Emma

should be equal. On September 20, 2014 famous actress Emma Watson spoke at a United Nation’s event in New York to promote the HeforShe campaign which strives to raise awareness and fight against gender discrimination. As an advocate for feminism, Watson gave an influential speech describing how serious of an issue gender inequality is in society today, and how vital it is that everyone around the world, especially men, come together to help end it. Emma Watson successfully convinces men to fight…

Dr. Q Honors English 17/3/23 The Fundamental Actress of The Importance of Being Earnest- Dame Judi Dench “The Importance of Being Earnest” is a British comedy written by Oscar Wilde, which was transposed into a movie by the director Oliver Parker in 2002. Lady Augusta Bracknell is a dominant character which has a profound impact in both play and movie; her role is essential. She symbolizes the stereotypical upper-class woman during the Victorian Age. She is the tool through which Oscar…

The Scarlet Letter vs. Easy A Rumours have always existed, but they aren’t always true. The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is about a woman named Hester, who is forced to wear a letter A on her chest to represent her sin and separate her from the Puritan community she lives in. The movie, Easy A, which is directed by Will Gluck, is reflected on the book. It is about a girl named Olive that gets a rumor about herself around the school. They happen to be reading The Scarlet…

picture someone living out of their parent’s basement attached to their phones. However, this is not the case for everyone. Of course, there will be outliers, but overall today’s new generations are bringing creativity, poise, and courage to the world. Emma Gonzalez, a member of the “entitled” generation Z displays nothing of this sort and instead is a truly mature and brave individual. Gonzalez was unfortunately subject to the Parkland, Florida shootings. Personally, when listening to her…

Emma Watson, in innumerable ways, is true to the character that she portrayed in the Harry Potter films. Although Emma Watson is most famous for her role as Hermione Granger in Harry Potter, she has come to be a fantastic leader and role model. As a matter of fact, she is incredibly active in the community and serves as an ambassador for the United Nations. Not to mention, rather than using her fame for her own personal exploits, she has chosen to lead by example and make a difference in the…

Government surveillance programs, Muslim registries, and deportation squads have one essential thing in common; they are the products of xenophobic fear. Although they seem like totalitarian tactics from an Orwellian novel, they are actually inching their way in to the United States’ political discussion. The President Elect Donald Trump used xenophobia to gain support for his presidential campaign. This tactic is not new, in fact, the utilization of the narrative of foreign subversive is an…

Easy A is a romantic comedy film written by Bert V. Royal and was directed by Will Gluck in 2010. The journey follows the story of Olive Penderghast, as she becomes a victim of the rumour spread around high school after lying to her best friend, Rhiannon, regarding a weekend affair. The screenplay is partially inspired by The Scarlet Letter, a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, as well as containing various intertextual references from a series of 80’s films. Examples of these intertextual references…

In Emma Goldman’s Anarchism: What it Really Stands For she assert that under no circumstances are we morally obligated to obey the laws of the state since they are enforced through violence and that the government should be overthrown. Emma Goldman advocates that “Anarchism: The philosophy of a new social order based on liberty unrestricted by man-made law; the theory that all forms of government rest on violence, and are therefore wrong and harmful, as well as unnecessary.”(p. 3). In other…

densely layered counterparts. Having savored both the story and movie of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, I have found the movie more palatable because of it’s sublime characterization of Emma Bloom, condensed yet quality plot, and impressive ending. The sugar necessary to quality cakes, Emma Bloom is an incredibly mysterious yet warm character, a young woman in her mid-teens with the “peculiarity” of control over air. In the movie, she is characterized as intelligent and…

basis of sex. On a daily basis, sexism is present in jobs, public situations, and the treatment of people. Even in Hollywood sexism is present. Take Emma Watson, a very famous actor, who has even said it herself. In her career, she was directed by a man 17 times, while on the other hand, she was directed by a woman twice. The same goes for producers. Emma Watson has been with a single woman producer, amongst the thirteen male producers shes worked with. This is a huge inequity because males are…