Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Luna was jolted awake by a loud noise. She got out of her bed curious what the noise could be, hoping it was just a guard, and that no one was hurt or need help. She went to the door, carefully opening it. In front of her was a mailmare. Luna stared trying to process what she saw before her. She never got mail. Why was there a mail mare here. When she realized she was staring, she shook herself out of her stupor and relaxed. “I have a letter for you,” the mare said. “Thank you.” She…

“The Red Wheelbarrow” is a short poem written by William Carlos Williams that is broken down into four stanzas. After the first time reading the poem you see Mr. Williams’ ability to depict a scenario with sixteen simple words. The structure of the poem and word usage brings the reader closer to the scene being painted by Mr. Williams’. The first stanza brings the reader in and captures there attention by stating “so much depends upon.” You begin to wonder what can be so important. The…

The short story The Ransom of Red chief by O.henry the author uses humor to affect the reader. For example Red chief is not like all kids who want to go home. When kidnapped he likes it. The two robbers Bill and Sam feels weird about Red chief. Red chief likes to be kidnapped. ¨Äll right!¨ says he. ¨That'll be fine. I never had such fun in all my life.¨ Red Chief does not really care of being kidnapped from his home he likes it because he has soo much fun with the Bill and Sam. Another example…

Abstract The movie Life is Beautiful is about a family that endures life at the concentration camp during the Holocaust. During the Holocaust, Jews were taken away from their homes by the Nazis and put into concentration camps, in which they were treated brutally. The Holocaust left many victims dead and remains as an example that something like the Holocaust shall never happen again. Life is Beautiful, a movie about a family in a concentration camp, is an inaccurate representation of the…

John Wayne plays a stubborn, but strong willed man in Red River. Playing Thomas Dunson came off as one of the more believable performances. Wayne uses his voice much more than his body. Psychically he is a bit stiff, but that may be because he’s hardly moving around in the film. His expression are smooth just like his voice, all of the emotion the character is feeling comes out in the way he speaks and looks. Once things start to pick up, you can almost feel the difference in character because…

The Great Dictator, an American satirical political comedy written and played by Charlie Chaplin during the time the United States was still formally at peace with Germany. Chaplin's film advanced a harsh and controversial condemnation of Adolf Hitler, fascism, anti semitism, and the Nazis. Charlie Chaplin plays a poor Jewish barber, the main protagonist. The Barber was a soldier during World War I and loses his memory for about 20 years then becomes of the Fuhrer of Tomainia due to his…

In the story “The Finish of Patsy Barnes” by Paul Laurence Dunbar and the story “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” written by Ray Bradbury the main characters are plenty different but also the same in many ways. Both boys, Patsy from “The Finish of Patsy Barnes” and Joby from “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh, are equally changed for the good at the end of each story. “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” takes place in the American Civil War at a Union camp in the middle of the night. Joby, the main character who’s…

Monster Sarah looked up at the doctors as they watched her. Her fingers slipped into the hospital gown as she watched them. They were whispering to each other. Her parents stood with their backs to her as they talked to a female doctor. Sarah rubbed the soft fabric between her fingers, trying to relax. She wished she knew what they were telling her parents, it didn’t look encouraging. “Sarah…” His voice whispered in her head. Goosebumps ran up her arms as she smiled. Sarah could feel him…

to be in a certain way, and everyone gathers around the tv to watch. The audience learns that Patrick Sr. is no longer allowed in the Eagles stadium due to fighting. He was banned for life. Once his son was released from Baltimore, and he does his best to get his son to watch the game with him. After awhile with Pat is always out with Tiffany, Patrick Sr. sits down with his son. He explains that he is sorry that he did not spend more time with Pat when he was younger and blames himself that Pat…

In this version of “The Second Son,” I took your advice to tell the story from another POV the extreme and changed from “single I” to an epistolary piece, with no central narrator. In this version, Mal Dallon is less of a “crazy” man, wandering the streets and fighting off his own personal demons, and more of an ignored messiah, in that he’s bringing a message to an unenlightened world (through his death), only for it to be quickly forgotten for the next news bite. Is this version better than…