False protagonist

The short film Gould Meets Gould is an example of seamless realism. This short film opens with a black screen and white letters showing the film’s title, Gould Meets Gould. It is literally about Glenn Gould, who argues with himself about the roles of artist and audience. Gould Meets Gould is a film written by Gould in which he interviews himself. Since seamless realism tries to disguise the illusion of realism, this film is an excellent example of the form. In the film, Gould is…

Ahjussi (아저씨), also known by it’s English title The Man from Nowhere, is an action packed, thriller film starring Won Bin as the movie’s protagonist, Cha Tae Sik. The movie was released on August 4, 2010 and was directed by Lee Jeong Bum. The story begin with Cha Tae Sik, the owner of a pawnshop, who lives by himself and leads a quiet life. He is a quiet man and does not have any friends except for a little girl, Somi, who lives next door with her mom. Somi frequents the pawn shop, often selling…

Many people may think minor characters don't contribute at all to the structure of a book. But much of the importance of a minor character comes from the way they help shape other major characters. Along with forming these elements, minor characters also help develop and establish new themes throughout the book. They support the progression in the plot while giving additional understandings about major characters. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a complex novel that gives insights into…

said to have chanted “burn baby burn” while they were stealing money from the people who were paying unaffordable and high utility bills. Enron was actually controlling the cost of power by abusing California's deregulated market where they created false power surges to increase pricing of energy costs. Equally important, The Enron Corporation appeared to be a financially sound company to outside world, but internally it had perfected a decentralized financial control structure, this made it…

Point of View, Who’s Perception? “Sonny’s Blues,” a short story written by James Baldwin, is expressed in the limited omniscient point of view. Limited omniscient point of view is most commonly referred to as first person point of view. The focus of this essay is to analyze the point of view used in “Sonny’s Blues,” while also revealing how symbolism is reflected in this short story written by Baldwin (Baldwin). There are advantages and disadvantages of a story being expressed in the limited…

Q1. List several similarities and differences between the movie and the original story. The story and the movie are vastly different and very little was kept from the story. The main similarity between the movie and the story is the fact that the main antagonist is Set. In the Movie and the original Osiris is killed off at the start but in the original, he is brought back. In the movie after Osiris is killed by Set he remains dead. Set then takes both of Horus’ eyes. From here Set eventually…

“Barn Burning” by William Faulkner is a short story about how Colonel Sartoris Snopes, often referred to in the story as Sarty, struggles with morality and his family bonds as his father, Abner Snopes, commits acts of arson with a cold, calculated demeanor. The story starts with a court hearing about one such incident, a barn burning, where the Snopes end up banished from that county. After arriving at a new place, Abner takes Sarty to see their landlords for a reason not mentioned. The…

After reading a novel such as Atonement, one is forced to question oneself, one’s past mistakes, what one did in an attempt to right one’s wrongdoings and whether or not one’s efforts will be enough. Guilt and regret can often fill oneself after making such mistake and in an effort to rid oneself of the guilt, often an apology is made to the one the wrongdoing was made against. However, amendments are not always enough; apologies do not erase scars and often times, not even the guilt from the…

Someone once said, “ Life is like an elevator: on your way up, sometimes, you have to stop and let some people off.” Sal’s life is just like this quote when Sal had to let go of her mother but, didn’t want to. Sal could not accept her mother’s death but eventually she does. In the book Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech one theme is that happiness can be found in even the darkest of times if only one remembers to turn on the light. One of the best themes is that happiness can be found…

In Marge Piercy’s narrative poem, “Barbie Doll”, the story of a young girl is told from the viewpoint of an outside speaker watching her grow up around the norms of society and ultimately ends her life because of it. Throughout each stanza, a new important piece of information is expressed to the readers to contribute to both the theme and tone of the poem. Piercy is able to cultivate the idea that inward beauty is not valued in today’s society, and that artificial perfection can only be…