Carrie

Having won the popular TV superstar singing competition, American Idol, country singer Carrie Underwood has cemented a place in the American music industry as one of the most empowering, feminine, as well as influential women with a multitude of chart-topping songs over the past decade (Paisley, 2014). “Before He Cheats,” is one of her most famous tracks, and promotes messages weaves emotions that resonate with many cheated-on individuals. As a result, “Before He Cheats” reached eighth place on…

The article, ”Middle-Of-The-Road Activists Carrie Chapman Catt and the National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War” , written by Linda Schott seeks to address the attempts of Carrie Chapman Catt and her role in women’s suffrage and the peace movement. The analysis of the life of Chapman Catt was very interesting in showing the strong and the low points of her crusade for women’s suffrage and her attempts at the peace movement. It is clear by the article that the author neither was for or…

Carrie Underwood: From Oklahoma Farmgirl to Worldwide Humanitarian At the age of 22, Carrie Underwood became known for debuting one of the fastest-selling country albums according to Nielsen SoundScan, a system that tracks music sales (“Carrie Underwood.”). Carrie started off as a normal young girl from Oklahoma who happened to win Season 4 of American Idol. Ever since then, she has continued with her career in music, grabbing several Grammys, Country Music Association Awards, and other similar…

Director Kimberly Peirce reimagines the classic story of Carrie, a highschool teenage girl who is tormented by the entire senior class. Given the excellenct casting of Carrie as well as her mother Margret, this movie delievers effects which the original wasn't able to support in it's time. Chloe Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass) portrays the role of Carrie White, giving us a satisying performance which by the time the movie is over, your happy that little vampire girl from 'Let me In' ended up landing the…

Stephen King, in the novel, Carrie, illustrates the character, Margaret White, and leads that character to her destruction to suggest that mothers who are abusive, insane and unloving will lead to their destruction. Margaret White is the biological mother of Carrie and is the main villain of the novel. She is the major reason why kids in school treats Carrie as a social outcast. Margaret is a fundamental christian who twists the meaning of the words in the bible to claim that almost everything…

kitten, innocent vs. deviant, pure vs. impure female image and the religious undertones that drive this binary. This film does, however, stray from what feminist theorists have called the “male antagonist,” as Carrie acts as both the antagonist and protagonist in this film. On the contrary, Carrie does fit the virgin profile while other females in the film fit the sex kitten profile. In order to better understand the reflective theory in the context of this film, let’s analyze the opening scene…

2.1. Carrie : An Overview Carrie (1974) is the first full-length published and well-received novel written by King, a profound depiction of the story of outcast high-school girl, Carrie White. Despite the fact that it is his first published novel, he previously has sixth attempts at writing novels. King in his book On Writing , a memoir of his literary craft , records the story of how he wrote Carrie . He recalls ''I did three single-spaced pages of a first draft, then crumpled them up in…

The character I am choosing to use for this assignment is Carrie, from the movie Carrie (2002). I chose Carrie due to the fact that she displays herself throughout the movie as someone who is full of anxiety as well as depression. Based on what I learned from trait theory in class, a personality trait is usually consistent over time. Through the character Carrie, I believe she falls directly into the Big Five Personality Traits and Carrie’s would be neuroticism. Trait theory explains Carrie’s…

amount of values possible. Those who have a true grasp of what it takes to earn vast economic wealth, understand that the only way to succeed is through hard work and dedication. As best-selling author Carrie Wilkerson once said, “The more you’re not taking action, the more money you’re losing”. Carrie Wilkerson is conveying the message that the only way to succeed by being motivated and taking action. Laziness will prove detrimental over time to once economic status. Being successful takes…

Candace Bushnell is an American television producer and novelist best known for writing a series of chick lit novels. Her best known works are the Sex and the City novels which were adapted from the columns by the same name that she wrote for the New York Observer between 1994 and 1996. Candace was born to Camile Salonia and Calvin L. Bushnell in 1958 Glastonbury, Connecticut. Her father was something of a celebrity in her town having been an inventor of the Air Cooled Hydrogen Fuel Cell that…