Casablanca

Everyone has heard of Narratives, and being critics is a one of those human instincts that comes naturally, but what exactly is Narrative criticism? Narrative criticisms focus on stories or events that help us make sense of specific areas in our daily human experiences. There are four elements that play a role in this. First off a narrative most consist of two or more events that are active. Also, they must be organized in a time order fashion. Thirdly, narrative has a casual or contributing…

The Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junet Diaz surrounds the concept of Fuku americanus, known to be a curse or a doom of some kind (Diaz 1). The narrator himself, have described this story as a fuku story, “As I’m sure you’ve guessed by now, I have a fuku story too” (Diaz 6). While, the article “Experience: Trauma, Narrative, and History” by Cathy Caruth discussed concepts that apply to Oscar Wao’s story. She opened her article by introducing “ a pattern of suffering that is inexplicably…

1. The only physical characteristics mentioned was that of Mr. Thorwald, he was dark haired but of Scandinavian ancestry. 2. Jeff was injured and confine to his apartment with a cast on. While Mr. Thorwald during the story he each time before bed and once early in the morning he would take stiff shots of liquor. Also two to three times he would strike a match while probably lying on the sofa or standing at the rear of the window, he stood at the window often sweeping his eyes from left to right…

148731 No Home, No Problem? Times are changing at a more rapid speed than ever before. With a fast-paced, globalizing society, people begin to lose ties to their home, their place of origen. In the personal essay, “On Going Home”, Joan Didion comments on her own personal experience when visiting her family and conveys her disappointment that the younger generations do not have a home to come back to; they lack tradition. The news article, “Gimme Shelter”, written by Corinne Purtill…

When something pivotal happens to someone, their attitude and way of thinking change devastatingly. Although these boys may only be 6-12, they go through the same things that anyone would undergo. This loss of innocence causes people to act in ways contrary to their typical self. In Lord of the Flies, William Golding uses the characterization of the boys to illustrate how people lose their innocence when going through a traumatic event. The littluns might just be elementary age boys, but they…

The Maltese Falcon (1941) is a film directed by John Hunston. In the film, a private detective named Sam Spade’s partner gets murdered and a woman, Ruth Wonderly, shows up needing his help to find a falcon statue. Spade meets a variety of characters all with the same motive of acquiring the falcon statue. This films use of a classical opening and closing, the way it develops its characters, the omniscience of the narrator, and causal linearity combined with the continuity editing system define…

“A women is unstoppable after she realizes she deserves better.” – Anonymous. In the drama, “Fences” the relationship between husband and wife is one to inspect. Rose and Troy are a couple that do not always see eye to eye, yet Rose always looks for the best in him. Even toward the end, although Rose is wants nothing to do with Troy she still takes in his new daughter. A similar relationship can be seen in the short story “Sweat”. The relationship between Deli and Sykes is far from perfect. Deli…

A day in the life This week in class, I learned a multitude of new things including how to write this paper. Throughout my paper, we will explore all the new things I have learned through becoming a new college student, my first week of classes and reading the chapters from the introduction to psychology textbook. The start of a new journey Monday, November 21st was my first day as a new college student, I had no idea what to expect and living a little over forty-five minutes away, with class…

In the book The Heir, Maxon and America have four kids; however the book is mainly focused around their only daughter, Eadlyn. There have been some problems with people being upset about the caste system being eliminated. Maxon and America have the idea of having a selection for Eadlyn to try and solve the problem. Eadlyn agrees to do it, but not without a fight. This book portrays Eadlyn trying to figure out what to do to avoid marrying someone by the end of the selection. In this journal, I…

One of the best classic western films ever made by a director who was so versatile that many people might confuse him with other great western directors like John Ford or Anthony Mann, but Howard Hawks had an eye for character driven stories, had an expert sense of visual style, and knew how to use actors better than most. Hawks was one of those classic Hollywood directors that could easily orchestrate the action and compelling aspects that make a great western, and Red River is one. The film…