Jean-Luc Godard

To conclude, French New Wave has a completely and original aesthetic system. Based on the research that revealed by the film critics and the media, we can clearly see that the films that directed by New Wave famous directors are including the unprecedented elements such as the comparable cinematic movements that happening everywhere, which completely reflected the message of the social and cultural change after the occupation and the wars. Although the New Wave has influenced by Italian…

In order to understand why Christopher Nolan as a director is, nowadays, considered as an auteur, it is important to rehash the French film critics’, of Cahiers du cinéma, theory of the auteur. “Astruc argued that cinema was potentially a means of expression as subtle and complex as written language. He argued that cinema too was a language, ‘a form in which and by which an artist can express his thoughts, however abstract they may be, or translate his obsessions exactly as he does in a…

Jackson advocates for open-mindedness. The villagers acknowledge that “some places have already quit lotteries” (Jackson 4), which reveals that it is very much possible to dispose of the tradition without consequences. Thus, as previously stated, the first step in disposing of the outdated traditions, practices, and ideas is to acknowledge that they are there and to consider the fact that they may be unjust. If people have grown up with the idea that something is right and there is nothing more…

Final Reflection Imagine this, you are in a classroom and the instructor walks in. He starts his lecture full of energy. Everyone around you is engaged, and comfortable with one another. You are in a safe place and you feel encouraged and embraced by your peers and instructor. This scenario is possible. Instructors and other youth-serving professionals need strong communication skills in the class room in order to be effective educators. What can we do to make this situation better, some may ask…

Every fiber of my being was screaming left. Of course he would be going left. I thought to myself, We take penalties in practice all the time and my intuition is rarely wrong. I looked at him, and he made eye contact with me. Big mistake. You should never make eye contact with the keeper on a penalty kick. We have a way of getting in your head. I’ve got him now. I grinned, and looked him in the eyes. I’m in control now. You’re going to do what I want. His eyes darted around the goal and shook my…

Lifelong learning goes beyond what you learn and obtain from reading texts. Non-print texts can facilitate lifelong learning too, but it goes about it in a different way. Non-print texts can vary from music and art to something as simple as a pencil or a trashcan. With non-print text a new way of learning is revealed. It opens the door to creativity, in-depth thinking, and teaches you to be open-minded. When working with non-print texts you become more creative. A lot of the times there is no…

I can write about anything else. I can write about the similarities and differences between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. I can write about the use of Anglo-Saxon language in my favorite folk epic Beowulf. I can even write a haiku, you name it, the subject could range from Donald Trump’s hair to the hopeful return of Michael Phelps in Tokyo 2020. Anything at all. Yet, to ask me define myself is a daunting task because I am still trying to figure out who I am. I am envious of people that…

As a learner, I am usually visual as an enormous amount of my tests have shown. I have innumerable goals and I am trying extremely hard to accomplish them. One of my Everest goals is to find a subject in social studies that I indeed love and excel at it. I am not the best at Spanish and being reflective so my Everest goal is to obtain superior scores at Spanish and at being self reflective, learning and building on my actions, improving scores that weren’t satisfactory before, etc. My favorite…

Everyone’s views on certain topics is something that can always change due to receiving greater knowledge from outside sources and experiencing new things from our everyday lives. Understanding someone’s philosophy is understanding how they interoperate right from wrong and the choices they choose daily. I like to believe that my philosophy is always changing and growing with everything I learn about and different things I go through by applying it to ethical behavioural, how I preserve…

What’s a stereotype? A stereotype is to believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same. It’s a bad trait that most human beings have and do every day without even noticing. We tend to “Judge a book by its cover.” But you never know what could be in that book, may it just be a clear white cover with just the authors name, or a colorful active cover, that seems more appealing. It’s all about the material inside, that we wouldn’t know what that material is…