Puppetry

1960s Television Imagine yourself sitting in the living room with your family. It’s the mid 1960s, and you’re flipping through channels until you reach CNN, where John F. Kennedy is standing at his post, giving a speech, with Nixon right behind him. You are watching the very first televised presidential debate. You decide to watch something else, so you click the remote, and Fred Flintstone appears on the screen, living life in the town of Bedrock. On comes an ad about toothbrushes, then…

Throughout high school, I held numerous leadership positions both in student clubs and in professional settings. I was president of my high school 's drama club and treasurer of the Scholar 's Bowl Team. I volunteer with my former high school 's High School Prep program, a summer program to help incoming freshman get use to our school and introduce them to some upperclassmen so the transition is a little easier. I also worked as a co-director of the elementary school theatre program (K-8) and…

According to the film, Max Cady is a sexual predator of young girls. Gregory Peck acts well by playing Sam Bowden, a lawyer, under which an ex-con terrorizes his family against whom the lawyer had initially testified in a rape case. As the tensions become more intensive, it is clear that the intended victim by Cady is not actually Bowden, but Nancy, a fourteen-year-old girl who is his daughter. Therefore, the main point of the film in regards to suspense is whether a man can assault a…

Much Ado about Nothing, I believe one of the best comedies because of the combination of full-bodied humor and the dealings with more serious matters like honor, shame, and love. The comedy starts with the title utilizing a play on words, the comedic elements are strong with saucy interactions between characters and the ever so memorable “Dogberryism” to have a hearty belly laugh. However, it has its moments that become very real and very honest. It has the ability to make an audience or reader…

resolve conflicts and show positive feelings, without criticizing the one or the other side. (CSEFEL, Module 2, n.d.). Last, (CSEFEL, Module 2, n.d.) suggest the use of books, music, finger plays that promote the expression of emotions as well as puppetry and social stories that help children identify emotions and develop problem-solving…

Throughout the twentieth century, revolutions have been a recurring trend in the development and creation of states within the global south—particularly those who have been dependent on larger states for their economic viability and sustainability. In Asia, revolutions monumentally transformed the lives of nearly a quarter of humanity (when looking in context of liberation struggles) in places like Burma, Laos, Vietnam, and China. Comparatively, in Africa, revolutions spurred a series of…

On the surface, Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook (2014) is a horror film that uses a mythical monster to torture an already broken family. It presents the creature as a monster that one could picture originating from Grimm’s Fairy Tales. Kent introduces the idea of the Babadook monster through a twisted children’s pop-up book. In keeping with the tropes of the horror film genre, the book appears on Samuels Vanek’s (Noah Wiseman) shelf from an unknown place. When Amelia Vanek (Essie Davis) tries to…