemical they had been consuming.…

The movie Life is beautiful has drawn a lot of controversy over whether the Holocaust should be looked at as a comedy. The movie is about a jewish father and son being sent to a jewish concentration camp, where the father makes the whole thing look like a game to his son, and the grand prize is a real tank. Throughout the journey the Father makes it seem to be hilarious. This film is a powerful presentation of a Father's love for his child, and risking his life for his family. Many people…

Everybody has done something unconsciously, on impulse or on accident. Sometimes its blowing your nose on the reciept and looking at the tissue or accidentaly killing your husband! In the short story, “Lamb to the Slaughter”, by Roald Dahl, that is exactly what happens, and she does it with a frozen leg of lamb. This starts a spark in her and she starts to evolve. Throughout the story there are many times Ms. Maloney is proven to be a dynamic character. “She came out slowly, cold and surprised”,…

“The Ransom of Red Chief” has a theme that is crime doesn't pay. He shows this through the actions and dialogue of Sam and Bill throughout the text. The whole story is about how Sam and Bill kidnap Johnny. But in the beginning of the story Sam drops a big hint of what is going to happen later on in the story. On page 11 paragraph 1“It looked like a good thing: but wait till I tell you.”Right away they tell you that all isn't as good as it seems.So somethings gonnna happen to the criminals all…

A Unique Craft Move From Nancy Farmer Have you ever been hooked on to a book? The book that forces you to read on? There are many ways author’s do this in stories. In the book “The House of the Scorpion”, Nancy Farmer uses a flashback to provide background information, build suspense, and to get the reader predicting. First this is the transition between chapter one and two,“Have I done you a favor? Thought Eduardo as he watched the baby turn its head toward the bustling nurses in their…

Every Man in this Village is a Liar is an honest and confronting memoir about the reality of the conflicts and war in the Middle East. “It’s not necessarily focused on combat zones exclusively, it’s also about the war for ideas, the war for democracy for Islamism,” Stack said in a 2010 C-SPAN interview. “There are a lot of themes woven into it.” Stack opens the novel with her experiences with sexual assault from Mohammed Zaman, who was her best source until this occurred. She also goes on to…

that Hepburn should be casted as a main character in the Broadway version of her book Gigi. Audrey made her Broadway debut in 1951 (History.com). In 1953, due to her success in Gigi, she was cast as the lead in the film Roman Holiday. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for that film and won a Tony that same year for her starring role in Ondine. “Over the next decade, Hepburn proved herself more than a math for Hollywood’s top leading men in such hits as Sabrina (1954, with William Holden…