Laramie

Elizabeth Evans Film Critique The movie, The Laramie Project, is based on the play originally preformed by the Tectonic Theatre Company - so it is not a conventional movie. The Laramie Project is basically a re-enacted documentary. The movie is done like this because the play is a series of monologues and short dialogues taken from the interviews - it does not flow from scene to scene but instead is presented in "moments" that are not in chronological order and are mixed together to give the…

Common Health Problems in Laramie County and State Comparison Laramie County has several health-related issues shown in the statistics provided by the Laramie County Comprehensive Needs Assessment. The two major health problems that I am choosing to analyze include obesity and heart disease. When comparing Laramie County’s health problems to the state average, the data will better direct and individual when exploring if the problem is specifically linked to Laramie County. Understanding the…

Homosexuality and Hatred in October Mourning October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard narrates the murder of a homosexual man and the court cases that follow. In the collection of poems, Newman divides both of these events into two different parts. Both parts are narrative-driven and provide the reader with events that happen in both places—the bar and the courtroom. Newman strategically structures several of the poems in these sections to emphasize the major theme of homophobia and…

My project was to create a poster, advertising the school play “The Laramie Project”. This poster was supposed to represent the different aspects of the play. Upon speaking with the play director, Ms. Kleinberg, I decided to take a key place from the play and present it on paper in different mediums. This would intrigue people to come see the play, to learn of its significance. The poster was created on separate pieces of paper and would be scanned and put into a computer system to be layered in…

interesting species. We look for patterns in our fellow beings, and form opinions about those people that shape how we treat them. Such patterns in these people are called stereotypes, and they are more prominent when the patterns are uncommon. In The Laramie Project, a true story, Matthew Shepard was a bright and vibrant young adult. Sadly, he was targeted and beaten to death due to the fact that he was a homosexual. Homosexuality is a fairly rare trait in comparison to heterosexuals, so the…

In most cases, the tribes and soldiers notably matched when it came to weaponry. The major difference would have to be the way in which they were acquired. In 1868, many Lakota leaders agreed to a treaty, known as the Fort Laramie Treaty that created a large reservation in the western half of present-day South Dakota (National Parks Service, n.d.). At this treaty, the Native Americans were given a variety of muzzleloaders that had been utilized during the Civil War. But, the Native's had their…

While The Laramie Project, by Tectonic Project, " Elemental Journey," by Alicia Gaspar De Alba, "Montana's Biggest Weekend," by Whitney Ward, and "The Purpose of Altar Boys," by Alberto Rios, vary in what they talk about they are similar in one way, the works deal with sexuality. This expository piece will explore the difficulties faced in each piece, that were encountered when dealing with acceptance of sexuality, through the analysis of the works' contents, symbols, settings, and point of…

rock. A day spatter we passed Courthouse, we saw Chimney rock. This was a very unusual rocket hat we saw, but it was bad. We thought it looked funny. It looked like a huge trunk of a tree but without the limbs. Five days later we went to Fort Laramie….actually I think it was six. Everyone is mad because, a couple days ago, I accidentally wandered too far from the wagons. The train had to spend an entire day looking for me. I feel very sorry, but I could have sworn I saw, what looked like,…

Throughout history, human society has created an importance on art without enforcing it. Evident through the texts of Bernard Shaw’s “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” and Kaufman’s “The Laramie Project,” human society is portrayed as something that enforces the status quo and reject what is too radical or different. Society has an inert problem with tolerating different viewpoints, thus its depiction of which kinds of art is right or wrong inflicts this problem on many individuals who do not appeal to…

The Fort Laramie Treaty in 1868 stated that the Great Sioux Nation Reservation that included the Black Hills in western South Dakota be exempt from any and all white settlement until the end of time. With this the tribe was given protected hunting rights under the treaty. Until European Americans discovered gold in the black hills around 1874 and from that moment the Sioux reservation and its peoples would, again, have their lives disturbed by the government and its “promises”. The famous…