Literary genre

above is a valid argument - it 's difficult to feel that a piece of writing is well-founded and legitimate as a travel writing piece when it is simply historically based and not based on personal experience, but whether it should be banned from the genre because of this is an altogether different discussion. Travel writing allows a reader to gain a deeper perspective into another culture usually from a firsthand account, allowing them a deeper understanding than might be gained on the internet…

When compared to stories and novels, movies never seem to be the preference. Take Harry Potter for instance -- people would much rather read an eloquent storyline than a movie with a dull diegesis. This theory, however, is inaccurate when one compares Kurt Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron” and Chandler Tuttle’s 2081. To illustrate, when Harrison Bergeron barged into the studio to give his speech, he conveyed a stronger message in the film than he did in the short story. Characterization especially…

1.0 Introduction “Well, dreams, they feel real while we’re in them, right? It’s only when we wake up then we realize that something was actually strange” (McCateer, 2010). Inception is a science-fiction movie, which was produced and directed by Christopher Nolan in 2010. ‘Inception’ as a concept refers to the situation when you plant an idea in someone’s mind without his or her knowledge of it happening (Rivera, 2012). The movie explores the ability to differentiate dreams from reality (Malcolm…

Layers deep into the human brain’s thoughts and feelings, the complex connections with others is unable to be witnessed or measured to precision; however, the neural processes that form those complex connections are observed through one’s actions. The ability to capture those unusual relationships with others, through writing in a science fiction novel, is uncommon for science fiction novels of the middle twentieth century era. Nevertheless, Phillip K. Dick, author of The Three Stigmata of…

Introduction The matrix is one of the most fascinating narratives piece of science fiction films ever been released in the late nineties, in the movie there are several distinct features that stimulates a lot of crucial questions about human existence, the world that we are living in and how we distinguish between what is real and what is not real. This piece of writing will analyze the Matrix film by means of sequence analysis, it will also focus on mis-en-scene and all elements that will…

In this essay I will be talking about the connections between two different psychological thrillers. The two movies I have chosen are, Shutter Island directed by Martin Scorsese and Butterfly effect directed by Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber. Both movies have significant differences and similarities which made it a good choice to compare them both using filming techniques. Shutter Island is a film that’s main character is Leonardo DiCaprio, this involves himself as Andrew Laeddis, at the Shutter…

In this essay I will be talking about the use of narrative in Guillermo Del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, to subvert the traditional western style cinema,the use of Costume to emphasis the traits of the engaging characters that have been created in this film as well as Lighting to establish the atmosphere of each scene. Del Toro uses Disobedience as a theme for this film, The main character Ofelia, disobeys almost every authority present in the film, The rebels present in the military conflict of the…

Symbolism in movie are something that are not to be taken literally. Symbolism can be anything. It is an object used to symbolize something different that is much deeper. It can be said that symbols are the art of hiding the meaning behind something that is not-related. A symbol helps making the content more strong and powerful. Symbolism today has been one of the important part of the cinemas. In the movie The Adjustment Bureau we can see a lot of symbols being used, each having its significant…

Why communities should not ban books I believe that it is only right that the school district and the school district only, decides on what kids should read in school. If a parent wants a to change the way their child is taught then it is my belief that maybe the child is better off being home schooled by such parent. One reason as to why parents/communities should not decide on books read in school is that once communities are given this power, they start to ban books. When a book is banned…

Imagine spending months alone on a planet with no other human beings or physical contact. The issues around this concept and its corresponding themes, including isolation, survival and the role of science can be explored in connection to a change in setting. Written in 2011 The Martian is a science fiction novel written by Andy Weir. It follows the survival story of Mark Watney, an astronaut left behind on Mars, after his mission was aborted. In comparison Moon, a film released in 2000 by…