Checkpoint Charlie

Nothing is Needed for Something Many people judge their success on how much they have and the material possessions around them; Ernest Hemingway, however, believes people must accept they are nothing to achieve true success and happiness. Nothingness is a difficult concept for many to grasp, but it becomes more clear with age what nothingness means. People also often do not want to accept or believe they are nothing in the world. Most believe they have a specific purpose and are in some way important, when in reality, they are nothing in the big picture. Before they can become important, they must realize their insignificance. In A Clean Well-Lighted Place, Hemingway conveys his message people can only become something once they realize they are nothing through an omniscient narrator's description of individuals who interact with each other in a café, which reveals their different stages in life and how they each have a different understanding of nothingness. Hemingway conveys his message most strongly through his characters. The three main characters in A Clean Well-Lighted Place are a young waiter, an old waiter, and an old man who drinks at their café. The young waiter is impatient with the old man since he is taking his time and orders more drinks. The young waiter only wants to go home to his wife and go to bed, but the old man will not leave. The old waiter is wiser than his colleague, telling him to wait for the old man to finish and let him enjoy his drink.…

On October 27, 1961, the world saw images of US tanks and Soviet tanks pointed at each other across the Berlin wall checkpoint known as Checkpoint Charlie. These images had the world holding its breath, wondering if a war was to begin. Unfortunately, the tensions between East Berlin and West Berlin had been building for years until finally it was forced to come to a head. The confrontation at Checkpoint Charlie was unavoidable because the Soviets had been trying to push the Allies out of Germany…

Introduction “All sovereign nations exercise authority over their borders to prevent prohibited items or merchandise from entering and to ensure compliance with applicable restrictions” (CBP 1999). The objective of border control is to facilitate the free flow of legitimate goods and people across borders while observing and enforcing the rules and regulations of both countries on either side of that border. This complicated endeavour involves numerous challenges for policy makers and…

than with you.” That is the kind of humor when you realize that one’s skills far surpass yours. People can make fun of theirs weaknesses through this humor. It can show that a human being does not take oneself too seriously. This can be a good way for people to like you, but there are times that self-deprecatory humor is not funny. For example, in a job interview you would not make a joke about yourself especially when you’re trying to impress others. It would be embarrassing to make a joke,…

cheap land and labor, the accessible scenery, and suitable climate ideal for the year-round filming. Each year Hollywood would release about 700 movies, dominating worldwide film production. A small group of companies such as Paramount and 20th Century Fox, dominated over the film industry. These companies owned their own production facilities, controlled theater chains committed to showing the companies’ movies, and even kept actors, directors, and screenwriters under contract. Soon after, the…

The author of our textbook states that “the freedom that Sartre discovers in phenomenology is much more radical than that found in everyday life by the person-in-the-street, and indeed Sartre argues that the goings-on of everyday experience disguise from us the depth of our freedom” (Palmer, 244-245). We have the choice as to whether or not to get up in the morning. Knowing that we must make this choice everyday takes the unease out of the equation. It is an everyday occurrence that covers…

Carlos Irwin Estevez, also known as Charlie Sheen is a popular American Actor who was born on September 3, 1965 in New York. He was born to Martin Sheen, who was also an actor, and Janet Templeton, who was an artist. He has two brothers whose names are Emilio and Ramon. He also has a sister whose name is Renee. All of them are actors. He first appeared in a movie at his age of 9. The name of the movie was ‘The Execution of Private Slovik’ which was his father’s movie which was in 1974. When he…

By now we are familiar with Charlie Chaplin’s silent films and his talents; not only as a pantomime actor but also as a writer and director. Certainty, his 1931 silent film “City Lights” is a proof of his talent as an actor, writer, chorographer and director (Kamin) . The film gave Chaplin the opportunity to display his creative talents within the silent film industry. Although, Chaplin’s talents are numerous we are going to concentrate on his acting performance in the “City Lights” film. In…

watch the films. This portion of the interview can be compared to lecture 7c when we learned about synchronous mass audience. In lecture it was discussed that mass synchronous audiences went hand in hand with “mass entertainment” and motion pictures and silent films were an extension of mass entertainment. The fact that people had to travel by ferry boat from different areas to all watch the same silent film could be an example of synchronous mass audiences that act and react together in one…

The silent cinema offers a treasure grove for the study of film acting. In the absence of sound, it shows performers constructing their respective characters by only using their bodies, not their voices. For this reason, silent cinema demands maximum expressiveness from actors. Rather than conveying their emotions by means of words, performers of the silent era knew how to express their feelings through gestures and facial expressions in such a manner that their feelings could be easily…