Mary Tyler Moore

the documentary Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore suggests that the American society has been warped by guns and by the violence that surrounds them. As he sets out to explore the obscure reasoning behind the events at Columbine High School which claimed many lives, Moore supports his stance by incorporating statistics, and anecdotal evidence from Americans, demonstrating the easy accessibility to firearms and the harm caused by their use. Moore strives to illustrate this brutality as a very…

V for Vendetta is a graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd (with additional art by Tony Weare), published by Vertigo. The story depicts a dystopian and post-apocalyptic near-future history version of the United Kingdom preceded by a nuclear war in the 1980s which has left most of the world destroyed. There was movie adaptation made in 2005 but changed some aspects so it would reach a larger audience. This essay will specifically be looking at the comparisons between…

Michael Moore made the documentary Bowling for Combuline. In Moore’s documentary, he explores gun violence in America and the probable causes of it. One of the probable causes he addresses is the fear mongering used by the media. Moore also put a cartoon about the history of America which shows the relationship America has with guns. Within his documentary, he also gives different examples of gun violence in America. One example is, a shooting of a six-year-old in Flint, Michigan. In Bowling for…

Colossus – The Forbin Project Colossus: The Forbin Project is a 1970 American science fiction thriller film based upon the 1966 science fiction novel Colossus written by Dennis Feltham Jones. A massive American defense computer, named Colossus, becomes sentient after being activated. It decides to assume control of the world and all human affairs for the good of mankind. Dr. Charles A. Forbin is the chief designer of a secret government project to build Colossus, an advanced supercomputer to…

The film V for Vendetta directed by James McTeigue is a dark thriller set in futuristic, totalitarian Britain. V for Vendetta tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey who is rescued from a life and death situation by a masked vigilante known only as "V." McTeigue uses a wide variety of film techniques to help express thought and emotion of the characters. In the opening scene of ‘V for Vendetta’ McTeigue establishes the setting to be an oppressive, totalitarian society in need…

The Comedy of Nothingness: Nihilism of the Comedian in Watchmen In Alan Moore and Gave Gibbons’ 1986 comic Watchmen, a recurring theme throughout the novel is the use of Nihilism. I will be doing a close reading/literary analysis of how nihilism is reflected and used in the comic Watchmen. I will argue that doing a close reading of the character The Comedian in Watchmen, I can show how the philosophy of Nihilism is reflected not only in the comic but how that connection is represented in present…

Mary is represented as icons, drawings, paintings, and apparitions, such as La Santa Muerte, La Negrita, Our Lady of the Rock, Madonna, The Virgin of Guadalupe, and Our Lady of the Wall. With there still being many more, all of this just undoubtedly proves…

Paul says that all he has left is Luke, who stays supportive of him. Luke had a spot in the heart of many of the females around him because of his many skills, kind and loyal ways, and his devotion to God and Jesus Christ. According to Luke, “Hail Mary full of grace” was spoken at the Annunciation and “Blessed are you and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus” are spoken by Mary’s cousin Elizabeth. Luke is responsible for the stories about Jesus disappearing in Jerusalem as…

because it is a Roman Catholic church, and, therefore, must follow a Latin Cross plan (Permanyer, 1999). The composition of the façades is extremely vertical, directing your sight line upward and to the heavens where God, but more importantly, Jesus and Mary reside. Also, while the façades and the outward composition of La Sagrada Familia seem to be incredibly heavy, the inside is filled with polychromatic light, because of the Gothic inspired windows that fill the walls. The crypt, which is…

Museum in France. The subject of the piece is the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ as a baby. During that 13th century, the Virgin Mary was favored to being the subject of many artworks. The piece represents the passion of love that Mary has for her son. It represents…