Belfast

An Analysis of Cinematography and Sound in the Explosion Scene From ’71 (2015) Dir. Yann Demange ‘‘71’ is a film about a young soldier, Gary Hook, who gets stranded in Belfast in 1971 during the Troubles. He accidentally becomes the target for all parties involved and the complexity of the good and the bad in the Troubles become apparent. In the sequence I’ve chosen, Hook has his first glimpse of safety when he gets picked up by a young Protestant boy and taken a Loyalist pub. After mistakenly…

Utilizing Spoiling Opportunities as a Terror Strategy: The Irish Republican Army When an act of terrorism occurs, it can often seem like random, mindless violence to the victims and the bystanders. It can be surprising, therefore, to realize that terrorism is actually a very strategic decision. Terrorism can be very effective, used usually when a group is not strong enough to directly confront and force a policy change from a state actor, choosing instead to persuade their target by showing…

Death is a huge part of life. Everyone experiences it at least once in their lives. It can affect different people in various ways, some may choose to ignore it, some may get vigorously torn apart by it and others chose to fight it with the utmost of powers. This is shown in the key poems ‘War Photographer’, ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ and ‘A mother in a refugee camp’. All of these poems show particular differences in their attitudes towards death; which is also seen in the further…

The Titanic was known as the unsinkable ship. The ship was built by two shipbuilders Harland and Wolff in Belfast, Ireland. About 3,000 people worked on the ship, and about 250 workers became injured throughout the project. It took over three years to construct the Titanic. The Titanic was about 883 ft long and 104 ft high. It was a 16 compartment ship which…

In 1867, Amy Beatrice Carmichael was born as the oldest of seven children in the Carmichael family. Her father owned a flourmill business in their hometown, Millisle, Ireland. Amy grew up going to church and listening to her neighbors telling her and her siblings stories from their missionary days in India. Amy attended a Marlborough House boarding school in England. This was an all girls’ school but a few of her brothers attended a boys’ boarding school in England too. Amy was always causing…

writing many popular books throughout his lifetime. Not only was he an author and religious figure, he was also a philanthropist as well, giving back as much to the community as he could. C.S. Lewis was born to a small family in the outskirts of Belfast, Northern Ireland. At only 10 years old Lewis’s mother, Flora Hamilton Lewis, passed away of cancer. Despite starting school early for his time, Lewis was unable to continue for any a long period of time do to bouts of bad health.…

Below I am discussing, at length why I believe I should receive the Research Plus Award, addressing each point of the Researcher Excellence Framework, giving evidence how the past two and a half years have contributed to my personal and my career development. 1. Knowledge and Intellectual abilities a. Knowledge base Throughout my PhD I have been able to attend a number of courses organised by the QUB postgraduate centre, which allowed me to further my knowledge and gain valuable skills within my…

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remembering on her courtiers from her past and present. Her affair with Blazes Boylan is seemed to be the leading train of thought in this unendingly long sentence as she remembers the afternoon she just spent with him, and also an soon performance in Belfast. She also thinks of the differences between Boylan and Bloom. Compared to a usual novel, the close personal nature of her thoughts and the natural way she acts is astounding. The clarity and even the close ups we get of Molly’s body is…

“The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe was published by C.S. Lewis in 1950. C.S. Lewis was originally born as Clive Staple Lewis in 1898 to Flora August Hamilton Lewis and Albert J. Lewis. He grew up in Belfast, Ireland with his older brother Warren Lewis. At age 10 his mother died and went on to receive education from boarding schools and tutors, at this time he began losing faith in God and slowly began turning to atheism. During World War I, he served…