Alice Munro

According to the Merriam Webster dictionary, something you desire is something you long or hope for. Desire is this hole that you ache to fill. In “Remnants of a Carnival”, Clarice Lispector expresses the desire she had as a child to experience carnival and finally feel like an individual, by escaping the demands of her family. Through perceivable increases in her desires to be a part of carnival and to feel like a woman, and by showing that she was in a position that warranted escape, Lispector…

In the play “Ruined” by Lynn Nottage, Mama Nadi serves the life of many women living in the Congo during the war. Her desires offer conflict with each other causing problems to appear for her and others. Her strategy of self-isolation helps her deal with many conflicts in order to self-achieve satisfaction. While her strategy does help her in many occasions it also creates self-obstacles she has to deal with on her own. She is unable to create relationships with other becomes a consequence of…

The theme of Sacrifices between the families is portrayed in the texts. Written text ‘My Sister’s Keeper’ by Jodi Picoult and short story ‘The Gift of the Magi’ by O’ Henry. Media text ‘Mamma Mia’ directed by Phyllida Lloyd and Script ‘Billy Elliot’ by Stephen Daldry. These texts introduce a range of sacrifice that can occur in family relationship; married couple, mother and child, father and child and between siblings. All of these texts are connected sacrificing their most valuable. The Gift…

In My Neighbor Totoro, Mei and Satsuki Kusakabe explore the wild woods and let their imaginations run wild. Seeing magical creatures like a kind majestic beast, to a cat bus that has headlights as eyes seems too surreal. The movie takes you to a whole new world where you can find adventure through the eyes of two imaginative girls. Director, Hayao Miyazaki made this anime movie one of the best children’s movie I’ve ever seen. This movie had so many different morals behind it. The first moral I…

contribute to this feeling through the use of different cinematic techniques. One common idea throughout Burton’s films is the misfit. The main personality is always considered strange and different from most people in some way. For example, in Alice in Wonderland, Alice believes that she is “mad”. She certainly is off in her own world; she’d rather follow a rabbit than attend a ball for her own marriage proposal. This is shown with a long shot of…

This essay will investigate to what extent does the abuse and oppression of our main character, Celie, helps her become an independent and stronger woman in The Color Purple. The book is written in first person which helps the reader understand the main character’s actions. It is significant because all her life Celie has been oppressed and underestimated by everyone that surrounds her and even she underestimates herself and throughout the book, small things change her way of thinking and cause…

In comparison between The Color Purple by Alice Walker and Lemonade by Beyonce that these two visuals presented itself in two different ways. Dealing with Lemonade this visual that Beyonce has displayed has been one like no others because not only is the album focusing on her personal life, it is also displaying certain aspects about everyone but more closely related to all versions of women, to show no one is different from one another other than the color of ones skin and religion. Lemonade…

either of these causes. One of the most famous books written that considers both issues is The Color Purple by Alice Walker. In the incredible story, a girl named Celie endures a terrible life, but learns how to stand up for herself in the end. This story line has been, and continues to be very controversial, but the book inspired a fantastic movie to further portray the messages which Alice Walker sought to spread. The Color Purple is full…

that survives all hurt.” Although, for many, it is difficult to find this strength making growing up seem frightening. This process and struggle reaching adulthood is shown in both Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Alice in Wonderland is a story of a little girl named Alice whose fantasies take her a made up, crazy land called Wonderland, in which she meets many different curious creatures. The Catcher in the Rye is about a sixteen year old boy…

The Journey Of Survival When someone you love becomes a memory, the memories become your treasure. She is in the sun, the rain, the wind, she’s in the air you breathe with every breath you take. She sings a song of hope and cheer there’s no more pain, no more fear. You’ll see her in the clouds above, hear her whisper words of love, you’ll be together before long, until then listen for her song. ~Unknown When one is told about the book “The Lovely Bones” the number one problem people have…