Ian Read

Connect with characters in personal lives Ian McEwan’s 2001 novel Atonement and Tim Burton’s 2003 film Big Fish both share common themes throughout their stories. Atonement was later adapted into a movie by the same name in 2007, and Big Fish was based on the 1998 Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions, and was later in 2013 adapted into a musical. Both focus around the themes of atonement, doing anything for love, family relationships, and the art of story telling. As the title suggests, the…

The courts then formed a test called the test of proportionality. This test was originally created by Lord Hope in the case of Kebeline but it was amplified in Lambert and was explained further in Brown v Scott . The test holds three limbs which are, what the prosecution must prove in order for the burden to shift to the accused, what is the burden of the accused and what is the nature of the threat to society which the Act in question is trying to prevent. If the reverse burden given to the…

of the Lambs is about a FBI agent tasked with saving a woman from a killer. The FBI decides to enlist the help of a different killer, Hannibal Lecter, who was once a psychiatrist, to find the women’s kidnapper. In a review of Silence of the Lambs, Ian Dixon discusses how this great work of literature and the five time Oscar award winning movie brings together “Gothic horror and modernistic settings” (Dixon 2014). Silence of the Lambs is a movie that has become apart of American culture. The…

The biggest take away was to block time off on your schedule to walk around, even to schedule that time to go for a walk with a coworker. From the many articles I read I found out extremely important because it had tips on succeeding through electronic communication. It highlighted the importance of running grammar and spell check. The computer does not always catch grammar mistakes, so it would be helpful to have…

This approach means that ARM often seems to draw connections that are not apparent: to the nature of a city, particular people, specific building types, historical episodes or events.18 As Ian McDougall explained in his own words, “Architecture appears to want or need to represent something to validate its permanence”.19 The blackened Villa Savoye at Canberra and recreation of Vanna Venturi House in Footscray are chunk-appropriations, a technique…

The death penalty has always been a controversial topic across the United States when it comes to the 8th amendment disallowing cruel and unusual punishment. So far, eighteen out of the fifty states have made executions illegal, while three others have halted it under their current governors. Corporal punishments should be made illegal in the remaining thirty-two states. The reasons for this include the execution of potentially innocent victims, the racism involved in deciding who is guilty, and…

In Michael Mays’ book Nation States: The Cultures of Irish Nationalism, he discussed a political cartoon by the editorial cartoonist David Horsey from 1991, which basically suggested that ‘the IRA’s raison d’etre rests solely in a mad campaign of vicious self -perpetuation: “I bomb, therefore I am”’ (Mays, 2007, p149). This cartoon proposed that the only reason the IRA could be as prominent and effective as they were, was their own awareness that the only way to be taken seriously would be…

When doctors make mistakes is an article which was written by Atul Gawande. The main point why Gawande wrote his article was because he wanted to bring out the real picture of what the medical officers are doing. He wanted to expose how medicine is disturbing and strange business since it is surprising and messy. He wanted to show the public that all doctors do mistakes when undergoing their day-to-day activities but these mistakes are usually unavoidable. Through this, he was trying to bring…

The Simpsons is an American animated television sitcom starring the animated Simpson family, which was created by Matt Groening. He conceived of the characters in the lobby of James L. Brooks's office and named them after his own family members, substituting "Bart" for his own name. The family debuted as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. After a three-season run, the sketch was developed into a half-hour prime time show called The Simpsons, which debuted on December 17, 1989.…

Abstract Mean Girls was viewed and analyzed from a cultural perspective. The movie focuses on Cady Heron, a girl who has been home schooled her entire life, and her assimilation into high school culture. The ethnic/cultural groups portrayed in the movie are discussed as well as the cultural themes of individuality, man vs. society, and overcoming adversity. The cultural conflicts and resolutions are also discussed in depth. The movie showed a resemblance to real life but certain aspects were a…