El Dorado

Chapter 13: Cunégonde paid her respects to the old woman. Arriving at Buenos Aires Candide, Cunégonde and the old woman are brought to meet Don Fernando, the governor. Don Fernando took interest in Cunégonde and he asked if she was the captain’s wife. Candide answers politely to Don Fernando, and asks if he would perform the ceremony of his marriage with Cunégonde. Don Fernando sends Candide away to go drill the soldiers and Don Fernando confesses his passion to Cunégonde and proposes to her,…

always loved Austin 's game more than mine. We still sit around and talk about when Austin played for the Trailblazers or the Bulldogs, or that time when Austin got the baseball stuck inside his pants leg, or the time he hit a 500 foot homerun in El Dorado. I can 't recall talking about my games, my tournaments, my accomplishments. Perhaps there 's nothing to talk…

mental capacities. Herzog wanted to bring everything out of this film and cast that he could. Werner, knowing that the film needed to be authentic, decided that he needed to film in a place as harsh and as exotic as the lands adjacent to the rumored El Dorado. It would make sense that the only way to get this effect was to go shoot literally in the heart of the South American rain forests. Herzog and the cast of spent two months enduring the brutal environments. However, despite the struggle,…

The Road to Sampo directed by Lee Man-hee tells the story of 3 wandering strangers who find themselves traveling together through the snowy mountains in search of a new shot at life. On the surface, this film seems like a lighthearted journey about unexpected friendship and love. But if we look deeper, we learn about the human condition and how each character had their own personal experience that shaped them over time. As the film progresses we are able to observe how their dark pasts left…

Evolution of an American Serial Killer Cruelty towards animals, arson, and enuresis. These three factors contribute to what is known as the MacDonald Triad. A method that was used to determine a serial killer in the making (Beck). Though this theory had been disproved, others have taken its place and evolved alongside the serial killer themselves. The first documented American serial killer dates back to the eighteen hundreds, or more specifically eighteen ninety-three, in Chicago, Illinois.…

Transitional Experience On a hot summer day on May 25 2012. I was walking out of a JFK’s airport for a job interview that I had with Delta Airlines. It was a hot day. The warm breeze that hit my face was not enough to cool me down and make me stop dripping with sweat. Out of nowhere from a distance I heard an aircraft’s engine. I looked up and saw an Airbus 320 aircraft taking off. This event brought me back to when I was a five year old. My journey had started on a hot summer month on august 7,…

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…

The average women will get married at the age of twenty-seven, but in America, there are girls getting married as young as the age of twelve. Marriage at age twelve may seem impossible because in today’s society it is a taboo. However, The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) has been known for marrying young brides. In the early 2000s, a scandal concerning the FLDS swept over the nation. This resulted in a nationwide yearning for more information about the FLDS, but…

Introduction: A child was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria in 1889. He would grow up in a humble home, living with his mother and father, with aspirations to become an artist (Wagnalls, Funk). He would instead grow up to become arguably the most deadly dictator to ever rule. This child is Adolf Hitler. Hitler took control of Germany and struck the match that would become World War II. He will go on to initiate the Holocaust, where he will persecute and murder over six million Jewish people…

2.1 Life Is Good Not life, but good life, is to be chiefly valued. – Socrates (469 BC – 399 BC), the classical Greek philosopher. Life is good. It has been and it will be. Don't let anyone fool you it's not. Life, for and itself is good; and furthermore, you choose a good life. Choose to feel good not bad -- it’s a choice. When you feel good the world feels good with you. Life is beautiful. Don’t ever ignore the ‘feel good’ factor. Everyone is responsible for their share of joy. Feeling good…