François Mauriac

Pompadour, was born on December 29, 1721 in Paris, France. She was the child of Madeleine de La Motte who was known for her beauty and Francois Poisson was her father who was a financier. She also had a brother who went by the name Abel Francois Poisson. Years after Madame birth, her father fled the country to resist from being killed for committing fraud. Even though Francois Poisson returned years later; Charles Le Normant de…

The destruction of books is also the destruction of knowledge. We will compare today the destruction of the library in Bagdad and the fiction book Fahrenheit 451. I will compare in the essay the similarities between the two. The burning of the library in Bagdad is an attempt to destroy the country's history, culture, and love for knowledge. It is an attempt to have people follow only specific ideas, mainly from the radical group Isis. Their excuse for burning the books is that books 'call…

1. Beth's and Mary's car is in the shop. In this sentence there’s one car. To show joint ownership an apostrophe plus “s” is only needed at the last part of the compound noun. The apostrophe plus “s” needs to be omitted after the word Beth. Beth and Mary’s car is in the shop. 2. Tom smoking bothered the residents. The word smoking is a gerund. When a noun is used immediately before a gerund the noun must be possessive. An apostrophe plus “s” is needed after the word Tom. Tom’s smoking bothered…

Auteur Theory: Francois Truffaut and Alfred Hitchcock The auteur theory was originated by film critic and director, Francois Truffaut, who had published a famous article in the French film Journal Cahiers du cinéma in 1954. Both the article and French film Journal criticized American movie directors for letting Hollywood studios control what they produce; therefore, lacking any originality (Wikipedia). In response, the Auteur theory was born, which means a film reflects the director's control…

Throughout the novel, Bradbury wrote and explained that the People of Fahrenheit 451 did not think, but lived for thrills and excitement rather than for the quality of life. For example, throughout the story no one asked questions or was curious about anything happening in the society around them. But as they started to realize and understand their situation they felt themselves starting to feel empty inside. For example, the author wrote, “With school turning out more runners, jumpers, racers,…

Auteur theory is “A theory of film criticism, popularized in France during the 1950s, that treats the director of a film as its primary author. In certain cases, a particularly influential producer or screenwriter may also be considered an auteur filmmaker”. (Goodykoontz, B., & Jacobs, C. P. (2014)). A director that I consider to be an auteur is Steven Spielberg because he has a unique vision and is able to express his creativity and identity in his films. I believe that you can see in most of…

finite our definition, the theorists of week three begin to hone in our concept to a more narrow ideology. This week centers on the larger question of ‘what is an Author?’ Janet Staiger opens this week by listing problems with authorship studies, Francois Truffaut follows with his negative opinions of French cinema and what appears to be a form of authorship existing there, and Andre Bazin closes the week with an introduction to the auteur theory. Staiger draws on two major problems with…

No matter how big or how small it may be, everyone has a bone of violence in their body. Fahrenheit 451, a novel written by Ray Bradbury, goes through a series of events which include violence, family, censorship and more. Throughout the novel violence is a recurring problem and obstacle. The novel suggest that without knowledge and creativity, violence is the next best option. Bradbury shows this through his characters and how they express themselves, his warlike setting, and his dialogue. The…

Ferocious Fear Faster, the men ran, faster, are they men anymore, faster, went the running skeletons trying to survive the freezing night. Night is a heart-wrenching nonfiction story by Eliezer Wiesel, a Holocaust survivor who decided to share his story and that of other millions, for everyone to learn and read of. Eliezer was a young man when his entire town was taken into a dehumanizing captivity by opposing German forces, forced around the entire expanse of a European country to five…

Entry 1: Passage: “While the books went up in sparkling whirls and blew away on a wind turned dark with burning. Montag grinned the fierce grin of all men singed and driven back by flame.” (pg. 2) Situation: Montag was watching the house and the books burn along with his fellow workers. Importance: As of now, Montag thinks that he is doing the right thing by burning the books. It shows that he is part of the overall majority that has been brainwashed into thinking that books are bad. Analysis:…