Colleen Moore

Do you want to build a snowman? Who could not know this catchy song? Frozen is one of the best Disney movies in the world. Every little fan girl could sing you every song or even be able to say some of their favorite parts of their characters, as well even know the movie word by word, and agree that Frozen is a much better movie then tangled. Tangled may have been a great movie was well, but every Disney movie always has that villain with the same plot also with the same characteristics, and the…

In the movie “We Were Solders” directed by Randall Wallace is a must watch film. The film is about the Vietnam War, mainly the first battle against the Americans and the Vietnam army. The majority of the movie took place in a football sized battle field that is where the American army was fighting against the Vietnam army. The Americans were outnumbered greatly it was about 400 Americans against 2000 Vietnamese soldiers. Then again the whole movie is not just about war it shows how it affects…

society, there will always be some element of truth amongst the lies, from horror films based on a “true story” to documentaries that present their opinion as fact. Award winning documentary maker, Michael Moore takes this idea and strikes hard with it. In the 2002 film, Bowling For Columbine, Moore successfully produced a documentary that conveys only a single side of the American attitude towards guns. He convinced audiences across the globe that strict gun control was the only way to stop…

reveals two markedly different portrayals of the United States’ army during the Vietnam War. This change mirrors the dwindling optimism of the American people from Moore and Galloway’s account of the 1965 Battle of la Drang and O’Brien’s more comprehensive account of the later stages of the war and post-war period. While O’Brien, Moore, and Galloway all served extensive time in Vietnam, their portrayals of the American military differ in tone and narrative. O’Brien portrays the American…

Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead are two critically acclaimed shows that are aired on the TV Network, AMC. Breaking Bad is set in New Mexico, Albuquerque. This show follows the story of a man named Walter White; who becomes diagnosed with cancer, and decides to become partners in cooking meth with former student, Jessie Pinkman. The Walking Dead is set initially in King County, Georgia; revolves around the main character, Rick Grimes, in a zombie apocalypse aftermath. Despite the fact both of…

Reading 1: Genre The film “Bowling for Columbine”, a 2002 documentary by Michael Moore, is a brilliant example of the documentary mode: interactive participatory. Bowling for Columbine is an interactive participatory styled documentary written, produced and directed by the nationally acclaimed documentary writer Michael Moore who went on to direct Fahrenheit 9/11 aimed at the president George Bush and the war on terror. Michael Moore’s documentary style is described as neoliberal view of…

Marianne Moore was a small town girl, born around St. Louis Missouri. She moved around alot in her life. When Marianne Moore was reaching adolescence, her father left her and her mother, leaving them with no money to keep their house. So they had to move to her grandfather's house and stay there until his death. Which was on 1894. They just moved from one relative to another until the big move to carlisle, PA. Moore graduated from Bryn Mawr College with a BA degree in biology in 1909. Following…

Marianne Moore was one of the most famous poets of the modernist era, appreciated in both social and literary spheres, yet differed from other poets of her time because of how her language was condensed and precise, capable of suggesting a variety of ideas. Her ability to combine multiple associations into a single, compact image allows her characters to be conveyed intricately, as seen in her poems “Radical,” “Poetry,” “Silence,” and “The Fish.” Within the poems I have chosen to analyze,…

I’ve been here for hours. I can feel their eyes on me, their big gray eyes gazing over every inch of my body. I’ve been pretending to be asleep, waiting for morning, for help, something anything. Wait I think I may be getting ahead of my self here. It all started about two days ago. I collect gummy bears. I have ones in every shape, size, flavor and brand from all over the world. Unfortunately, there are still a couple of brands I have not gotten and one flavor. Normally I go on eBay to look for…

Ideally Peaceful “Remember, remember the 5th of November. The gunfire, treason, and plot. I know of no reason the why the Gunpowder Treason should ever by forgot.” That is the opening sentence for V for Vendetta. V for Vendetta is a movie about a guy in a Guy Fawkes mask, “V”, in an alternate future where Germany won WWII and Great Britain is now a fascist state, while “V” uses hit and run tactics against the British government he ends up crossing paths and rescuing a woman from police, he…