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Her name was Alison Anne Clarkson. She was named after her mother, Anne, who was one of the most kind and calm and peaceful person you could ever know. Her father was named Carl Jackson. Most people, when meeting him, thought stereotypical thoughts about him. They thought he was drinker, or that he was too mean and rude. But even though he was rough around the edges, he loved his wife and his only daughter and they, themselves, loved him. Anne’s parents intensely disliked him. They disliked him…

Everyday millions upon millions of people head out with friends, family, or their significant others to go partake in a simple activity, watching a movie. There are tons of movies to pick from; they come in different languages with different genres and different stories to tell, but one thing they have on common are the messages that they send out. These messages can show up in one brief scene yet teach the audience so much about morals or issues around the world and create emotions within the…

Like Water for Chocolate is undoubtedly one of the most widely well-known Mexican works on the international scale. It has been first published in 1989 in Spanish, then in 1992 in English, and then translated to over thirty languages. Like Water for Chocolate, written by Laura Esquivel, gained enormous popularity among literary works in the United States. In 1992, the film's script, that was based on the novel, swept the prestigious Ariel Awards. In 1993, it became the biggest grossing foreign…

childish, amazing, all of these are adjectives describing directors Tim Burton’s cinematic style. Tim burton is a very creative and artistic director he has directed movies such as, Edward scissors hand, the nightmare before Christmas, Charlie and the chocolate factory, and Batman and these movie the director Tim Burton’s uses very unique stylistic techniques especially in his shots and framing, camera angles/movement, and sound. Tim burton does this so that he can achieve his desired effect on…

the audience his style. His style is very dark,gloomy and suspenseful. So with him using those techniques it allows the audience to see and feel his style. Tim Burton uses lighting to create the mood of a scene. As seen in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” right before Wonka opened the door to the candy room the scene had low key lighting. By Tim using low key lighting at that time it created suspense, the once he opened the door to the candy room the scene, then changed to high key…

Laura Esquivel in the novel, “Like water for chocolate” claims that emotion and imagery was used to explain how Tita is falling in love with John. Esquivel supports her explanation by illustrating the tone and mood in the words she uses in the sentences. The authors purpose is to inform the reader that Tita is hopeful to start a new life at John’s side, in order so that Tita can move on from Pedro. The author writes in a positive tone for the readers and in Titas view. Esquivel writes in a…

In Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun, both the children and parents are faced with a situation causing tension due to different points of view because both girls want something that is contrary to their parents plans or ideas. In Confetti Girl, the girl sees her dad as caring more for his books and vocabulary than her. However, the father believes that he is helping her with her school work as well as flooding his interests into her. On page five, in paragraph twenty-six, the text states the girl…

In Like Water for Chocolate and Chronicle of a Death Foretold, tradition and honor are used to critique Latin American society. Laura Esquivel and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, respectively, create tension between honor and society through character interactions and guilt. At the forefront of Like Water for Chocolate is a deconstruction traditional honor and familial structures, as Tita grows and learns that her belief in love can in fact change her family’s fate. In Chronicle of a Death Foretold,…

Tim Burton the director of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Edward Scissorhands and Corpse Bride. The director uses the cinematic techniques throughout these movies to give it that special effect. Without these cinematic techniques throughout these movies it would not have the same effect it gives for the audience to feel. Every audience member knows that each director has their own style to give of each movie. The director Tim Burton has a dark and creepiness style in each one of his movies.…

In Confetti Girl and Tortilla Sun the point of views in each story are different and similar because, in both of the stories the parents go toward either a job or the academic side for there son or daughter. In Confetti Girl the author is Diana Lopez and in Tortilla Sun the author is Jenifer Cervantes. In Confetti Girl the girl has a project that she needs to do. Her dad tries to help her but she refuses to read the book. In the story this causes tension between the characters because, in…