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1900’s, bodybuilding popularity skyrocketed and continues to skyrocket to this day. One of the biggest names in bodybuilding is Arnold Schwarzenegger even though his last competition was 1980. Schwarzenegger took home first place in four Mr. Universes and seven Mr. Olympias both of which are highly prestigious awards in the bodybuilding world. If you look back to the Eugene Sandow and then look to Arnold Schwarzenegger, you can see how drastic the changes were to bodybuilding over the course of…

In Virginia’s Woolf Mrs. Dalloway, originally published in 1925, is the utmost example of modern literature today. Woolf’s depiction through her novel, Mrs. Dalloway, truly immerses into a single day event from morning to night, recollecting memories while she’s meeting people throughout her day. As this single day event is written, Woolf explains a character in the novel a man named Septimus, describing the struggles he is having with his insanity. As a balanced contrast to Septimus, the short…

The cinematography during this scene is especially representative of the emotions that the characters are experiencing. As Benjamin is trying to confess to Elaine about who this older woman was that he was sleeping with Mrs. Robinson goes into focus while Elaine goes out of focus, and just as Elaine realizes who the older women is she comes back into focus which represents her clarity of the situation. The camera in this scene represents the lateralization of Elaine’s…

Mrs. Dalloway, written by Virginia Woolf, is full of heavy imagery and challenging passages. The biggest problems in the storyline is when the writing is usually at its toughest. One of the main characters, Septimus, served in the war. This caused him to have post traumatic stress which caused him to lose interest in his favorite things and lose the girl he liked. Throughout the book, he talks about suicide and death frequently which foreshadows what will come. On page 149 and 150, arguably the…

arrival, his parents throw him a welcome home party, where he gets to celebrate with all his family friends. One of those friends is Mrs. Robinson, the wife of Ben’s father’s business partner. Mrs. Robinson takes a liking to Ben, and the two begin a secret affair. During their relationship, Ben contemplates his life choices, and in the end, he decides to leave Mrs. Robinson to be in a relationship with her daughter Elaine. This film is an example of Hollywood renaissance films from the 1960’s…

From a young age people are raised with the ideals and values that represent the “American Dream”. Happiness and well-being do not define success; but shiny foreign cars, large houses, and the amount of money in the bank. To meet these standards that society sets, people find themselves trying show their success through material possessions and the façade that they present to others. Along the way people forget to be happy and take care of themselves, many finding themselves working themselves…

The Graduate is a film centered around Benjamin during his first summer after earning his degree at college. He spends his time lounging in his parents pool, unsure of who he is and what he wants to do, much like Neil in Goodbye, Columbus. Both characters feel isolated, lonely, and trapped, eventually falling for women who feel their lives are dull and boring. Goodbye, Columbus and The Graduate are similar stories with similar themes; the difference is in how they are presented. While the former…

easy to follow for children. The Incredibles are retired (Mr. Incredible, voiced by Craig T. Nelson. Elastigirl, voiced by Holly Hunter. Violet, voiced by Sarah Vowell, and Dash, voiced by Spencer Fox) and trying to fit in with the real world not exposing their super powers. Mr . Incredible got a fake job offer by Mirage (voiced by Elizabeth Pena) to test out Syndrome’s(voiced by Jason Lee) robots, but the real reason Mirage wanted Mr. Incredible to test out Syndrome’s robots…

Unlike Clarissa, Septimus’s signs were more obvious since he was a veteran of The Great War. The numerous scenes Septimus involving him seemed to make him feel overwhelmed due to the dangers and horrors he is putting himself towards to particularly when his close friend, Evan was killed. This feeling was evidenced by Septimus appearing to be have hallucinations as a direct effect of the war: “For God’s sake don’t come!’ Septimus cried out…But the branches departed. A man in grey was actually…

Case Study 2 Diagnosis Ben is a tough case to crack. I believe Ben’s diagnosis is Bipolar II (269.89). He has not had any “full blown” manic episodes that we know of at this point which rules out Bipolar I. This is ruled out because at least one manic episode in lifetime is required for a Bipolar I diagnosis (American Psychological Association, 2013). Ben’s wife reports that Ben has become “excitable, extremely irritable, and has lots of energy” at times. This describes a hypomanic episode.…