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tyrannical irrationality of bureaucracy in the US air force during World War II. Conversely Apocalypse Now follows the conjoint literal and metaphorical journey of Captain Benjamin Willard (Martin Sheen) as he attempts to assassinate a rogue colonel (Marlon Brando) during the Vietnam War. Each work individually illustrates the psychological trauma war…

How is the futility and hypocrisy of war and bureaucracy explored by Joseph Heller and Francis Ford Coppola in Catch-22 and Apocalypse Now respectively? Catch-22 authored by Joseph Heller and Apocalypse Now directed by Francis Ford Coppola are critically considered two of the finest examples of contemporary anti-war literature and cinema, despite neither being explicitly against the concept of combat as such, but rather, both opposing the bureaucratic absurdity that war inevitably entails.…

The United States became involved in the Vietnam War (1955-1975), one of the most devastating conflicts during the Cold War, in order to prevent Vietnam from succumbing to communism. As the war drew to an end, the majority of Americans began to view the war as a “mistake.” Although the government spent “more than a billion dollars a month” on the war effort, “no end to the war seemed in sight” (Lunch, Sperlich 22, 30). Many prominent Vietnam War films were released shortly after the war came to…

“We crushed their necks with wood. We hung them. We strangled them with wire. We cut off their heads. We ran them over with cars. We were allowed to do it,” (Adi Zulkadry - Fellow Executioner in 1965). Amidst the tumultuous state of Indonesia’s (socio)political climate during the mid-1960s, there was an outbreak of anti-communist sentiment that made itself evident in the form of a purge, carried out by a paramilitary group by the name of Pancasila Youth, and later coined as the ‘Indonesian…

at the disregard of authority. But where did the Bad Boy come from? Who started the trend? The Teenage Rebel as we have come to know him first appears in his true form in the Cold War era of the 1950s with films such as The Wild One, starring Marlon Brando, and Rebel…

For this essay I have chosen to discuss the work created by Vivienne Westwood and the influences of fashions she had on society. I will be primarily focusing the body of my essay on Westwood’s earlier years throughout her career, although I will be contrasting the change in her style with one of her later collections, then overviewing how these influenced fashion. Throughout the body of this essay I will addressing factors such as the fifties rival; discussing the opening of Westwood’s first…

Introduction: Which film? When asked to “name the film” based off of the following description: a commercially successful American production about the Vietnam War; based (loosely) on a book; prominently featuring a popular song, and directed by an Academy Award winner, the average moviegoer may be surprised to learn that two films would actually fit the bill. The first is the extremely well-known Apocalypse Now , which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola (then credited as Francis Coppola) and…

Diary Entry #1 Hi, My name is Norma Jeane Mortenson. I have decided to start writing diary entries to kind of help let go and get over my past. So as you go along to read more you will learn so much about me and all the behind the scenes action to my life. Diary Entry #2 I was born on june 1, 1962 in Los Angeles, California. Let’s get right into it and start with the things you’d never expect from me. I never actually knew my father, but there was a time when I thought Clark Gable might have…

The novel takes place at an army base in the U.S. state of Georgia. Private Ellgee Williams, a solitary man full of secrets and desires, has served for two years and is assigned to stable duty. After doing yard work at the home of Capt. Pender ton, he sees the captain’s wife nude and becomes obsessed with her. Capt. Weldon Pender ton and his wife Leonora, a feeble-minded Army brat, have a fiery relationship and she takes in many lovers. Leonora’s current lover, Major Morris Langdon, lives…

INTRODUCTION This paper work presents the American society and the way it is reflected through theater. The twenty century was a time of changes in America, changes which were reflected in different areas of American life. People were affected by the two World Wars and they were scared by the idea that a new war could start. This changes not only affected the social and economic life, it affected people and their ideas about life and wealth. Important changes happened within industry, scholar…