John Dos Passos

author is developing a connection between the characters and how each one of them respond to August. Summer is a sweet girl and I think she has a strong sense of herself for a middle schooler and stands up for what she thinks is the right thing to do. She genuinely likes August and is a true friend to him. She informs the reader about all of the behind the scenes reactions at the school…

During the late 80’s an innovated film maker named Spike Lee created a revolutionary piece of cinematic history called Do The Right Thing. Lee not only directs this incredible film he also stars as the lead role named “mookie”. Unlike most films in the 80’s Lee exposes the audience to thing they aren’t used to seeing. He uses classical Hollywood cinema techniques to capture his film in a different way. For instance, an individual may notice the use of synchronized sounds, close up shots, and the…

Racial Prejudice as a Means of Violence “My people, my people, what can I say; say what I can. I saw it but didn’t believe it; I didn’t believe what I saw. Are we gonna live together? Together are we gonna live?” -Mister Senor Love Daddy Spike Lee’s film Do the Right Thing is a masterpiece in that it captures both the love and hate eminent in a community at the very end of the 80’s era. New York is already known as the melting pot center of the U.S, it is diverse and that is a part of why it is…

Many movie directors want to create highly successful films to become famous and rich, regardless of the message that their films convey, what is most important nowadays is if the movie will do great in box office. Spike Lee, however, had the desire to create a film that would infuse a dose of reality in the teapot of the film industry. The cruel reality that is what minorities know as daily life. And, there could not have been a better person to complete this task, since Spike Lee himself grew…

Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin. In 1893, this short story was published as “The Father of Desiree’s Baby” in a magazine. Madame Valmonde and Monsieur adopted Desiree for the reason she was found abandoned when she was just a little girl. As she grew older, she found the love of her life, Armand as they had so much love for one another. They had a child, and as soon as they had the baby, the relationship turned out to be bitter and complicated. After a few months passed, Armand and Desiree…

has been a prominent problem in society. Injustice and prejudice are products of the racism against minorities. American film director, Spike Lee, displays the racism that was as prevalent in the 1980’s, as it is now, in his award-winning 1989 film Do the Right Thing. The film takes place in a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. It follows the life of a pizza delivery man who works for Italian owners of Sal’s Pizzeria. Lee successfully captures the tension and racism during the time period, but…

incredibly hard to even consider. We started to pack up and get ready for the seven-hour trip north and put all the stuff that was too big for us to deal with out of our minds. God was not calling us from or to anything, and we were convinced He would do that even in retirement because there is no such thing as retirement in kingdom living, just a season of new opportunity! Shirley has always been the one to venture out and investigate or test the water where as I am hesitant to complicate life…

What do i need to do to become a man? It 's a question that all young men throughout history have asked themselves. For me it 's been a little different than what others may say, because my parents were divorced when i was really young so although I have a great relationship with my father (whom most men learn how to be a man from). I spent less time with him so I learned alot from outside sources such as my mother, clubs, sports, and other family. I also believe that most if not all that i say…

For years’ parents have told their kids that college is a must and that you have to do it, but in The Basement of the Ivory Tower has another thought about that. Which is Professor X that explain why he feels that college is not for everyone and shares his experience of teaching people that are just not ready for that level yet. So an individual might ask themselves am I that student, or is it really that necessary to go to college just too higher myself and in reality its getting me more in…

case the whole town of Maycomb snickers about how he’s a “nigger lover” Jem and Scout have trouble dealing with this, but Atticus explains that crude comment come from ignorant people who have never been taught other ways of thinking."I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody... I'm hard put, sometimes—baby, it's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn't hurt you," Lee page 108. Atticus is trying to explain to…