Leonard Pitts

believe racism in modern society is non existent, and others believe racism is tearing this society apart. In his column “Dear Michelle Obama,” Leonard Pitts takes the stance of the latter and uses rhetorical strategies such as syntax, diction, and humor to express his admiration for Michelle Obama and his contempt for racist bigotry. Throughout the column, Pitts uses a variety of sentence…

Leonard Pitts wrote an article over Pokémon GO after he had read a tweet by Arlington discussing people playing mobile apps at sacred places. His purpose is to let Pokémon GO players worldwide know that it is disrespectful to be playing games at these remarkable locations like the Arlington National Cemetery, Auschwitz, or the Holocaust Memorial Museum. He wants individual to feel culpable for being immature and to have more admiration for these historical places. Pitts develops an effective…

A Lock on the Mind “A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to health of the community. A good job is a means to provide health and welfare for your family, to own a home, and save for retirement.” - James H. Douglas Jr. In Tortilla Curtain by T.C. Boyle, A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry and Crash by Paul Haggis jobs and living situation play an important role in how the characters live. In Tortilla Curtain, Crash and A…

Abstract: The play “Red Oleanders” is first written in Bengali language under the title “RaktaKarabhi”. Tagore conveys the message that the Utilitarian approach and vast industrialization throughout the world would resulting in diminishing human compassion and cause Ecological Imbalance.So he used characters as a metaphor of human instincts such as greed, power, envy, love, trust, and sacrifice. The play Red oleanders is a One-act play which follows the Aristotle’s rules. He fallow’s three…

An Idiot Abroad What will happen when a touchy couch potato becomes a reluctant world traveler? An Idiot Abroad can give you the answer. In this British travel comedy series, a man named Karl Pilkington is sent by his friends, Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, to travel to several foreign countries around the world. In the episode that is to be discussed here, he was made to visit Thailand and was asked to perform a variety of quirky tasks assigned by his friends. There are certain elements in…

For me, Black Rain is just another prime example of why I consider Ridley Scott to be a mixed bag as a Director. Sure he’s definitely made some classics like Blade Runner, Alien, and Gladiator but other films that I’ve seen in Scott’s filmography (Robin Hood, Exodus, and G.I. Jane) seems like he gets so caught up into creating visual atmospheres (especially in this one) to the point of where he loses focus on maintaining a genuine plotting or narrative. Black Rain is an 80’s recycled tough cop…

Fight Club (1999) doesn’t need much of an introduction, and the first two rules state that I can’t talk about. I guess I’ll have to make an exception just this once; I just hope Tyler will be able to forgive me. The movie itself performed moderately well in its opening weekend but was ultimately a box office failure, as it only brought in about $37 million in revenue. The main character who is played by Edward Norton, a nameless narrator, is unhappy and discouraged with his mediocre life. In…

In David Fincther Seven, the story starts with two cops. One is about retire and the other new to the city. They investigate a series of murders which show that the killer has a theme for his doings. The killer John Doe, who we find out towards the end of the movie killing one person for every deadly sins which are gluttony, greed, sloth, envy, wrath, pride and lust which are seven in total. The killing start with an obsessed man who was forced to eat till his stomach explode. This gives the…

In the movie Seven directed by David Fincher in 1995, two detectives: William Somerset played by Morgan Freeman and David Mills played by Brad Pitt get called to solve a case of various murders representing the seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath and envy. The personalities and personal struggles of both detectives begin to develop throughout the process of extensive investigating and high stresses of the case. The main take away from the movie is how the stressors and…

Just like countless celebrities before her, Jennifer Aniston has had a bumpy ride with the media but has lost control of her media portrayal long ago as she has been violently attacked by the media’s manipulation. The paradox of cultural context is limiting in that her career is formulated upon the inarguable reliance of media, truthful or not. Close reading of the text provides insight into the minds of the manipulative authors of the fourth estate and how they create such intrusive content to…