Puppeteer

No matter how artful the literary work appears in print, the transition from page to screen is something many of us look forward to. Finally, we get to see our favorite characters and their stories play out before our eyes. It is that direct link and appeal to our senses that often makes the movement to film worth our while. More often than not though, when a novel is put to film there is something to be gained and something to be lost. The transition of The Godfather was no different. Though…

clarity. This conclusively aided the conversion in their relationship; from God constantly commanding and overpowering Moses, to God being more open to Moses’ thoughts. Illustrating a more comradely relationship rather than God behaving as Moses’ puppeteer. Moses realizes his value to God as a comrade, which is exemplified in line 16 when Moses distinguishes between him and God’s people. Moses explicitly says “Your people and I”, showing that he believes there is a clear distinction between the…

The following paper will be about juror #3, or rather, Jerry. Jerry is a fascinating individual with a deeply rooted disdain for children. One could imagine that it came from his rough upbringing with his own father that caused him to begin to see kids in much the same way as his father did. Jerry has always had a rough time maintaining social relations due to his narrowmindedness on almost every subject which leads him to have a short temper. Once his mind is focused on one set of beliefs,…

Imperialism is the idea that governments of nations have the right to acquire territory through direct force and govern over that territory by political and economic means (Encyclopedia Britannica). A significant ideal associated with the construct of Imperialism is the belief that the culture of the governing country is superior to the culture of the country being taken over (Cleary). This belief has been seen multiple times throughout history, such as with the colonization of Africa by…

Lady Macbeth’s True Malice “Behind every great man, there is a great woman” – (Groucho Marx). This quote interprets that every man with great character has a woman with the same nature supporting him. However, in the ‘Shakespearean’ tragedy of Macbeth, a more fitting quote would be “behind every evil man, there is a more evil woman”. Macbeth was a villainous man with a dark desire to become king, though his desire was suppressed as a result of his kind and innocent nature. His wife, Lady…

their puppet to entertain their audience. I had to be quiet and let them lead, smiling, speaking, and laughing on cue. They even strung the corners of my lips, stretching them wide and painful, censoring my emotions. I had two appearances in my puppeteer form: one as the perfect serene Indonesian Muslim, and the other a humble Peruvian Catholic. My parents were both immigrants who came from complete opposite sides of the world. Considering they were struggling to understand the ways of an…

the intervention of a great power, and that the great power would always be the U.S. Applications of it include military intervention in Nicaragua, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. However, Latin Americans felt the U.S. was more of a bully or puppeteer, and would rather have European intervention. The Monroe Doctrine also had effects in the 20th century. It was used in the Cold War, when the Cuban Revolution established a socialist regime with ties to the Soviet Union, it was argued that the…

women characters in the play were played by puppets. The puppets were also being controlled by background actors, who were also women. The choice was startling at first, but as the puppets were continuously used, it was interesting to see how the puppeteers translated the emotions through the puppets. I assume that the interpretation of why puppets were used instead of actual actors was intentionally left up to the audience to decide. In my opinion the women were used as pawns in the play, which…

Plato’s story The Allegory Of The Cave suggests, that there are many shackles holding back the human mind. For examples, fear, money, weakness and failure. “And when he got into the sunlight, wouldn’t his eyes be filled with the glare, and wouldn’t he thus be unable to see any of the things that are now revealed to him as the unhidden?” Plato suggests fear in this quote. Even though his eyes would be filled with darkness he would not be able to finally see the chances that have always been…

Are American citizens truly liberated by and granted a certain level of security and privacy from the Constitution, or are they merely naïve puppets being led by scrupulous puppeteers who reverently serve a faceless, supreme governing power? Some people would argue that the American government is a holy benefactor, established by God, which puts a premium on personal freedom and security and utterly respects its citizens’ basic right to privacy. Others, however, would vehemently denounce the…