Critical Incident Technique

Throughout the literary world in the early 20th century, no one had quite ventured into the heavy topics that were seen far too often in society- topics such as sexism, racism, and hypocrisy. Kate Chopin dared to change this. Having suffered through the death of her husband, Chopin looked for an outlet to relieve her depression. She began to write about topics seen as extremely vulgar and controversial during the early 1900s. One of her works, Desiree’s Baby, illustrates some of the worst…

The setting plays an extremely central role in that it sets up the tone for the story. The great detail Eggers provides really puts the audience in his eyes where we can see what he is seeing. The descriptive details made me feel like I was watching a movie with extravagant scenery rather than reading words on a white piece of paper. Eggers describes the company's building as, "30 feet high [that] shot through with California light . . . the front hall was as . . . tall as a cathedral." Every…

CINEMATOGRAPHY This idea of truth will also cross over into our photography - Nothing should be over-styled or over-lit to avoid the contrived look,. I am thinking that beautiful Nordic Noir, something edgy and modern, but at the same time human and organic - something that you can touch which feels authentic. Sunlight streaming through coffee-shop windows, moody skies, atmospheric landscapes, we want to use our environment to develop a tone, add drama and provoke thoughts, which will, in…

8. Describe how stress and emotional factors can lead to the development and exacerbation of cardiovascular disorders, asthma, and tension headaches Well, stress can have a major impact on our bodies and can cause a myriad of illnesses. The reason why stress affects the body is because it is an innate response to a threat which causes your body to focus on the threat more than the other functions. While having these stressed for prolonged periods, it starts to take a tole on the body because of…

Wells claimed that is only preparation for directing Citizen Kane was to watch John Ford’s Stagecoach (1939) forty times. Ford’s influence on the film is pronounced, but according to David Cook’s History of Narrative Film, it is equally clear that Welles was steeped in the major European traditions, especially those of German Expressionism and the Kammerspielfilm and French poetic realism. Kane’s narrative economy owes much to “the example of Ford, its visual texture is heavily indebted to the…

him and tell him a proverb about only tasting his kingdom a bit at a time. They're many examples of imagery in this story an example from the text is the sense of sight and sound as the lion “licked his chops.” This narrative uses many literary techniques to convey the important ideals of the lesson taught in this…

In her novel Push, Sapphire uses multiple literary techniques to demonstrate how Precious creates a self-identity and a form of independence. As Precious learns to read, write, and create perceptions of her life and the world, she realizes that she is an individual that is unique and beautiful. Through Precious’s character, Sapphire reveals the emergence of a persons self-identity and newly discovered independence through a story of traumatic experiences. From the beginning of the novel,…

The formal definition of a dummy is a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance:The word dummy has numerous definition and can be used in many ways. The word dummy doesn't always carry a pleasant connotation; in fact, nowadays, calling someone a dummy brings this image of a stupid person and can be an insult. The word dummy has evolved throughout history. In the 1590’s a dummy was defined as a mute person. In the 1500’s Geronimo Cardano’s son would be…

In Roald Dahl’s short story Lamb of the Slaughter, Dahl displays the use of literary devices such as various types of irony throughout his writing to make it more effective. Irony is used to build suspension, create tension and even keep a reader's interest. This is what Dahl created in the story Lamb of Slaughter. Dramatic irony is commonly used in writing so that the reader or audience knows something meanwhile the characters don't know. This is used to create suspense for the reader, it…

In literature, authors use rhetorical devices and strategies to relay important information to the reader as well as an underlying point they want the reader to remember after finishing the piece. Depending on the authors audience as well as their attitude towards the matter at hand, affects which rhetorical devices they choose to employ. Throughout the article, “There’s More to Life than Being Happy”, the author deploys many rhetorical devices and strategies such as logos, pathos, ethos, and…